Expanded Media Coverage Handbook
IOWA COURT RULES, CHAPTER 25:
RULES FOR EXPANDED MEDIA COVERAGE
| 25.1 Definitions |
25.4 Technical |
| 25.2 General |
25.5 Rules specific to the supreme court and court of appeals |
| 25.3 Procedural |
25.1 Definitions
As used in this chapter:
“Expanded media coverage” includes broadcasting, televising, electronic recording or photographing of judicial proceedings for the purpose of gathering and disseminating news to the public.
“Good cause” for purposes of exclusion under these rules means that coverage will have a substantial effect upon the objector which would be qualitatively different from the effect on members of the public in general and that such effect will be qualitatively different from coverage by other types of media.
“Judge” means the magistrate, district associate judge or district judge presiding in a trial court proceeding or the presiding judge or justice in an appellate proceeding.
“Judicial proceedings” or “proceedings” as referred to in these rules shall include all public trials, hearings or other proceedings of a trial or appellate court, for which expanded media coverage is requested, except those specifically excluded by these rules.
“Media coordinator” as referred to in these rules shall include media coordinating councils as well as the designees of such coordinators or councils.
