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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Master Lecturer Mike Foley was referenced in the article Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment published in The New Yorker Annals of Law column in the Dec. 19 and 26 issue. The article indicates that Hogan’s lawyers…

Clay Calvert, UF College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, was quoted in “Pay for People to Sue Their Enemies.” The article was published on May 25, 2016 in fortune.com. Calvert commented on billionaire Peter Thiel’s…

Journalism Master Lecturer Mike Foley‘s appearance as an expert witness in the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial is featured in this March 9, 2016 story from the Associated Press, “Journalism professor testifies in Hulk Hogan lawsuit.”

Wired quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the March 3, 2016 story, “Hulk Hogan’s NSFW Gawker Lawsuit Is a Free-Speech Battle Royale,” regarding newsworthiness as the key issue in the lawsuit.

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 17, 2015 story, “Conde Nast exec story: Gawker is keeping its sleaze game in shape,” regarding Gawker’s standards of newsworthiness in its recent reporting of a story about Condé Nast executive…

Photojournalism professors John Freeman and John Kaplan are quoted in the Dec. 4, 2012 Gawker story, “Would You Have Taken the Post Subway Photo?: Pulitzer-Winning Photographers Respond.”