Number	3156
Subject	Courts
Source	Jon Burstein
State	Sun-Sentinel (Delray Beach, Fla.)
Year	2008
Publication Date	IRE Annual - Miami (June 2008)
Summary	The author offers tips for developing the cops and courts beat. He suggests spending a lot of time at the court house and getting to know key players, like judges, baliffs, and law clerks. Burstein also discusses documents like search warrants and probable cause affidavits which are stored at the court house and could lead to good stoy ideas. Finally, the tipsheet includes some story ideas that go beyond the criminal trials one expects from a courts reporter.
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