Dan Shelley, president and CEO of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), said in an opinion piece that the criminal court proceedings involving former President Donald Trump must be televised.
He said that should include any federal court proceedings should the former president be charged with federal crimes.
Shelley said, “Americans and people around the world have a clear need to see for themselves how justice is administered. They need to hear directly from the judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and witnesses. They need to see the evidence shown to the jury. They need to see and hear the verdict rendered at the same moment it is delivered.”
Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. This week’s program featured Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and advises the student editors at the Western Courier and the students at student radio station The Dog: Jessica Martin, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and is news director of NEWS3-TV at WIU; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.
