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July 10, 2010

Police Brutality Killed Oscar Grant: Johannes Mehserle Should Have Been Guilty of Murder

By Kieran K. Meadows Americans anxiously awaited a decision Thursday involving a young African American man. Some thought an entire community would erupt in riots based on the outcome. You might think I’m referring to star basketball player LeBron James … Continue reading →

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Tagged as accountability, Amadou Diallo, Anthony Baez, BART, Excessive Force, involuntary manslaughter, Johannes Mehserle, jury, LeBron James, Los Angeles, MotherJones.com, Oakland, Oscar Grant, police, Police Brutality, police shooting, Sean Bell, second-degree murder, Taser, The Decision, Timothy Stansbury, transit officer, verdict, voluntary manslaughter, YouTube

November 14, 2009

Documentary film about lawyer William Kunstler opens in New York

This weekend, the documentary film, “Disturbing the Universe,” about self-described radical lawyer William Kunstler, has its New York City premiere at Cinema Village. The film, directed and produced by two of his daughters, Emily and Sarah, for their production company, … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Central Park Jogger case, Cinema Village, Democracy Now!, Emily Kunstler, Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Kieran K. Meadows, Off Center Media, Sarah Kunstler, Sundance Film Festival, William Kunstler, Yusef Salaam

October 5, 2009

Dutch Scholar in New York Studying Communication Between Police and Communities

By Kieran K. Meadows A Dutch communications scholar is conducting research on the way the city’s police department and its critics get their messages out in the public sphere. Based on the work she’s done so far, she believes that … Continue reading →

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Filed under Criminal Justice, Media/Journalism, NYC, Politics, Race

Tagged as Amadou Diallo, Charles Barron, communication, Delores Jones-Brown, Detectives' Endowment Association, Greg Donaldson, John Jay Center on Race Crime and Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Kieran K. Meadows, Michael Palladino, Michelle Knight, NYPD, Pat Lynch, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, police-community relations, Raymond Kelly, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean Bell, The Netherlands, University of Groeningen

March 28, 2009

Federal Shield Law Approved by House Panel

A law that protects journalists from having to reveal the identities of their confidential sources was approved by the House Judiciary Committee last Wednesday. Next step: the bill will be sent to the House, where it is expected to pass. … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Confidential Sources, Federal Shield Law, George W. Bush, House Judiciary Committee, Kieran K. Meadows, President Obama, Protecting Journalists

March 22, 2009

Lawsuits filed for alleged RNC police misconduct

More than 800 people were arrested at last year’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Now, many are filing lawsuits alleging misconduct on the part of St. Paul police and the Ramsey County sheriff’s department. It is the first … Continue reading →

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Tagged as arresting journalists, demonstrations, journalists, Kieran K. Meadows, lawsuits, legal restrictions, Minnesota, newsgathering, police misconduct, protests, Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Xcel Center

February 3, 2009

Live-Blogging the NYCLA Forum on Protecting Journalists and Their Confidential Sources

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, the New York County Lawyers’ Association sponsored a public forum called “Protecting Journalists and Their Confidential Sources: A Matter of Privilege.” The event brought together lawyers and journalists, both on the panel and in the … Continue reading →

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Tagged as ABC News, Al-Jazeera, Anonymity, Anonymous Sources, Branzburg decision, Carl Unegbu, Confidential Sources, Congress, Detroit Free Press, Dianne Feinstein, Eve Burton, Federal Shield Law, George Freeman, John Zucker, Joshua Kors, Journalism, Journalist, Judith Miller, Kieran K. Meadows, Law, Media Law, National Security, New York County Lawyers' Association, New York Times, Olivera Medenica, Privilege, Reporter, Scooter Libby, The Hearst Corporation, The Manhattan Institute, The Nation

January 25, 2009

Journalism and Gaza

I read Ethan Bronner’s article today in the New York Times, “Bullets in my Inbox,” and I thought he did a very good job summing up how hard it is to navigate reporting the story of the Israel/Palestine conflict. So … Continue reading →

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Tagged as agenda, bias, context, definitions, Ethan Bronner, fair reporting, history, Israel, Journalism, Kieran K. Meadows, Narrative, New York Times, objective reporting, Palestine, Patrick Hogan, reporting, The Culture of Conformism

January 25, 2009

Some Fall 2008 work

I’ve been plenty busy with graduate school as well as other obligations, but I just wanted to point to some of the work I did in the Fall semester at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism: A digital music revolution … Continue reading →

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Filed under Green/Sustainability, Media/Journalism, Music, NYC

Tagged as Beyond Words, Bicycles, Bikes in Buildings, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Digital Music, Independent Music, Kieran K. Meadows, NYCity News Service, Red Hook, Red Hook Community Farm, Red Hook Harvest Festival, Sandra C. Roa, Shoup 3.2 Mechanical, Tavi Fields, Voting Machines

December 15, 2008

The Legal Restrictions of Newsgathering at Demonstrations

Journalists Arrested While Doing Their Job: The Legal Restrictions of Newsgathering at Demonstrations By Kieran K. Meadows Inside the Xcel Center the first week of September, the Republican National Convention was finally getting underway after a slow start because of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Amy Goodman, Ann Mulholland, arresting journalists, arrests, Censorship, civil disobedience, Daily Variety, Democracy Now!, demonstrations, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Hurricane Gustav, John Choi, John Harrington, Journalist, Kieran K. Meadows, Matt Bostrom, Mayor Chris Coleman, Minnesota Independent, MN, Near v. Minnesota, newsgathering, Nicole Salazar, police, police tactics, press, protesters, public order, public safety, Reporters Without Borders, Republican National Convention, RNC, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Society of Professional Journalists, St. Paul, Supreme Court, Ted Johnson, Xcel Center

September 7, 2008

A Few Stories Eclipsed By the Conventions

With all the political convention coverage the last two weeks, you might not realize that there was other worthy news during those two weeks. NYT Op-Ed Contributor William Falk keeps tabs on a few stories we may have missed, but … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Media/Journalism

Police Brutality Killed Oscar Grant: Johannes Mehserle Should Have Been Guilty of Murder

Documentary film about lawyer William Kunstler opens in New York

Dutch Scholar in New York Studying Communication Between Police and Communities

Federal Shield Law Approved by House Panel

Lawsuits filed for alleged RNC police misconduct

Live-Blogging the NYCLA Forum on Protecting Journalists and Their Confidential Sources

Journalism and Gaza

Some Fall 2008 work

The Legal Restrictions of Newsgathering at Demonstrations

A Few Stories Eclipsed By the Conventions

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