Jane Johnston is a cross-disciplinary scholar who researches the interface between strategic communication and both the justice system and the public interest. She has written and edited twelve books (two award winning), over seventy journal articles and chapters, and reports for Australian and international government bodies and NGOs, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Australian Federal and State Law Reform Commissions. This is her thirteenth book.

• 1. Forced open justice; 2. The changing shape of open justice; 3. Contested concepts: the evolving language of open justice and publicity; 4. Contested concepts: news media, journalism and strategic communication; 5. #Engage: from social media to judges on tour and other communication tactics; 6. Telling the court story: using narratives to interpret and explain open justice; 7. Dissimilar cousins: crisis communication and litigation PR; 8. Research, public sentiment and AI: using data to inform open justice.

Jane Johnston is a cross-disciplinary scholar who researches the interface between strategic communication and both the justice system and the public interest. She has written and edited twelve books (two award winning), over seventy journal articles and chapters, and reports for Australian and international government bodies and NGOs, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Australian Federal and State Law Reform Commissions. This is her thirteenth book.

• 1. Forced open justice; 2. The changing shape of open justice; 3. Contested concepts: the evolving language of open justice and publicity; 4. Contested concepts: news media, journalism and strategic communication; 5. #Engage: from social media to judges on tour and other communication tactics; 6. Telling the court story: using narratives to interpret and explain open justice; 7. Dissimilar cousins: crisis communication and litigation PR; 8. Research, public sentiment and AI: using data to inform open justice.

Jane Johnston is a cross-disciplinary scholar who researches the interface between strategic communication and both the justice system and the public interest. She has written and edited twelve books (two award winning), over seventy journal articles and chapters, and reports for Australian and international government bodies and NGOs, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Australian Federal and State Law Reform Commissions. This is her thirteenth book.

• 1. Forced open justice; 2. The changing shape of open justice; 3. Contested concepts: the evolving language of open justice and publicity; 4. Contested concepts: news media, journalism and strategic communication; 5. #Engage: from social media to judges on tour and other communication tactics; 6. Telling the court story: using narratives to interpret and explain open justice; 7. Dissimilar cousins: crisis communication and litigation PR; 8. Research, public sentiment and AI: using data to inform open justice.