Reporting the Courts

This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for its importance as a central feature of both open justice and public interest reporting.

List of contents

1. Introduction - The case for reporting the courts
2. Local public interest journalism under threat
3. The history and development of contempt law
4. Evolving restrictions on court reporting
5. Cameras in court
6. The courts beat
7. The news values of court reporting
8. Court reporting in practice
9. Reporting on a major trial
10. Conclusion - The case for (still) reporting the courts

About the author

Richard Jones is Director of Journalism, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. Before working in academia, he was a journalist for Sky News and the BBC, among others. Reporting the Courts is his first book

Summary

This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for its importance as a central feature of both open justice and public interest reporting.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Jones
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032638386
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263838-6
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Research in Journalism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, Sociology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LAW / Courts, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LAW / Trial Practice, Press & journalism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Communication Studies, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, News media and journalism, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Social law and Medical law