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 TABLE OF CONTENTS   The News Media & The Law Vol. 28, No. 1  

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The News Media & The Law

Winter 2004

Justice in the Shadows: A Florida waiter's secret proceedings expose a bigger problem with 'super-sealed' cases


In this issue:

  EDITORIAL It’s Time to go Back to the Basics

  HOTLINE From the Hotline

Cover Story
  FEATURE Blackout of Justice
  SIDEBAR What is Required of a Judge Before Closing a Courtroom?
  SIDEBAR U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Detainee Cases
  GUEST COMMENTARY America’s Underground Legal System

Libel & Privacy
  FEATURE Fair Reporting
  FEATURE Acquiescing to 'repugnant' judgments

Newsgathering
  FEATURE Native to Them
  FEATURE The Credibility Gap

Confidentiality
  FEATURE Alternative Scenarios
  FEATURE A Limited Privilege
  COMMENTARY Maintaining Confidence

Freedom of Information
  FEATURE The Hidden Paper Trail on the Campaign Trail
  SIDEBAR Presidential Records Remain Sealed By Bush
  SIDEBAR Lieberman, Clark campaign against government secrecy
  FEATURE Weighing Public Access Against Survivor Privacy
  FEATURE Searching for Contracts of Mass Construction
  SIDEBAR Private schools get free pass
  FEATURE Chartering a Course Toward Access
  COMMENTARY When You Sing and it Goes Flat
  FEATURE Questioning Compliance
  SIDEBAR Federal Delays
  SIDEBAR Recent State FOI Audits

Broadcasting & Copyright
  ROUNDUP High-profile cases bring attention to media's struggle for greater camera access to courts

  BRIEF Open & Shut