Court Coverage – From “The Front Page” To The Internet
In the fast-paced media environment of 2025, how has news coverage of the courts evolved since the classic portrayal of……
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EXCLUSIVE: Missouri hides more court information than other states
A new Missouri law passed last year deletes the names of victims and witnesses in court documents making Missouri courts……
Courtroom devices get different state treatments
While almost all state trial courts allow some level of still and video camera coverage of court proceedings, the rules on usage of modern communications devices and techniques – blogging, tweeting, texting and emailing using cellphones, tablets and other devices – are a wild patchwork of policies which vary from state to state, courthouse to courthouse, and often even courtroom to courtroom. An example of this is in two wildly diverging policies adopted in late 2012 in Kansas and Illinois’ Cook County.