American national political conventions have long been known for wacky party hats, a multitude of political buttons, showers of confetti, and long-winded speeches -- inside the convention centers. Outside those walls, in the streets of the host cities, both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions are symbols of political unrest and police crackdowns – and increasingly, a militarized system of silencing voices of demonstrators and journalists covering the stories that happen in those streets. What are the rights of journalists covering stories in public places? Who can be called journalists? And why is journalism still important? Read the transcript here (.doc format).