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The shooting deaths of journalists Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, Wendy Winters and John McNamara and advertising assistant Rebecca Smith has left newsrooms across the nation to address the question of how to protect themselves from threats. (Hannah Gaskill/Capital News Service)
Annapolis
Newsrooms reviewed security after Capital Gazette shooting

The tragedy resulting in the murders of journalists Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, Wendy Winters and John McNamara and advertising assistant Rebecca Smith has left newsrooms across the nation to address the question of how to move forward in an industry where vitriol and physical violence are constant and real possibilities.

Three attorneys for the defense, at left, and two prosecutors, right, confer at the bench of Judge Laura Ripken, center, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. The judge ruled later that video from the crime scene would be admissible during the trial, scheduled for November. Drawing by Hannah Gaskill, Capital News Service.
Annapolis
Judge denies defense motion to limit crime-scene video in Capital Gazette case

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura Ripken denied a defense motion to exclude most of the crime-scene video from the June 2018 Capital Gazette mass shooting site during a hearing Wednesday.