Murphy Returns to ACLU as Director of D.C. Legislative Office

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Laura Murphy has returned to the American Civil Liberties
Union as director of its D.C. legislative office.

Murphy headed the office for a dozen years before exiting in
2005 to launch her own government relations firm, Laura Murphy &
Associates.

Caroline Fredrickson had been director before exiting in
July to join the American Constitution Society. In the interim, ACLU's chief
legislative and policy counsel, Michael Macleod-Ball, has been acting director.

Muprhy starts in early February.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.