News Lawyer

When I started to write this blog, I did not appreciate how much time video editing soaks up, which is a core chore in the New Media concentration here at Columbia Journalism School.  And once a few days goes by, any audience that may have seen fit to follow this blog drifted away, lessening the impact (and guilt) associated with each additional day of delay.

But no more!  I will post daily, even if posting something modest like this vignette, about a mistrial declared in a case where a bird watcher killed an endangered bird-stalking cat, which may or may not have been a pet.  I can’t shake the feeling that this is the undercard for some dog lover vs. cat lover Armageddon.  I also can’t imagine a case like this ever not ending in a mistrial, with the emotion animal lovers can bring to these issues.