Day nine of Blagojevich jury deliberations and not so much as a note from the jurors since July 29th.
The only news to report is that NBC’s Channel 5 has scored victories at Scrabble and 80’s Trivia.
A good story on what jurors in former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s trial experienced can be found here.
Courtroom sketching is a form of visual journalism or reportage drawing that is slowly dying out. Where once upon a time news organization each had their own artist covering a story, today a “pool” artist often sketches for all. It is a demanding and stressful discipline where the drawing is often done directly and under tight deadline.
After forty-five years of news sketching in courtrooms and congress I’m calling it quits. It’s been sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, almost always interesting. I’ve been lucky to work with some really great people. Don’t think I’ll miss it, but a little scared of not having a deadline.
While I won’t be sketching in court anymore, I may continue to post to this blog from time to time. Not sure what that might be. I’m about to start a new assignment documenting infrastructure and construction. Could be interesting.
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I enjoy the strength and immediacy of your line drawings.