Juvenile Justice and Openness Two decades of greater openness in juvenile courts make a compelling case for public access to a once-secret system.     Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish Editor Gregg P. Leslie Managing Editor Kathleen Cullinan Senior Editor Corinna Zarek Contributors Hannah Bergman, Caitlin Dickson, Rory Eastburg, Samantha Fredrickson, Jonathan Jones, Lucas Tanglen Administration Lois Lloyd, Victor Gaberman, Maria Gowen RCFP Steering Committee Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press Wolf Blitzer, CNN David Boardman, Seattle Times Chip Bok, Creators Syndicate Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal Earl Caldwell, Pacifica Radio Walter Cronkite, CBS News Michael Duffy, Time Richard S. Dunham, Houston Chronicle Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Magazine Fred Graham, InSession John C. Henry, Freelance Nat Hentoff, United Media Newspaper Syndicate Stephen Labaton, The New York Times Neil Lewis, The New York Times Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Tony Mauro, National Law Journal Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Bill Nichols, Politico Sandra Peddie, Newsday Dana Priest, The Washington Post Dan Rather, HDNet Jim Rubin, Bloomberg News Cristine Russell, Freelance Bob Schieffer, CBS News Pierre Thomas, ABC News Saundra Torry, USA Today Vickie Walton-James, National Public Radio Judy Woodruff, PBS/The News Hour Affiliations appear for purposes of identification. The Reporters Committee would like to thank The Associated Press for permission to use photos from its files. © 2009 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Published four times a year. Price: $7.50 per issue. Address correspondence to: The News Media and The Law 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100 Arlington, VA 22209 Telephone: (703) 807-2100 Internet: www.rcfp.org ISSN: 0149-0737

The News Media & The Law   Summer 2009    •    Vol. 33, No. 3     In this issue:  Editorial   COMMENTARY Protecting kids from shadowy justice With so much at stake, the public needs a window into the juvenile courtroom   COMMENTARY  Cover Story   FEATURE Juvenile Justice and Openness   SIDEBAR The standard for access: experience and logic   SIDEBAR Federal sex offender registry rules would create a curious exception to the juvenile justice secrecy model  Prior Restraints   FEATURE Recognizing media protections in Indian country A journalist is blocked from covering a controversial story by an injunction in an American Indian tribal court   UPDATE Court OKs fines for fleeting expletives   UPDATE Court allows discovery material to stay secret   FEATURE High court to consider categorical ban on cruelty images In ‘crush videos’ case, First Amendment groups say free speech is the better safeguard against animal abuse   UPDATE Court calls for rehearing in Citizens United case  Freedom of Information   FEATURE A scramble in Washington to hide abuse photos After the Obama administration takes back its promise to release the controversial pictures, Congress and the courts are asked to weigh in   FEATURE Opening up state government one coalition at a time Groups gather strength around the country, but take differing approaches in pursuit of sunshine      APPRECIATION Walter Cronkite, CBS anchor, steering committee member, dies at 92  Freedom of Information   FEATURE States rally in defense of open meeting laws A Fifth Circuit opinion startles open government advocates with its assertion that transparency requirements may violate free speech rights   UPDATE Cemetery logs are ‘death records’ and public, court finds   FEATURE Government sources in the shadows Despite President Obama’s pledge to bring a new level of openness to government, his administration prefers to brief reporters on background  Confidentiality/Privilege   FEATURE In Washington, seeking a Senate opening — and a vote for the reporter’s shield law   FEATURE Focus of source fight shifts to newspaper After Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter escapes compelled testimony in a Privacy Act suit, the pursuit shifts to his editors  Libel   FEATURE Stateside defenses against foreign ‘libel tourism’ judgments making progress  Newsgathering   FEATURE Trespassing to get the story Photojournalists covering a series of mine protests face sanctions for stepping over the property line      SPECIAL REPORT A summary of media-related decisions by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor  Open & Shut   THE LAST WORD Open & Shut A collection of notable quotations