NC judges clarify that journalists won’t be barred from court due to COVID-19 Carli Brosseau, The News & Observer
RALEIGH, N.C. A week after three news organizations asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force Alamance County courts to let in journalists, the top local judges announced a new media access policy.
Reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in, depending on the available space, D. Thomas Lambeth Jr., Judicial District 15A’s senior resident superior court judge, and Bradley Reid Allen Sr., the chief district court judge, said in an order dated Dec. 18.