(a) "Judge" means a commissioner, municipal division judge, associate circuit judge, circuit judge, or appellate judge presiding in a judicial proceeding.(b) "Judicial proceeding" or "proceeding" includes any trial, hearing, or other case-related matter open to the public in any circuit court division, including a municipal division, or any appellate court for which media coverage is requested, unless specifically excluded by this operating rule.(c) "Media coordinator" means a person designated under this operating rule to work between those making requests for media coverage and the judge and includes such person's designees.(d) "Media" includes any person who regularly gathers, processes and disseminates news or information about matters of public interest in any medium. "Media" also includes any educational institution or its representatives seeking media coverage of a judicial proceeding for educational purposes.(e) "Media coverage" or "coverage" includes audio, video or electronic recording; broadcasting, filming or televising; photographing; or otherwise transmitting information, including by text, electronic mail, online post or other electronic message, whether for live or later dissemination in any medium.(f) "Media equipment" includes still or video cameras, audio recorders, and any other device capable of taking photographs, making audio or video recordings, or otherwise transmitting information, including texts, online posts or other electronic messages, whether for live or later dissemination in any medium.(g) "This operating rule" means the provisions of Court Operating Rule 16.Approved for publication 8/21/1995; amended March 21, 2018, effective 7/1/2018.