Covering America's Courts: A Clash of Rights - Paperback

by Toni Locy (Author)

This text is an engaging and accessible introduction to the American court system, its players, language, and impact on the public. Written by a veteran court reporter, this book is a valuable resource and provides students, bloggers, and citizen journalists with the foundation they need to walk into a courthouse anywhere in the country and report fairly, clearly, and ethically about criminal and civil cases.

Author Biography

Toni Locy is the Donald W. Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting at Washington and Lee University. She is uniquely qualified to write this text, having spent 25 years as a journalist covering courts for some of the nation's biggest and best news organizations, including the Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, and the Associated Press. During this time, she covered the 9/11 attacks, was one of three reporters to break the first published story about the independent counsel's investigation into President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for a four-part series that she reported and wrote about the Boston Police Department's inability to solve serious crimes.