[Opinion] NJ Supreme Court hears reporter’s challenge to law limiting publication of officials’ addresses

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NJ Supreme Court hears reporter’s challenge to law limiting publication of officials’ addresses

Charlie Kratovil, founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, is at the center of a case that tests a New Jersey law barring the publication of some public officials' addresses.

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The Court has established that criticisms of the exercise of public service should not be punished, even if they are caustic or hurtful, given the constitutional value that protects the debate on matters of public interest. It defends the work of professional journalism, rejecting accusations of disinformation from certain sectors. “This Court has ruled with regard to freedom of expression that criticisms of the exercise of public service cannot…