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48 Media L. Notes 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/mdilwnts48 and id is 1 raw text is: Division has key role in informing As we move half-way through the semester and a few months removed from our Toronto conference, the call and demand on media and First Amendment law pro- fessors grows by the day. The vocal condemnation of the press on a seemingly daily ba- sis includes not only credible criticisms of the press but also outlandish cries that the press is the Enemy of the Ameri- can people and progenitors of fake news. Recent developments from the latest defamation law- suit, calls for investigations of whistleblowers, and the legal implications of high-ranking government officials blocking critics on Twitter make head- lines living case studies for class discussions. It is also incumbent upon us as media law profession- als to serve as spokespeople for First Amendment values. Much of our work in the divi- sion focuses on that. The pa- pers we publish in our division journal, Communications Law & Policy, our conference pan- els and paper presentations all contribute to this. Year af- ter year, our scholarship and contributions play a role in this marketplace of ideas. But it seems as though it is even more important today. It is easy to write off much of what we do as simply ac- ademic. But our division's charter and focus is more than just academic. We teach these concepts in Head N otes Roy Gutterman Associate Professor Syracuse University rsgutter@syr.edu class and hope to impart these values on students. We write about these issues in our ac- ademic journals and hope to educate and influence readers. Nevertheless, it is difficult to assess our effectiveness until we get that note from a current or former student who applied judgment or realized a legal lesson in the field or scholar or court cites our research. I hope our division can con- tinue this tradition. Building on years of contributions our division has new blood and in- stitutional talent. Though it seems like our Toronto conference just con- cluded, Nina Brown, vice head, has been planning next year's panels and made deals with other divisions. We are look- ing forward to a slate of timely, thought-provoking panels. In the coming months, Caitlin Ring Carlson, research/ paper competition chair, will send out the call for research papers. Now is the time to start cranking out your pa- pers and getting your students to get working. This issue in- cludes the call for papers for the Southeast Colloquium in Memphis in March. Head notes, seepage 5 Nina Brown, last year's Law & Policy Division research chair, hands Clay Calvert his Top Faculty Paper award during the busi- ness meeting in Toronto in August. Photo by Mike Martinez. Grad students must support expression Graduate students have a unique responsibility to address censorial university policies and increasing abridgments of campus free speech. This past February, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) named the University of Kansas, my home institution, one of the top ten worst colleges for free speech. This conferral stemmed from KU's removal of a public art exhibit bearing the likeness of an American flag. Untitled (Flag 2) by Jose- phine Meckseper was part of a Harrison M. Rosenthal University of Kansas rosenthalhm@gmail.com national art installation span- ning 11 institutions and 14 locations. The project tasked artists with creating flag-in- spired social commentary that addressed issues of public im- Flag, seepage 5

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