How will Trump play to the cameras?

+ Iran retaliates US Edition - Today's top story: Trump's New York felony charges are going to trial – what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off [View in browser]( US Edition | 15 April 2024 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [Iran’s message to Israel – and the rest of the world]( - [Cancel culture cripples classroom discussion]( - [Cash-strapped counties are using inmates as firefighters]( Lead story Today Donald Trump will appear at a New York court as his criminal trial for alleged hush-money payments kicks off with jury selection. There won't be live video documenting the former president's every move inside the Manhattan courtroom. But there will be dozens of news cameras and journalists who have meticulously prepared for this historic moment, and they will be poised to capture each gesture and facial expression. Mary Angela Bock, a journalism and visual communication scholar, highlights [the visual cues that journalists will be paying attention to](: body language, symbolic juxtapositions and surprising outbursts. "Even though everyone knows what Trump looks like, and even though his walk through the hallway may take only a matter of seconds, it will be essential to capture that moment, for their own job, their professional reputation and, of course, to satisfy the public’s curiosity," Bock writes. [ [Understand what’s going on in Washington and around the world. Get our Politics Weekly newsletter.]( ] Amy Lieberman Politics + Society Editor Former President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys inside a Manhattan courtroom during his arraignment in April 2023. Timothy A. 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