ABSTRACT
Overview Chapter 6 addressed access to information and places; chapter 7 focused specifically on access to judicial proceedings. This chapter describes problems associated with the medium of access. Specifically we describe laws and rules that restrict recording devices in courtrooms and other venues controlled by the government. Here we also describe the conflict between journalists who seek access to governmental processes in order to share information with the public, and media who seek access to trials and other governmental processes as a form of public entertainment.
