Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee
The focus of the Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee is on legal processes prior to publication or broadcast. These include newsroom seminars on libel and privacy issues and pre-publication legal review.
Committee Materials and Projects
Can I Use This Clip? A Guide to Audio/Video Use
November 2013
Publishing Photos, Images, or Other Illustrations
June 2013
Risks and Tips for Digital Images
February 2013
Checklist on Advertising Content
June 2012
MLRC Social Media Project
September 2012
The Use of Releases in News and Entertainment Production
August 2011
Sting Stories Checklist
April 2008
Copyright Infringement: The Standards in Your Circuit
Prepared by the Entertainment Law Committee, December 2007
Checklist on Identifying/Interviewing Children as Perpetrators, Victims and/or Witnesses
February 2006
“Watch” Words: A Glossary
November 2005
Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Checklist
October 2005
Effective Use of the Fair Report Privilege
September 2004
Pre-Publication / Pre-Broadcast Review Outline
February 2003
News Gathering Practices After Bartnicki v. Vopper
November 2002
Note Retention Policies of Reporters AND Use of “Advice of Counsel” as a Defense by Reporters
September 2002
Use of “Advice of Counsel” as a Defense by Reporters
September 2002
Reporting on the War on Terror: The Esionage Act and Other Scary Statutes
From Bulletin 2002 Issue 2, March 2002
