Osterreicher has been a photojournalist for over thirty years, working first for the Buffalo Courier-Express as a staff photographer until its demise in 1982 and then at WKBW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, NY. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Time, Newsweek and USA Today as well as on ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News and ESPN.

As General Counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, he was actively involved in the cameras in the courtroom issue and helped to draft the National Press Photographers Association’s Amicus Brief, of counsel to Covington & Burling, in support of Court TV vs. The State of New York heard before the Court of Appeals.

He has written extensively about First Amendment issues in both the NPPA Magazine and the Buffalo Law Journal. His articles include:

• The Little Girl in the Pink Sweater: Copyright, Fair Use and the Public Domain
• Videographer’s Jailing, Court Rulings, Exemplify Need for Federal Shield Law
• Contracts of Adhesion: Photographers Beware
• Supreme Court Refuses to Hear National Geographic CD-ROM case
• College Athletics v. Photojournalists: A matchup of Property Rights
• Jurisdictional Question Spares Kentucky TV Station From Fine
• New York Court Of Appeals Hears Arguments In Court TV v. State Of New York
• MTA Still wants to Ban NYC Subway Photos
  

Mickey is a member of the New York State Bar Association Media Law Committee and actively participates in its monthly meetings in NYC.