Amy Kristin Sanders

Education

M.A., professional journalism, University of Iowa

J.D., law, University of Iowa

Ph.D., mass communication, University of Florida

Current Research Interests

• Media law with an emphasis on the First Amendment and online defamation
• Issues in media ownership
• Indecency regulation

Courses Taught

JOUR 1001 Introduction to Mass Communication

JOUR 3101 News Reporting and Writing

JOUR 5552 Law of Internet Communications

Professional Experience

Copy editor and page designer,
The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun.

Editor, The Brechner Report, published by the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information

Professional Affiliations

Missouri Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

Society for Professional Journalists

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Selected Publications

Sanders, Amy Kristin. (2007). When is Enough Too Much? The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 and the Eighth Amendment Prohibition on Excessive Fines. Forthcoming in Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy.

Sanders, Amy Kristin (2007). Market Definition, Merger Review and Media Monopolization: Congressional Approval of the Corporate Voice through the Newspaper Preservation Act. Federal Communications Law Journal, 59(2). 403-424.

Sanders, Amy Kristin (2005). Narrow Lanes Ahead?: An Examination of Public Access to Information Regarding the Transportation of Hazardous Materials in a Post-9/11 World. Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal, 29(1). 125-148.

Awards and Recognitions

Second Place, Front Page Design – Small Newspapers, 2007 SPJ Sunshine State Awards, as member of Gainesville Sun news desk

Law Merit Fellow, University of Iowa, 2001-2003.

Top Three Student/Faculty Paper, Public Relations Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC national conference, 2000.