ProfNet Experts Available on Travel Ban, Trump and the Media, Student Loans, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Trump's Immigration Travel Ban Do-Over
• President Trump's Revised Travel Ban
• Trump's Adversarial Relationship With the Media
• Stronger EPA Regulations Improve Business Profitability
• Students Should Borrow Only Enough to Cover Unmet Costs
• Choosing the Right Degree

MEDIA JOBS

• Experienced News Sub-Editors – South China Morning Post
• Junior Reporter – Venture Capital Journal
• Editor, North America Pictures – Reuters

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• The Messy Business of Corrections: Advice on How to Recover from a Mistake
• Top Secret: How Journalists Protect Confidential Tips and Document Drops
• Blog Profiles: Makeup Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Trump's Immigration Travel Ban Do-Over
James Goodnow
Political Commentator
Fennemore Craig
Goodnow is available to provide expert legal and political commentary on Trump's new travel ban, which he calls the legal equivalent of a "hot mess." Although the ban is significantly revised, it also fails to correct several of the key problems that most troubled the 9th Circuit and other courts, says Goodnow: "President Trump's new travel ban addresses many of the most egregious legal sticking points raised by the 9th Circuit by expressly exempting Green Card holders, exempting current visa holders, removing the indefinite ban on Syrian refugees, and removing an express preference for any religion. These changes will help the White House avoid many of the thorniest legal issues they faced in the first go-round. Despite these changes, legally speaking, the new travel ban may be DOA. The reason: pretext. Courts will not look at the order in a vacuum -- instead, they will consider the order in context to determine if it's really a mask for religious discrimination."
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/james.goodnow
Bio: https://lambergoodnow.com/legalcommentator/
Contact: Terence J. Murnin, [email protected]

President Trump's Revised Travel Ban
Lua K. Yuille
Associate Professor of Law
University of Kansas
Yuille can discuss President Trump's revised travel ban, its constitutionality, the previous ban, immigration law and related topics: "Among the most important consequences of these orders is the way they are, finally, shining light on the powerful sword given to the executive in immigration matters. There are no guarantees it will be wielded as directed or desired."
Contact: Mike Krings, [email protected]

Trump's Adversarial Relationship With the Media
Michael Longinow
Professor of Journalism and Integrated Media
Biola University
Dr. Longinow is available to discuss Trump's adversarial relationship with the media, particularly how he has shut some press out and decided not to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner: "The president has created an adversarial relationship to the press that he is cultivating carefully. It is, in many ways, a calculated game of cat and mouse, and he is relishing the power he has to control the conversation. He is a master of public space (though he appears clumsy with it), and his withdrawal from events like the Correspondents' Dinner, as well as his shut-out of some press from press conferences, is part of his power play over established traditions of press access to him. The question now is how national and international media will find ways of covering the U.S. presidency despite these countermeasures. Smart press have always found ways of telling the story. That will hold true going forward."
Dr. Longinow is a professor of journalism at Biola University and faculty advisor of The Chimes student newspaper. During his early days as a reporter, Dr. Longinow freelanced for the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, as well as smaller weeklies in metro Chicago. As a full-time reporter for small dailies in Illinois and Georgia in the mid-1980s, he covered the 1988 Democratic National Convention, the home district of U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich, environmental issues, police news, the courts, civil rights, and urban planning. His reporting on racial inequities in one Georgia county's voting patterns helped change that government's structure.
Website: www.biola.edu
Contact: Jenna Loumagne, [email protected]

Stronger EPA Regulations Improve Business Profitability
Dietrich Earnhart
Professor of Economics
University of Kansas
In a new executive order, President Trump asked the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider Obama-era clean water rules, saying the regulations had put people out of jobs "by the hundreds of thousands." However, Earnhart says research contradicts similar preconceived notions that all regulation is bad for business. Says Earnhart: "Our research shows that stronger water quality protection can actually improve profitability, indicating that President Trump's claims may not be supported by empirical evidence."
Earnhart was lead author of a 2016 study that found chemical manufacturing companies actually expanded their profits when they were faced with the proper balance of wastewater discharge limits and government monitoring. The study, published in the Journal of Regulatory Economics, included KU alumnus Dylan Rassier, now an economist with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Contact: George Diepenbrock, [email protected]

Students Should Borrow Only Enough to Cover Unmet Costs
Bob Collins
VP of Financial Aid
Western Governors University
"Start saving as early as possible for college. If you must borrow, borrow enough to cover unmet direct costs (tuition and fees) and never more than you need. For example, through the Responsible Borrowing Initiative, WGU encourages students to borrow only what they need to complete their degrees."
Based in Salt Lake City, Collins can discuss financial aid, student loans, student loan debt, responsible borrowing, college affordability, and tuition.
Website: www.wgu.edu
Contact: Katie Cycan, [email protected]

Choosing the Right Degree
Daren Upham
VP of Enrollment
Western Governors University
"Before enrolling, carefully research. If you choose the right university, your degree will always be in line with the current job market in your path of study. Competency-based programs incorporate feedback from employers to find out which skills employees need to excel."
Based in Salt Lake City, Upham can discuss college admissions, college enrollment, choosing a college, career readiness, career transitions, scholarships, and online higher education.
Website: www.wgu.edu
Contact: Katie Cycan, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Experienced News Sub-Editors – South China Morning Post
• Junior Reporter – Venture Capital Journal
• Editor, North America Pictures – Reuters

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• THE MESSY BUSINESS OF CORRECTIONS: ADVICE FOR JOURNALISTS ON HOW TO RECOVER FROM A MISTAKE. Stephen King once said, "To write is human, to edit is divine." King underscores this to aspiring writers in the third foreword to his book, "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft," where he writes: "All [writers] have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection." King speaks from decades of experience creating macabre stories. Mistakes happen to even the best of journalists. Here are some lessons from three veterans: http://bit.ly/2mB30WN
• TOP SECRET: HOW JOURNALISTS PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL TIPS AND DOCUMENT DROPS. It's a sign of the times: Many news agencies in Washington now are accepting various forms of leaked information. It used to be that anonymous tips would come through a phone call or snail mail. Now, journalists are using apps that encrypt text messages from sources, and many media agencies are promoting secure document drops. Read more: http://bit.ly/2lYcd7a
• BLOG PROFILES: MAKEUP BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and looks at a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the topic. This week, the team looks at makeup blogs: http://prn.to/2lTdNs8

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