TEMPORARY PROTOCOL FOR COURT COVERAGE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS COVID-19

CONCORD, NH – In the Court's efforts to keep court proceedings available to the media and the public, the court has created the following protocol for accommodating media coverage:

WMUR has been assigned pool duties to telephonically monitor and record court hearings in New Hampshire courts. Any media outlet that wishes to receive the audio of a specific hearing should send an email both to the NHJB Communications Office at tjackson@courts.state.nh.us and to WMUR Assignment editor, David Sakowich at dsakowich@hearst.com.  At this time we are unable to accommodate photography or video. 

The Communications Office is available to assist you in gathering case documents and information and will continue to post high profile case documents to our Frequently Requested Cases page on the court’s website. Send your requests to tjackson@courts.state.nh.us.

It is anticipated that during these difficult times the media will respectfully restrict their requests to cases and hearings that are pertinent and important to and for the public.  The court’s resources, especially staff and technology, are heavily burdened by the restrictions and limitations imposed on our institution during this crisis and our priority is to ensure that justice continues to be available to our citizens.

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