The judge in the case ruled that the police should allow all journalists to cover the trial.
Books, which covered the murders and the trial, were quickly bought by the public on their release.
The Union reporter who covered the trial was no partisan of the labor movement.
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of covering the trial was when, in 1936, he had to report on the execution.
But the company had not even checked the local news media, which covered the trial prominently.
The journalists covering the trial select the three reporters, who are expected to share whatever they see and hear with the others.
Lawyers for various news organizations that plan to cover the trial will seek to have the judge reconsider her position.
He has ordered reporters covering the trial not to identify jurors.
A lawyer representing news organizations covering the trial said they would probably file an appeal.
Ritz continued to cover trials through the early 1980s.