New Jersey § 2a:84a-21

§ 2a:84a-21.

a. To sustain a claim of the newsperson's privilege under Rule 27 1 the claimant shall make a prima facie showing that he is engaged in, connected with,

or employed by a news media for the purpose of gathering, procuring, transmitting,

compiling, editing or disseminating news for the general public or on whose behalf

news is so gathered, procured, transmitted, compiled, edited or disseminated, and

that the subpenaed 2 materials were obtained in the course of pursuing his professional activities. b. To overcome a finding by the court that the claimant has made a prima facie showing

under a. above, the party seeking enforcement of the subpena 2 shall show by clear and convincing evidence that the privilege has been waived under

Rule 37 ( C.2A:84A-29 ) 3 or by a preponderance of the evidence that there is a reasonable probability that

the subpenaed materials are relevant, material and necessary to the defense, that

they could not be secured from any less intrusive source, that the value of the material

sought as it bears upon the issue of guilt or innocence outweighs the privilege against

disclosure, and that the request is not overbroad, oppressive, or unreasonably burdensome

which may be overcome by evidence that all or part of the information sought is irrelevant,

immaterial, unnecessary to the defense, or that it can be secured from another source. Publication shall constitute a waiver only as to the specific materials published. c. The determinations to be made by the court pursuant to this section shall be made

only after a hearing in which the party claiming the privilege and the party seeking

enforcement of the subpena shall have a full opportunity to present evidence and argument

with respect to each of the materials or items sought to be subpenaed. 1

See, now, N.J.R.E. 508. 2

So in original. 3

See, now, N.J.R.E. 530.