Media Freedom in a Changing World

Erin Coyle is an associate professor of media law and the First Amendment at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She teaches media law and is an affiliate faculty member of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. She has published a book on privacy and press freedom, and she has published legal and historical scholarship in peer-reviewed journals. Eric P. Robinson is the Reid H. Montgomery Chair in Freedom of Information at the University of South Carolina. Professor Robinson teaches media and internet law as an associate professor at the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications and is an Academic Affiliate of the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. He also writes a monthly media law column for the South Carolina Press Association. In this episode, professors Coyle and Robinson discuss recent research they have done on how artificial intelligence can be used to improve government agency compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, as well as concerns about AI use in the public records context.