Supreme Court of Ohio 2006 Annual Report - Supreme Court - State ...

Office of Public Information
The Office of Public Information coordinates the Court’s
communications efforts. The office manages the Court’s
main Web site, publishes the Court’s print publications,
corresponds with constituents, responds to media inquiries,
staffs the Court’s main phone lines and receptionist desk, and
writes articles about court cases and administrative activities
for distribution as news releases, guest articles and Web
content.
2006 began with the launch of the Court’s new Web site,
www.supremecourtofohio.gov, the culmination of a nearly
year-long project by the Office of Public Information in
partnership with the Court’s Information Technology staff.
The office finalized the application of the Court’s new
graphic design system in 2006, publishing a revised set of
informational brochures for the Law Library, a new brochure
on the Kingsley A. Taft Map Room, and applying the graphic
design identity to a number of other publications and visible
representations of the Court, most notably the Web site.
In December, the office
held the second annual
Judges & Journalists Workshop
at the Ohio Judicial Center.
The workshop is a one-day
seminar for judges and the
media around the state
designed to increase public
trust and confidence in the
judiciary by enhancing the
relationship between judges
and journalists.
Also in 2006, Public
Jurists, seated in the “gallery,” play the role of reporters covering a trial Information staff attended
during the Judges & Journalists Workshop in December.
the annual meeting of
the Conference of Court
Public Information Officers, where they were selected to
host the 2007 CCPIO meeting at the Ohio Judicial Center in
Columbus.
In 2006, the Office of Public Information wrote and
mailed 240 written responses to constituent letters and
e-mails; researched, wrote and distributed 345 previews of
oral arguments before the Court and summaries of merit
decisions; fielded 912 media inquiries; answered nearly
37,000 phone calls on the Court’s main lines; and researched,
wrote and distributed 81 news releases.
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