I mentioned already that some photos of the inscription are available here:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/30/article-0-024BD48F000005DC-794_468x310\
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http://www.foxnews.com/images/459004/1_21_canaanite_shard_vert.jpg
http://uk.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20081030&t=2&i=6601173&w=450&r=2008-10\
-30T174953Z_01_BTRE49T1DJA00_RTROPTP_0_ISRAEL-ARCHAEOLOGY
http://www.ynet.co.il/PicServer2/28102008/1684178/laron_wa.jpg

A short video is also available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFkf1_Kk1yU

A Hebrew ynet article is here:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3615546,00.html

The Hebrew ynet provides that the words $wp+ שופט, (bd עבד and mlk
מלך. Ynet adds "But it is probably just personal names like Ahimelekh
or (abdiel" and that archaeologists claim the ostracon was written by a
trained scribe.

A short article in news1.co.il (formerly nfc.co.il) says pretty much the
same: http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-177421-00.html?tag=06-15-45
Before going on to cover other claims made at the conference then
reported at press releases.

The CNN article writes: "...initial interpretation indicates it formed part
of a letter and contains the roots of the words "judge," "slave," and
"king," according to the university. That may indicate it was a legal
text, which archaeologists say would provide insights into Hebrew law,
society, and beliefs. The researchers say the text was clearly written
by a trained scribe."

On Jim West's blog, a Foundation Stone (which is funding the dig)
representative, Barnea Levi Selavan, writes:
"Also, it is found near the gate of a fortified city, and may be related to
this military context in its content. It wil take weeks until Hagi is ready
to risk a real reading."

There is also mention of the words "to do" being of significance to
denote the inscription as Hebrew in the CNN article.

During the conference no mention was made of (bd עבד "slave" and
the word "to do" was noted in the words )l t(& אל תעש "Don't do."
Perhaps the press conference attendees were confused by the claim
of the Phoenician -- Phoenician and Aramaic "to do" use the roots (bd
עבד and p(l פעל -- and thought it was part of the inscription and
perhaps not and the text really does contain (bd (several reporters
write essentially the same thing). There was no suggestion of the
wider context of the inscription (list of names, legal text) and Misgav
suggested there may be a country name following the word "king."
The inscription is poorly legible, and an initial reading is apparently
awaiting better photographs with more sophisticated equipment. The
Foundation Stone representative adds, "Sophisticated methods reveal
letters the naked eye canot se well. I discussed 3 options with Hagi
today. one example: a NASA hi-tech camera just visited here for the
Dead Sea scrolls and took a look at the ostracon- tests showed Hagi
a new section of writing."

It will probably be weeks or months before we have an initial reading
of the ostracon, and all we can say now is that it is a short 5 line
ostracon containing text in Proto-Canaanite script and which probably
contains typical WS words (we don't even seem to have enough to
classify it as NWS). Even (&h has quite a wide context listed in
HALOT including OSArabic, and given this is all preliminary there
probably shouldn't be concentration on any one word.

Yitzhak Sapir