Journalists and Broadcasters across the TCI have just completed a four day course on Court Reporting delivered by a leading journalist from the Thompson Reuters Foundation.
The course was financed by the Foreign and Commonwealth office, facilitated by the Foundation, and conducted by Royston Martin. It was designed to encourage journalists to write and report with more confidence on the range of issues surrounding court reporting. This was done through a mixture of expert briefings, discussions, practical writing and visual exercises.
The course aimed at ways to help build a solid knowledge base and explore ways of producing fair, balanced and compelling coverage. RTC’s Arnisiqua Wilson said she found the course to be very timely. Young and aspiring journalists as well as mature and seasoned media figures had gained a clearer understanding of how the judiciary and the media collaborated in the complex arena of courts.
Mr. Martin is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and academic. In his career he has covered many major trials and legal proceedings, including those at the International Criminal Court in The Hague,C and the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles. He expressed his thanks to all the participants and made special mention of the three student journalists from RTC who attended every session over the four day period.
