US FOI Advocate Judith Krug Dies

APRIL 14, 2009

FOI Advocate Judith Krug Dies

One of the most tenacious fighters for freedom of information and the right to know -- and to read -- has died. Judith Krug, who headed the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom for more than 40 years, died in Illinois on Saturday at age 69. Her constant pressure to keep libraries and minds free from censorship was felt even at the Supreme Court level, helping lead to the high court's 1997 decision declaring the Internet as a medium that deserves the widest range of First Amendment protection. An obituary of Krug appears here. 

D.C.  media lawyers and First Amendment advocates who worked with her over the years today mourned her passing.

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