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Media court challenges in tough economic times

Mike Wagner, Farris media lawyerKim Bolan, Vancouver SunJayme Poisson, Toronto StarPeg Fong, CBC VancouverFrom the Surrey Six murder case to the Ford files, learn about the successful court battles of the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Star that have helped advanced important news stories. Hear from Vancouver Media Lawyer Mike Wagner, of Farris, about his work opposing publication bans on the identities of key Surrey Six witnesses that went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Panel will include a Q & A brainstorming session about other ways to get access to court materials/keep courts open without breaking the bank.

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  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 5:16:47 PM
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  Speakers:
  Mike Wagner, Farris media lawyer
  Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun
  Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star
  Peg Fong, CBC Vancouver
  
  From the Surrey Six murder case to the Ford files, learn about the successful court battles of the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Star that have helped advanced important news stories. Hear from Vancouver Media Lawyer Mike Wagner, of Farris, about his work opposing publication bans on the identities of key Surrey Six witnesses that went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Panel will include a Q & A brainstorming session about other ways to get access to court materials/keep courts open without breaking the bank.

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  Here's some of Jayme Poisson's work on the Rob Ford files.

  Kim Bolan's most recent work: 290 unsolved Lower Mainland murders.  

  Peg (Petti) Fong's work from 2012 on the unions' challenge of Chinese miners being hired to work in B.C.
  

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:20:00 PM
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  Up next, media court challenges in tough economic times w @kbolan @jayme_poisson @CBCNewsPeg j-source.ca/article/canadi… #cdnmedia #law #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:34:22 PM
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  Fong: Time is not your friend in times of the shrinking newsroom ... journalists need to do more court challenges #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:39:48 PM
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  Fong: The public doesn't always know what kind of information they have access to. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:40:10 PM
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  Peg Fong: we have an open court, but our audiences don't always know what they should have access to. #CAJ14 #cdnmedia

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:40:30 PM
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  Media court challenges in tough economic times: This session will feature our panelists' experience in court challenges. I'm looking forward to it - what questions do you have for our panel? #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:41:50 PM
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  Poisson: Very difficult to get wire taps released unless they are presented in open trial #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:42:59 PM
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  Poisson is talking about Project Traveller #CAJ14 #cdnmedia #journalism

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:43:15 PM
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  Poisson: Star received a tip that Mayor #RobFord was all over the wire taps. Very difficult to get them released unless in open trial #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:43:56 PM
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  Poisson: As much as possible, you try to go to a judge that understands the Charter, free press, public interest #CAJ14 #cdnmedia #law

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:45:12 PM
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  Poisson: (Project Traveller) documents showed how they went about investigating the mayor. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:48:49 PM
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  Here is the background on the Star and several other media's battle to get access to Project Traveller
  news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/law… #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:50:13 PM
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  Poisson: Not only does what the mayor is doing fall under the public interest, but also how the police investigated the mayor. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:50:20 PM
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  Poisson: The court challenges were incredibly important and set an important precedent. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:51:57 PM
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  Poisson: Our lawyers were arguing on behalf of our whole city. The public has a right to scrutinize the court system #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:52:22 PM
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  Poisson: Project Traveller set an important precedent. It was a privilege to watch those lawyers argue on behalf of the city #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:53:12 PM
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  Wagner: Print and broadcast care about different things. Province and the Sun could get by without photographs, TV not so much #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:54:13 PM
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  Mike Wagner: Often with these court challenges, media stick together. Key for that is finding an issue that resonates with audiences #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:54:15 PM
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  Wagner: Print and broadcast care about different things. Newspapers don't need photographs; TV not so much #CAJ14 . Cost also a factor

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:55:05 PM
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  Wagner: Getting everyone on the same team and herding the cats in the right direction is not easy #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:55:21 PM
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  Wagner: It's got to be a case that's important enough so that you can persuade your editors to stand behind it (and put money and resources into it) #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:56:06 PM
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  Fong: How much is it going to cost is the most ridiculous question. There's no end point when you're dealing with the court system. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:57:21 PM
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  Panel agrees: Every media outlet has budget challenges and cost can be a huge factor but often end not clear #CAJ14 #cdnmedia #journalism

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 6:58:22 PM
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  Bolan: Frustrating when media partners would pop in and pop out of the court challenge because they get everything I did ... you have to put aside that competitive hat. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 6:58:41 PM
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  Bolan: I don't use the term innocent victims because you're not allowed to kill anyone in Canada #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:03:04 PM
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  Bolan: Publication ban placed on not only identities but anything that could identify witnesses (in Greeks murder trial) ... couldn't cover testimony, cross examination ... you couldn't even differentiate between witnesses. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:07:20 PM
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  Wagner: The person asking for the ban has to justify every bit of it. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:08:13 PM
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  Wagner: Judges get into the habit of thinking that if people ask for a ban they get a ban ... there's a good reason why people need to know what's happening in the courts. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:08:56 PM
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  Wagner: Heavy presumption is that courts are open but sometimes judges get into habit of just agreeing to pub bans. Have to challenge #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:09:12 PM
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  Wagner: You shouldn't ban any of this ... it's all over the Internet (paraphrasing Bolan) #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:12:46 PM
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  Wagner: Freedom of press is in Charter. Don't be afraid to go for it. #CAJ14 #cdnmedia #journalism #law

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:12:52 PM
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  Wagner: In Surrey Six court challenge, judge moved from thinking media is nuisance to legitimate case #CAJ14 #cdnmedia #journalism #law

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:13:28 PM
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  Wagner: Judges are doing the best they can and they see us a peripheral player, but we're not. We're everybody who can't make it down to the court house but wants to know what's going on #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:13:38 PM
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  Fong: The process of the court system can be used to stop people from getting access to the information they need. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:14:32 PM
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  Poisson: Every week I say to my lawyer 'What can we fight next?' It's ridiculous. This exhibit was filed in a public court room. Can I please have it in a timely manner. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:16:34 PM
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  Poisson: I've never had a bad experience with a judge (asking them to explain a publication ban). I have with lawyers, though #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:17:03 PM
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  Poisson: Found the process of court challenges so boring ... all the photocopying, time delays, serving notices #CAJ14 #cdnmedia

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:17:19 PM
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  Poisson says she now so angry and asks every week, "what can we fight next?" #CAJ14 #cdnmedia

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:18:46 PM
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  Poisson: It's important to ask for clarification. Just because someone tells you something in a court room doesn't mean it's true. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:20:03 PM
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  Poisson sends notes up to judges and asks for clarifications. She's never had a bad experience yet #CAJ14

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:20:42 PM
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  Bolan: Don't just accept what they're saying when there's a ban. You can still get documents when there's a publication ban #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:21:28 PM
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  Poisson: Just because some lawyer tells you something about court process doesn't mean it's true. Always ask questions #CAJ14 #cdnmedia

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:22:11 PM
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  Bolan: Sometimes just asking about the basis of a ban makes the person applying think about it - and they don't really have a basis. #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:23:08 PM
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  Bolan: Ask the basis of a publication ban, pick your battles #CAJ14 #cdnmedia

  by Tamara Baluja via twitter 5/10/2014 7:23:16 PM
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  Bolan: I created my own evidence of the public being concerned by live tweeting the case #caj14

  by thomas.miller 5/10/2014 7:24:17 PM

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