Controversy over court accreditation of journalists
November 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment
In 2005 and 2006, Nova Scotia’s judiciary set out guidelines for accreditation of media seeking access to many provincial courts. At a recent conference on “A Free Press and an Independent Judiciary” held in Halifax, journalists, lawyers, and journalism professors roundly denounced the concept and process of media accreditation. Dean Jobb, Assistant Professor of Journalism, [...]





