Journalists concerned with the possibility of lawsuits or litigation can attend this webinar.
Poynter is offering the webinar "How to avoid being sued: defamation law in the 21st century" at 2 p.m. EDT Sept. 26.
Participants will learn how to protect themselves against legal issues that arise from publishing and producing content.
Topics include how to identify the three main causes of defamation lawsuits and how to avoid them; describe what a plaintiff must prove in order to bring forth a defamation case; protect yourself and your organization in a defamation case; and evaluate the effects of corrections, retractions, denials, libelous implications and using anonymous and/or confidential sources.
The instructor is George Freeman, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center and former vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times’ legal department.
Registration is free and ongoing.