2010 Reporters' Workshop

The 2010 Reporters' Workshop is an initiative organized by The Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee and aims to help reporters gain a better understanding of First Amendment issues for attorneys, judges and journalist. The conference consisted of various break-out sessions that allowed the panelist and attendees to engage in question-and-answer segments. This years workshop was held at the Florida Supreme Court on Sept. 20-21. The workshop is a two day conference for reporters around the state of Florida.

One aspect of the workshop that I found to be interesting was the in-depth information that was being given. I enjoyed the tips that were given to help inform reporters on how to report on the media and the law. Many of the examples that were used were cases that I studied in my Media Law class and currently in my campaigns class. For example, the Duke Lacrosse case, which I just did a case study on a few weeks ago. I can understand these cases better now that they were explained to me in a situation when reporting on high profile cases and how ethics and morals come into play as well.

I will be able to apply what I have learned from this workshop in the future if I choose to be a journalist or have a profession in the legal field. Most of what I have learned can help me when I may have to deal with journalist trying to cover a case on one of my clients. Also as a future journalist this will help me to know how to go about covering certain cases and the correct ways to go about things when trying to seek information for a story.