Comments on Reporters live blogging trials: the wave of the future | Real Lawyers Have Blogs http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/new-media/reporters-live-blogging-trials-the-wave-of-the-future/ Live blogging in courtrooms is no longer novel, and it's not going away. It makes too much sense. As newspapers become increasingly Internet-savvy and social media-friendly, court reporting is an area that can especially benefit from blogging and social networking... en-us Copyright 2012 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:35:56 -0800 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:56:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rsh2k1@gmail.com (Rob Hahn) While this is great and all, I have to ask, why the hell does someone have to be a "journalist" in order to liveblog a trial? Or seek permission from the judge?

The rule, it seems to me, ought to be that any spectator, any attendant, should be allowed to liveblog any judicial proceeding that isn't secret or closed-door for some compelling reason.

There's nothing special about Trish Mehaffey that should privilege her more than anyone else with a laptop and a Wordpress account.

This is especially true when it's a liveblog, when "editorial oversight" is nonexistent.

-rsh

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