View Friday’s sessions at the 2010 Military Reporters & Editors Conference in Washington, DC.
Panel 1: Military Justice: From Gitmo to Hood. Experts from the National Institute for Military Justice talk about everything from trends they’re seeing, to the problems journalists have had at Gitmo, to how Fort Hood is playing out. Speakers: Mike Navarre, special counsel in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Michelle Linda McCluer, National Institute of Military Justice, American University Washington College of Law. Moderator: Phil Cave
Panel 2: When They Come Home: The issues facing Veterans. Speakers: Steve Robinson, Ami Neiberger of Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), Tim Embree legislative associate for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Moderator: Kelly Kennedy, MRE president and reporter for Army Times.
Panel 3: Awards / Keynote by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward
Panel 4: Cyberwarfare: Beyond the Droids?. Where to look for stories, and tips for sources. Why is this important to your community? What is it? How much of a threat? When is an act of war? What are the policy issues? Speakers: R. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA; Air Force Col. Gary Brown, staff judge advocate, U.S. Cyber Command; Paul Rosenzweig, senior editor for Journal of National Security Law & Policy, and a lecturer in law at the George Washington University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Moderator: Josh Meyer, National Security Journalism Initiative
Panel 5: The Way Forward: The Drawdown of Iraq and the Continuation of Afghanistan. Speakers: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post Associate Editor; F. Whitten Peters, former Pentagon general counsel and Air Force Secretary; retired Army Lt. Col. Geoffrey Corn, former special assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, and currently associate professor at South Texas College of Law; Nancy Youssef, McKlatchy News and member of the Pentagon Press Corp.
Moderator: Ellen Shearer, Medill National Security Journalism Initiative.
