Judge Weighs Press Freedom vs. Student Privacy in Contentious Legal Battle

Judge weighs press freedom vs. student privacy in contentious legal battle

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Newspaper editor Charlie Kratovil will have to wait at least a little longer before he learns whether he can fully report on a school gun incident after a judge declined on Tuesday to lift a court order censoring him.  Judge Thomas Daniel McCloskey of Middlesex County, New Jersey, said he will issue a ruling “within a day or two” after a tense, hourslong hearing Tuesday over an emergency order that forced local news outlet …

A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove surveillance footage of a school lockdown and barred the outlet from writing about the event (Matthew Haag/New York Times)

Matthew Haag / New York Times: A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove surveillance footage of a school lockdown and barred the outlet from writing about the event  —  A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove the video and barred it from writing about the episode, alarming First Amendment advocates.