1989-03-24 Comments of Star Tribune.pdf - Minnesota Judicial Branch
1989-03-24 Comments of Star Tribune.pdf - Minnesota Judicial Branch
1989-03-24 Comments of Star Tribune.pdf - Minnesota Judicial Branch
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order<br />
Entmd: January 13, <strong>1989</strong><br />
87-61<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER <strong>1989</strong>-l<br />
FILM OR ELECTRONIC MEDIA COVERAGE<br />
OF COURT PROCEEDINGS<br />
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Michigan<br />
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On order <strong>of</strong> the Court, the report <strong>of</strong> the Cameras in the<br />
Courtroom Committee having been received and considered, the -<br />
following exception to the Michigan Code <strong>of</strong> <strong>Judicial</strong> Conduct,<br />
Canon 3A(7) is adopted to permit film or electronic media cover-<br />
age in all Michigan Courts effective March 1, <strong>1989</strong>:<br />
The following guidelines shall apply to film or electronic<br />
media coverage <strong>of</strong> proceedings in Michigan courts:<br />
1. Definitions. .<br />
(a) "Film or electronic media coverage" means any<br />
recording or broadcasting <strong>of</strong> court proceedings by<br />
the media using television, radio, photographic or<br />
recording equipment.<br />
(b) "Media" or "media agency" means any person or<br />
organization engaging in news gathering or report-<br />
ing and includes any newspaper, radio or tele-<br />
vision station or network, news service, magazine,<br />
trade paper, pr<strong>of</strong>essional journal, or other news<br />
reporting or news gathering agency.<br />
(cl "Judge" means the judge presiding over a proceed-<br />
ing in the trial court, the presiding judge <strong>of</strong> a<br />
panel in the Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals, or the Chief<br />
Justice <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Court.<br />
2. Limitations.<br />
(a) Film or electronic media coverage shall be allowed<br />
upon request in all court proceedings. Requests<br />
by representatives <strong>of</strong> media agencies for such<br />
coverage must be made in writing to the clerk <strong>of</strong><br />
the particular court not less than three business<br />
days before the proceeding is scheduled to begin.<br />
A judge has the discretion to honor a request that<br />
does not comply with the requirements <strong>of</strong> this<br />
subsection. The court shall provide that the<br />
parties be notified <strong>of</strong> a request for film or<br />
electronic media coverage.