Who are you ... really?

If you were to be arrested for a crime, what description/identifying comments would the press attach to you? In The Daily Telegraph this morning, there is again coverage of the Cronulla riots (previously referred to by some publications as the Cronulla race riots) - and a story entitled "Both sides of the divide have a day in court", one is described as 18-year-old Ali Osman. The second, Peter Higgs, is described as "A 28-year-old classical pianist and senior analyst for JP Morgan. Higgs was accompanied by his parents." Previous accounts have referred to another person as a "Caltex oil refinery worker", or another as "an air conditioning mechanic". So who decides how much or how little description is included; whether they include the name of your employer; who was with you on the day of your court appearance?