AS a rookie reporter jumping into the job at The Star more than 35 years ago, the first thing the news editor sent me out for was to cover the courts. I had to learn basic laws, he said.
I also had to be accurate in my reporting because there was nothing worse than being reprimanded by the magistrate or judge the next day in open court.
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