Lynn Oberlander | Source | Of Counsel, Media and Entertainment Law Group at Ballard Spahr LLP
Lynn Oberlander
Lynn provides counsel to companies that employ journalists, editors, authors, filmmakers, and other creative professionals in legal challenges to the broadcast, distribution, and publication of their work. Having served media companies in-house for almost 25 years, Lynn has broad experience in all content-related matters, ranging from investigative journalism to celebrity coverage to access.
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Ballard Spahr LLP (https://www.ballardspahr.com/)
Of Counsel, Media and Entertainment Law Group
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Why journalists need an archiving system - ICIJ
Taking good care of data requires time and money, but the loss of irreplaceable work can come at a higher cost. Here are a few basic tips for journalists to improve personal archiving practices.
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As a basic tenet, legal liability should not govern how journalists do their work. If you are working with confidential sources and you don’t anticipate a need to go back to the records and you haven’t explicitly been told that you’re going to be sued, it might be worthwhile to have a practice of getting rid of your source material.
