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Media, Kids, and The First Amendment ruler
For Immediate Release
October 30, 2009

Media Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

"Media, Kids, and the First Amendment"

WHEN:

Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

 

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center

Gewirz Student Center - 12th Floor

120 F Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

MODERATOR:

Jim Steyer, CEO & Founder, Common Sense Media

 

PANELISTS:

Daniel Brenner, Partner, Hogan & Hartson

Angela Campbell, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Douglas Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland

Kim Matthews, Senior Attorney, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

NOTE:

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law and Common Sense Media.

The panelists will discuss the many opportunities, as well as the potential dangers, presented to children in the rapidly changing world of digital media.  They will explore whether new legislation or regulation is imminent and the challenge of protecting children with respect to the First Amendment.

A Webcast will be available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.