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Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media names deputy director
10-01-2010
Eric Robinson, an attorney with experience in media and Internet law, has been named eputy director of the Donald W. Reynolds
National Center for Courts and Media, part of the Reynolds School of Journalism. He began is new post Oct. 1.
The center, managed by the Reynolds School in collaboration with the National Judicial College, is the only organization devoted to resolving conflicts between the competing constitutional guarantees of free speech, open courts and fair trials.
“Eric’s essential experience in First Amendment law will be valuable to the center as we develop training curricula and education materials that judges and journalists will find useful as they fulfill the expectations of their respective roles,” said Ben Holden, director.
Robinson will oversee Reynolds Courts and Media Law Journal, a new scholarly journal that will explore emerging issues, such as the
impact of social media on courts.
“The issues involving the courts and the media have moved beyond issues such as ‘cameras in the courtroom,’ to include new
issues involving use of the Internet and other new communication technologies in our courts,” Robinson said.
Robinson previously was staff attorney at the Media Law Resource Center in New York, where he tracked and analyzed litigation and legal issues involving the media and the Internet. He also has published articles in The Encyclopedia of the First Amendment and the Journal of Internet Law, and is a regular blog contributor for the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Robinson has worked in federal, state and local government, and
previously worked as an editor and reporter for
community newspapers in the New York City area.
Most of the funding for the center comes from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas, the journalism school’s biggest benefactor. The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation is a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur and is one of the largest private foundations in the United States.
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