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Fear, Loathing and and the Promise of Public Insight Journalism

A journalist wonders whether the mainstream news media will adapt fast enough to their changing relationship with the public to survive.Click here to read the PDF.

Fair Use at Nashville Film Festival

On April 25, Center outreach coordinator Agnes Varnum appeared with documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt and attorney F. Casey Del Casino to share the Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use at the Nashville Film Festival. The Nashville audience included many songwriters, composers and musician. Hurt summed up his experience, "reading the Center's Untold Stories report made me realize that I wasn't alone" in dealing with copyright and Fair Use issues to make his documentary that examines masculinity in hip-hop culture. Read more...