Webinar: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Host/Sponsor: Medill National Security Journalism Initiative
Overview: It’s clear that the role of whistleblowers has never been more in the news or important. This week, it was learned the Associated Press was being surveilled by the government to determine its reporters’ sources for a story about a failed al-Qaida plot. This webinar will give reporters the facts about laws regarding whistleblowers as well as what reporters need to know when reporting on information gained from whistleblowers or leaks and when reporting on investigations of whistleblowers.
Dan Meyer
Presenter: Dan Meyer, the Pentagon’s director of whistleblowing and transparency, was a whistleblower himself to the Senate Armed Services Committee following the explosion onboard the battleship IOWA (BB-61) in 1989. He now advises the Inspector General of the Department of Defense on the protection of sources to the Department’s audits, investigations, inspections and evaluations. Over the past six months, he has been the chair of an informal working group coordinating the implementation of PPD-19, the president’s whistleblower protection program for the intelligence community.
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This webinar is hosted by the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative. For questions, contact Natalie Jones at natalie.jones@northwestern.edu.
