Opinion: Why Can’t Journalists Audiotape Court Hearings?

In his job as a staff writer for the Richmond County (N.C.) Daily Journal, Matthew Sasser is used to reading about the alleged misdeeds of other people, not about himself. Yet there he is, in a 16-page order signed by a Richmond County judge: “During those sessions, Sasser used a recording device to record the proceedings,” reads the order from Judge Stephan R. Futrell.

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