Dan Burnett to receive Friend of RTNDA Award from RTNDA Canada

TORONTO – Media lawyer Dan Burnett has been named the 2007 recipient of the Friend of RTNDA Award by the Canadian division of the Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA Canada), which will be presented at the organization’s national conference June 21-23 in Vancouver. Burnett works at the Vancouver law firm Owen Bird Law Corp., is a frequent lecturer on media law issues, and is a leading advocate for freedom of information for Canadian broadcast journalists. The Friend of RTNDA Award is presented to individuals or organizations that have shown a true commitment to RTNDA and the betterment of broadcast journalism...