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 TABLE OF CONTENTS   The News Media & The Law Vol. 28, No. 2  

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The News Media & The Law

Spring 2004

Trials and Tribulations: Increased media interest in high-profile trials is leading to a decrease in public access


In this issue:

  PREFERRED POSITION Understanding Justice Scalia

  HOTLINE From the Hotline

Cover Story
  COVER STORY Pleading the First
  GUEST COLUMN Balancing Acts Need Not Tilt Toward Secrecy

Broadcasting & Copyright
  FEATURE Indecent Proposals
  FEATURE Question of Jurisdiction Means No Answer for Camera Coverage of Trial

Confidentiality
  FEATURE The Price of Privilege
  FEATURE Single-Publication Rule Receives Double Protection
  NOTICE Fund created to help Minn. reporter pay contempt fines

Newsgathering
  FEATURE Lens Crafters
  FEATURE Locked Out

Freedom of Information
  FEATURE Gunning for Access
  FEATURE In Response to Emergencies
  FEATURE Letting the Sun Shine on Columbine
  COMMENTARY Dead Weight in the Balance
  ROUNDUP Federal Legislative Update
  FINAL WORD Open and Shut
  CITATIONS Sources and Citations