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Where in the World is Professor Kirtley?

The Silha professor travels the world for the U.S. Department of State on the heels of her new Media Law Handbook

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN: May 1522, 2011

On the Itinerary: Visit to the Azerbaijan Press Council, stop at Baku State University to meet with the head of the journalism department, dinner with English-speaking local journalists, meeting with faculty at Baku Slavic Journalism school, media law and new media presentation at Azad Fikir University, visit to ANS Media Academy and presentation at the Media Rights Institute

YEREVAN, ARMENIA: May 2328, 2011

On the Itinerary: Trip to U.S. Embassy, roundtable with journalism students at Caucasus Institute, TV interview for Yerkir Media, coffee with President Serzh Sargsians staff, meeting with National Committee on Television and Radio, get-together with Armenian judges, lunch with law and journalism professors at La Cucina, media law and democracy public lecture at American University of Armenia, meeting with Asbarez Press Club in Gyumri

KIGALI, RWANDA: July 26Aug. 2, 2011

On the Itinerary: Meeting with members of Journalism and Communication Students Association, visit to the Press House, meeting with Media High Council to discuss media regulation under current law, discussion about media ethics at Syfia Grands Lacs News Agency, stop at Radio Flash FM, and lecture at Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (one of two journalism schools in Rwanda)

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Oct. 1422, 2011

On the Itinerary: Lecture at Taylors University School of Communication, public lecture at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, media training at the Malaysian Press Institute, lunch with team from INTI International University, radio interview at BFM 89.9, public talk at the Bar Council Malaysia, visit to Universiti Malaysia and Universiti Selangor, dinner at the National Press Club, meeting with Malaysian bloggers

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In Media Law Handbook, commissioned by the U.S. Department of State and published in 2010, Professor Jane Kirtley explores the privileges and responsibilities of the free press. An initial press run of 30,000 copies was distributed by U.S. embassies throughout the world to foreign government and media. The 65-page, six-chapter book draws on real-life case studies to explore free press. The handbook has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Azeri, Spanish and Portuguese.

Murphy Reporter

FALL 2011