Whistleblower Summit Panel Will Look at the Controls on Journalists, Censorship by PIO, etc.

Tomorrow we will be talking about the restraints on reporters at the Whistleblowers' Summit: Summit Panels (whistleblowersummit.com)

Frank LoMonte, counsel for CNN, will discuss why it's illegal to ban employees in public agencies from speaking to reporters without oversight.

Haisten Willis, Chair of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists, will talk about the constraints and SPJ's actions to oppose them.

I'll be talking about the statement from Glen Nowak, former head of media relations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who says controls over reporters’ contacts appeared during the Reagan administration and because there was no pushback, each presidential administration further tightened them.

A list of resources is here.

Registration for the summit itself is free:
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