Court reporter
Court reporters are specialized journalists , the media such as press , radio and television on trial report.
history
Since the beginning of the press there have been reports on the course and results of legal proceedings. For the most part, it only became a separate area of responsibility, for which specialized editors and reporters were responsible, in the 20th century. The interest of readers, listeners and viewers in such reports and possible comments is consistently great.
Those who journalistically deal with this topic should be very familiar with the formal framework of legal proceedings and the basic laws. This applies above all to the Criminal Code , the Civil Code , the Courts Constitution Act and the German Judges Act with the partially different rules for the German federal states. Knowledge of social, labor, financial, inheritance and administrative law, for example, is often required. The relevant rules of the press code of the German Press Council (last version of March 13, 2013) must also be observed .
Well-known court reporters
- Heike Borufka ( Hessischer Rundfunk )
- Gisela Friedrichsen ( The World )
- Hans Holzhaider (SZ)
- Hans Leyendecker (Der Spiegel, SZ)
- Gerhard Mauz (The Mirror)
- Karl-Dieter Möller (formerly Südwestrundfunk and ARD )
- Peggy Parnass ( specifically )
- Annette Ramelsberger ( SZ )
- Sabine Rückert ( Die Zeit )
- Paul Schlesinger (Sling)
- Ulf G. Stuberger
- Erwin Daughtermann ( SZ )
Prices
- pro reo price of the Criminal Law Working Group of the German Lawyers' Association (DAV)
- Regino Prize for outstanding judicial reporting established by lawyer Wolfgang Ferner , Koblenz / Heidelberg and supported by the NJW
literature
- Beat Brühlmeier: The tension between the police, the judiciary and the media. Vademecum for reporting. Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1989, ISBN 3794131517
- Hans Leyendecker : Court report or: As a spectator in the "fight for the truth". In: Rudolf Gerhardt and Hans Leyendecker: Reading book for writers. The correct use of language and the art of reading newspapers. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-16411-7 , pp. 269-279.
- Frauke Höbermann: The court reporter as the "Fourth Estate"? . In: Erosion of the Rule of Law - Decline in Values or Paradigm Shift? / 25th Defense Defense Day, March 9-11, 2001, Berlin. [Ed. from the criminal defense associations, Organization Office of the criminal defense associations] (2002), pp. 227–236.
- Holger Weimann, Norbert Leppert, Frauke Höbermann: Court reporter: practice of reporting . ZV, Berlin 2005. 344 pp. ISBN 3-929122-91-X
Film documents
- Witness on his own behalf: Rudolf Hirsch: Author and GDR court reporter, a film by Marie Bardischewski, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich undated
See also
Web links
- Gisela Friedrichsen: Speech on the award of the Regino Prize 2004/2005 , June 1, 2006
- Mirko Laudon, Judicial Reporting and its Limits , Strafakte.de, September 25, 2013.
- Sabine Rückert: The court reporter: To understand the problem, what you see and hear. Ceremonial address for the award of the Regino Prize , October 31, 2002
- SOLON Database of Vicorian Crime Reportage , UK