Panelists to Discuss the Right to Photograph and Record in Public

In support of Free Speech Week, the Club's Photography Committee will sponsor a panel discussion on the "Right to Photograph and Record in Public," on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6-8 pm, in the Club's conference rooms. The panel will be moderated by Mickey H. Osterreicher, general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association.

The panel includes Robert Corn-Revere, partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and an expert in First Amendment law; Gwendolyn Crump, director, Office of Communications, DC Metropolitan Police Department; J. David Ake, assistant Washington bureau chief for photography at the Associated Press; and Mannie Garcia, an award-winning photojournalist.

Among the topics to be covered are: What are the rights of citizens and the press to photograph and record in public? Can police seize and view those images or order them to be deleted? What is some of the most recent case law regarding these issues? How can we foster a better understanding of our respective rights and responsibilities in order to have a greater respect for the roles that everyone plays in newsgathering and free speech?

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required by Oct. 22 at: http://www.press.org/events/right-photograph-record-public

For more information on this event, please contact Mickey Osterreicher at [email protected]

For more information about Free Speech Week, please visit www.freespeechweek.org