How To Vet Your Own Content For Legal Risk

How To Vet Your Own Content For Legal Risk is a free online professional development workshop for creators with News Creator Corps and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, held virtually on November 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM. Jen Nelson of RCFP will explain how to assess work before publishing, what creates exposure to libel and defamation claims, common traps in creator formats, how to pressure-test pieces likely to upset someone, and when self-assessment should give way to pre-publication legal review by an organization like RCFP—including what that process looks like. Against a backdrop of powerful people using legal threats to try to bury stories, the workshop emphasizes understanding your legal rights to build confidence in continuing to tell the stories your community needs.

Hosted with: Psychedelic Writers Guild