In the interest of fairness and so that we’re all on the same page, I’ll be posting any student questions received by email with my answers below, with the most recent Qs at the top–

4. May I know more clearly about the last question in 2B? “Are there any other issues to be considered in [...]

As noted on the syllabus and in last week’s lecture, there will be a midterm quiz during the tutorial sections on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

The format will be short answers with 10 questions, so you can budget approximately 5 minutes per question.

You are not required to memorize language from the laws or cases, but [...]

As mentioned in class today, we will not have our regular lecture meeting on Thursday, Oct. 27.

Instead, we will have a joint tutorial-lecture session on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in our usual room. Discussion leaders should jointly prepare to discuss material from the previous lecture on privacy and obscenity for [...]

Next week both of the main legal research database companies– Westlaw and LexisNexis– will host training sessions at the law library. Students who were unable to attend one of my legal research tutorials this week are strongly urged to attend one of these sessions. Please click here for the schedule.

As you know, today’s lecture is canceled due to the typhoon. This means that we will be one week behind on the course schedule, so we’ll cover “Press versus Judicial System” next week, “Privacy and Obscenity” the following week, and so on. I will try to schedule a make-up for the final lecture on Dec. [...]

Following up on today’s tutorials, a couple of relevant pieces: “Pew: 75% of Americans Say Journalists Can’t Get Their Facts Straight,” Poynter Online, Sept. 23, 2011 “Recognizing Publishers’ Standout Content in Google News,” Google News Blog, Sept. 24, 2011 “Sharp Rebuke for Racy Tabloid,” China Daily, Sept. 23, 2011

In tomorrow’s lecture on the business of journalism we’ll also discuss the News of the World phone-hacking materials from last week’s readings. Please check the latest news here, in particular the news of a settlement offer for the Dowler family.

In addition, I’ve posted a timely piece in the Facebook group about a recent [...]

The updated lists of tutorial discussion leaders are now posted for each section under “Assignments.”

See you all for our first tutorial section on Tuesday.

American Society of Newspaper Editors, “10 Best Practices for Social Media” (May 2011)

Hong Kong Press Council

New York Times Company Policy on Ethics in Journalism

New York Times Public Editor’s Journal

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone, hope you all enjoy the holiday.

Here is one more worthwhile article on the Murdoch phone hacking scandal–

Sarah Ellison, “Murdoch and the Vicious Circle,” Vanity Fair, October 2011

And see also The Guardian UK’s phone hacking page for the latest developments on this story.