New Mexico Alt-Weekly Gets Its Day in Court

Santa Fe Reporter alleges it was denied free press rights and mandated access to public records.

At the end of this week’s Sante Fe Reporter cover story, readers are presented with a most interesting bit of contextual information:

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Proctor’s piece is a fascinating tick-tock about how years of thwarted journalistic effort led the paper to file suit in 2013 against the office of Governor Susana Martinez, over the outlet’s inability to fulfill requests under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA). Three years later, the case is finally about to go to trial:

The three former Reporter staffers [Joey Peters, Justin Horwath, Alexa Schirtzinger] and its current leadership are expected to testify.

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