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Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:47 PM

Minnesota media can get into courtroom in imam case

A judge in Minnesota has decided not to deny reproter access to the courtroom in  a lawsuit by six Muslim imams against US Airways. The AP's Amy Forliti has the story.     The lawyer for the imams had asked an extraordinary
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Monday, June 25, 2007 3:17 PM

Supreme Court Continues to Cut Students' Speech Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 against a student who had been punished by high school officials because they did not like the words on a banner he held up when he was off school grounds.Here's a version of the story from CNN.Chief Justice John
posted by NeilRalston | 0 Comments
Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:02 PM

NCAA clarifies live blogging rules

It's OK to live blog at NCAA tournaments. The Indianapolis-based college sports organization clarified its rules this week. The Louisville Courier-Journal has the story. This comes after C-J reporter Brian Bennett was tossed from the press box at a playoff
posted by DaveAeikens | 1 Comments
Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:39 AM

Miami reporter battles to clear charges

The New Times of Miami has the story of Mike Kirsch, a former TV reporter who had a run in with local police and lost his job. South Florida SPJ has asked police for an investigation. South Florida is busy this year. Carlos Miller, a
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Monday, June 18, 2007 11:52 AM

A few notes about the Shield law effort

A Utah paper makes some strong arguments for a Shiled law. The White House has come out against a federal Shield law, even after some revisions. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan has a few words at the first hearing for the Shield law.
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:20 PM

Illinois newspaper sues state Supreme Court

It's a strange twist in an interesting case. The Chicago Tribune reports the story. The lawyer on the case is none other than Bruce Sanford, SPJ's First Amendment lawyer. Sanford and his client the Kane County Chronicle are appealing a $4
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:54 PM

Morning News reporter ordered to testify

A federal judge has ordered a report from the Dallas Morning News to testify in a trial looking into a charity's link to the Palestinian group Hamas. The New York Sun has the story. SPJ President Christie Tatum is in Washington DC this week lobbying
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:30 PM

Press box rules need to consider changing times

The way reporters cover events is chaning rapidly. With the Internet and new organziation web sites, newspapers, TV and radio stations and anyone else can report on an event almost the moment it happens. As the incident in the press box at the University
posted by DaveAeikens | 1 Comments
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:38 PM

NCAA criticized in live blogging incident

The  Courier-Journal follows today with a deeper look at live blogging at events in which the rights belong exclusively to another orgnaization. Wells Key winner Lucy Dalglish lets the NCAA have it. Reporter Brian Bennett speaks for himself in
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Monday, June 11, 2007 6:04 PM

State to pay more than $500,000 for withholding public records

We need more decisions like this. The state of Washington is paying a huge penalty for not coughing up records to a prison watchdog newsletter. Washington appears to have some pretty good teeth to its open records laws. More states need laws like
posted by DaveAeikens | 2 Comments
Monday, June 11, 2007 3:19 PM

Courier-Journal Reporter Kicked Out by NCAA for Blogging

A reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal had his press credentials revoked Sunday by the NCAA because he was blogging about a baseball game between Oklahoma State and the University of Louisville. Check out the story here. Dave Aeikens adds:This
posted by NeilRalston | 5 Comments
Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:42 PM

Reporters subpoenaed in lawsuit against school district

Two St. Petersburg Times reporters have been subpoenaed to testify in a lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old girl who was killed in 2005 moments after getting off a school bus.Read more
posted by MikeKnaak | 0 Comments
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:45 PM

Let there be light in this New Jersey courtroom

In New Jersey, an appeals court has awarded a win for open courts advocates. A judge had ruled that the questioning of a jury that might have been tampered with should take place behind closed doors. Two newspapers argued otherwise. The appeals court
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Monday, June 04, 2007 11:44 PM

Reporter Arrested for "Dirty" Work

A reporter for The Record in New Jersey was arrested outside a Paramus middle school after he and another man collected soil at the school for laboratory analysis. The reporter, Michael Gartland of Jersey City, and the other man, Thomas Adamkiewicz,
posted by NeilRalston | 1 Comments