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JOURNALISTS , *FREEDOM of the press , *JOURNALISM - Abstract
On April 7, 2004, a federal marshal confiscated the recorders of two reporters during a speech by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at Presbyterian Christian High School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Scalia has prohibited electronic recordings of his public appearances in the past. One of those journalists, 25-year-old Antoinette Konz, an education reporter at the "Hattiesburg American," talked to Melissa Cirillo of the "American Journalism Review" about that experience. At first, according to Konz, she was just really shocked. A lot of questions were going through her head, but out of a sense of professionalism and because Justice Scalia was still speaking and Konz did not want to be disrespectful, she complied. This is a strong issue surrounding the First Amendment, says Konz. There is no hidden agenda when reporters use tape recorders. This is strictly to report the news to the community, to make sure the report is accurate. Things like this, according to her, should not happen.
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- 2004