MEDIA ADVISORY: REPORTERS’ WORKSHOP HOT TOPICS IN PUBLIC RECORDS WEBINAR ON MAY 21
May 8, 2025
Join us for an online Reporters’ Workshop webinar on Hot Topics in Public Records to be held at 11 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
This webinar is presented by The Florida Bar’s Media & Communications Law Committee is free and open to all members of the media and members of The Florida Bar. Zoom registration is required at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_md1KG9QkR1W0JsRm44ALoQ
For over 35 years, the annual Florida Bar Reporters’ Workshop has been held in Tallahassee. It is an intensive two-day course is designed for 24 print, online, TV and radio journalists new to the courts and legal beats or new to Florida. Due to Hurricane Milton, the in-person 2024 Reporters’ Workshop was canceled. Instead, the Media & Communications Law Committee is working to have online webinars on different topics relevant to court/legal reporting throughout the year and open to all journalists in the state.
During the May session, Hot Topics in Public Records, the panelists will discuss common challenges that reporters may encounter when obtaining public records from government agencies, clerks and courts. Panelists will share their insights from both the media and agency perspectives and offer tips to navigate those arenas.
Panelists for the session include:
- Susannah Nesmith, Goren, Cherof, Doody and Ezrol, P.A., Moderator
- Nolen “Drew” Bunker, Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics & Public Trust
- Clerk Laura Roth, Volusia County Clerk of Courts
- Scott Hiaasen, attorney with Coffey Burlington and a former newspaper reporter
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