Open Meetings/Public Records workshop set
The Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information is planning an October workshop on Open Meetings and Public Records. The event, set for Oct. 27 at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, will be led by attorney Leonard Van Slyke of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis. Van Slyke is a former reporter who has represented media companies for the past two decades and has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America in First Amendment Law.
The four-hour workshop will get underway at 10 a.m. and include a working lunch. Registration fee is $35 for MCFOI members and $50 for non-members. The price includes a copy of the MCFOI media law handbook.
Deadline for registration is Friday, Oct. 20. Send fee and contact information, including email address, to Jeanni Atkins, MCFOI, Department of Journalism, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677. Contact her by emailing iatkins@olemiss.edu or call 662-915-7146.
Co-sponsors of the event are the Mississippi Press Association, the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters and the University of Mississippi.