Journalist Accreditation Process
In June of 2002, the Supreme Court adopted the following policy regarding the use of recording devices inside courtrooms:
1. Accredited journalists may be permitted to bring recording devices into Supreme Court courtrooms to record the proceedings, so long as:
a. the use of recording devices is not disruptive to the proceedings;
b. does not impose additional expense upon the court; and
c. such recordings are used for the verification of journalists' notes only and are not broadcast, copied or used in any other way or for any other purpose.
2. It remains within the discretion of the trial judge to exclude recording devices in a particular case, or for a particular portion of a trial.
3. This policy permits the use of recording devices by accredited journalists in courtrooms only, and not in other areas of the courthouse.
Journalists wishing to take advantage of this policy should first contact one of the members of the Accreditation Committee which is a committee of journalists that has been established to oversee the accreditation process. Journalists will be required to sign an undertaking acknowledging that they agree to abide by the policy described above.
The members of the Accreditation Committee are: