Dr Richard Jones' Outputs (17)

The News Values of Court Reporting (2025)
Journal Article

Reporting the courts on behalf of the public is one of the traditional tasks of local newspapers. Yet in the UK, twin financial crises affecting both the local media market and the criminal justice system have led to concerns over the sustainability... Read More about The News Values of Court Reporting.

Reporting the Courts (2024)
Book

This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for its importance as a central feature of both open jus... Read More about Reporting the Courts.

‘Absolutely Delighted’ (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, R. (2023). ‘Absolutely Delighted’. Media History, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2023.2183827

Reporting on crime and the courts are among the classic functions of journalism. In the UK, journalists and others must abide by the Contempt of Court Act 1981, the main piece of primary legislation aimed at ensuring coverage of legal matters is fair... Read More about ‘Absolutely Delighted’.

The view from the boundary: how journalists cover county cricket in the digital age (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

County cricket was a traditional mainstay of sports media in the UK, especially in the written press and on television. However, years of intense financial pressure and technological disruption affecting both local journalism and cricket itself have... Read More about The view from the boundary: how journalists cover county cricket in the digital age.

Court reporting in practice (2024)
Book Chapter

Evolving restrictions on court reporting (2024)
Book Chapter

Introduction – the case for reporting the courts (2024)
Book Chapter

Local public interest journalism under threat (2024)
Book Chapter

Reporting on a major trial (2024)
Book Chapter

The courts beat (2024)
Book Chapter

The history and development of contempt law (2024)
Book Chapter

The news values of court reporting (2024)
Book Chapter

Conclusion – the case for (still) reporting the courts (2024)
Book Chapter

Cameras in court (2024)
Book Chapter

“It’s the Best Job on the Paper” – The Courts Beat During the Journalism Crisis (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, R. (2021). “It’s the Best Job on the Paper” – The Courts Beat During the Journalism Crisis. Journalism Practice, 15(9), 1307-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1910980

Local journalism in the UK has been described as being in "crisis". Local newspapers have experienced years of declining circulations and staff cuts, leading to questions about how effectively those institutions can continue to perform normative func... Read More about “It’s the Best Job on the Paper” – The Courts Beat During the Journalism Crisis.

Book Review: Justices and Journalists: The Global Perspective by Richard Davis (ed.) and David Taras (ed.) (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, R. (2018). Book Review: Justices and Journalists: The Global Perspective by Richard Davis (ed.) and David Taras (ed.). Entertainment Law Review, 29(8), 271-272

Book Review: All The Truth Is Out by Matt Bai (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, R. (2016). Book Review: All The Truth Is Out by Matt Bai. #Journal not on list, 5(1), 193-194