The Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media

University of Nevada,Reno

Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism

2000 Supplemental Readings Introduction

Recommended reading to supplement the Opening Address:

  1. Phoenix Municipal Court, Courtroom Media Coverage Guidelines, (Visited June 5, 2000) http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/COURT/mediagd.html

  2. News Media Checklist for Communication with Judges [National Judicial College Document]

  3. Judges' Checklist for News Media Interviews [National Judicial College Document]

  4. Top 10 Significant Issues for Journalists and Lawyers on Court-Media Issues and  Relationships, 11 NJC Alumni 27 (Summer 1996)

  5. Reporter Loses Fight for Equal Access to Briefings, Materials, 22 News Media & L. 6 (Spring 1998)

  6. Actions Taken Against Judges for Talking to Media Contested, 22 News Media & L. 16 (Fall 1998)


Recommended reading to supplement the Fair Trial vs. Free Press discussion:

  1. Audrey Winograde, Cameras in the Courtroom: Whose Right is it Anyway? 4 Sw.U.L.Rev. 23 (Spring 1997)

  2. Public Has Right to Be Present During Civil Trials,23 News Media & L. 3 (Summer 1999)


Recommended reading to supplement the Dot.Com discussion:

  1. Walter Pincus, The Internet Paradox: Libel, Slander & the First Amendment in Cyberspace, 2 Green Bag 279 (Spring  1999)

  2. Michael D. Goldhaber, Net Stirs Public Records Debate: Privacy Vies with Free Speech in Struggle of the Information Age, Nat’l. L.J., Jan 31, 2000, at A 1.

  3. Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court Dispatches (Apr. 26, 2000) 

  4. Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court Dispatches (Apr. 25, 2000) 


Recommended reading to supplement the Media Coverage/Judicial Independence discussion:

  1. Frances Kahn Zemans, The Accountable Judge: Guardian of Judicial Independence, 72 S.Cal. L.Rev. 625 (Jan./Mar. 1999)

  2. Penny J. White, An America without Judicial Independence, 80 Judicature 174 (Jan.-Feb. 1997)

  3. Tony Snow, Editorial, Court Strains Belief with Religion Ruling (May 5, 2000) http://www.detnews.com/EDITPAGE/0005/05/snow/snow.htm

  4. Don Feder, Editorial, Pray for Secularism’s Demise (May 3, 2000) http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/don05032000.htm

  5. Elizabeth Mehren, “Old Boy” System Causes Chaos on N.H. High Court: Handling of Justice’s Divorce Places His and His Colleagues’ Actions Under Investigation, L.A. Times, May 2, 2000, at A 1

  6. Editorial, Death of High Court Not in State’s Interest, Palm Beach Post, April 19, 2000, at 14 A


Recommended reading to supplement the Election vs. Appointment discussion:

  1. James H. Brickley, Judicial Appointment v. Judicial Election, 75 Mich. B.J. 930 (Sept. 1996)

  2. William Glaberson, Fierce Campaigns Signal a New Era for State Courts, (June 5, 2000) 


Recommended reading to supplement the What Journalists Want discussion:

  1. S. L. Alexander, Their Day in Court, 88 Quill Mag. 10 (June 2000)

  2. Fred Graham, Doing Justice with Cameras in the Court, (Visited June 5, 2000)

  3. National Center for State Courts Home Page (visited May 26, 2000) http://www.ncsconline.org/

  4. Court and Court-Related Web Sites (visited May 26, 2000) http://www.ncsc.dni.us/COURT/SITES/Courts.htm

  5. Criminal Justice Journalists Flyer [National Judicial College Document]

  6. Criminal Justice Journalists, 2 CJJ News 1 (Spring 2000)


Recommended reading to supplement the Nuts and Bolts discussion:

  1. Phoenix Municipal Court, Courtroom Media Coverage Guidelines, (Visited June 5, 2000) http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/COURT/mediagd.html

  2. News Media Checklist for Communication with Judges [National Judicial College Document]

  3. Judges Checklist for News Media Interviews [National Judicial College Document]

  4. Top 10 Significant Issues for Journalists and Lawyers on Court-Media Issues and  Relationships, 11 NJC Alumni 27 (Summer 1996)

  5. Reporter Loses Fight for Equal Access to Briefings, Materials, 22 News Media & L. 6 (Spring 1998)

  6. Actions Taken Against Judges for Talking to Media Contested, 22 News Media & L. 16 (Fall 1998)