The extremist groups I follow on Telegram as part of my #CapitolRiot coverage are *keenly* interested in the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. Here's the Proud Boys today threatening journalists who do basic post-trial reporting. 
Reporting is not doxxing, and it's perfectly common for jurors to willingly speak after trials. Even high-profile ones.
https://twitter.com/Bananasaur_Rex/status/1461027962590015493
Reporting is not leaking. And public access to trials, including information about jurors, is a well-established principle of American jurisprudence going back to before the colonies. SCOTUS has repeatedly upheld this right.
https://twitter.com/bluewindsor_yk/status/1461028504821280769
For cases variously establishing the public's right to access judicial records, see:
Nixon v. Warner Communications (1978)
Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia (1980)
Beacon Journal Publishing Company v. Bond (2002)
United States v. Blagojevich (2015)
Nixon v. Warner Communications (1978)
Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia (1980)
Beacon Journal Publishing Company v. Bond (2002)
United States v. Blagojevich (2015)
Like all reporters, I attach my real name, my real face (such as it is), my real contact information, my real employer, to every story I write. Ironic for anonymous randos online to lecture me about having skin in the game.
https://mobile.twitter.com/theREALMJpain/status/1461140922071142403
Further, the right to an open and public trial is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution not for my benefit as a reporter, but for defendants. Closed trials are anathema to a free society.
I live rent-free in your head. 😉
https://twitter.com/theREALMJpain/status/1461156832773394433
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