Who brings us the news? Men, mostly
Gene Policinski, inside the First Amendment
Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....
National campaign to defend freedom of the press features celebrities talking about First Amendment
On July 4, the Free Speech Center launched a national nonpartisan and nonprofit educational effort to build understanding and respect for the...
NEFAC Launches Mentorship Program
The New England First Amendment Coalition recently launched a new mentorship program for journalists working in the region.
The program — NEFAC Mentors — helps reporters, editors and producers...
‘Enemies of the people?’ Simply, plainly – ‘no.’
As plainly and clearly as one can say or write this:
Journalism and journalists are not "enemies of the people."
A free press brings us the...
Make Journalism Better By Improving Newsroom Culture
News organizations covering the fury over the deaths of more than 200 Black people at the hands of police in 2020 and COVID-19’s brutal...
NEFAC Announces 2023 New England First Amendment Institute Journalism Fellows
The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the incoming class of fellows for its 2023 New England First Amendment Institute.
Now in its 13th year,...
We’re divided in new ways over our core First Amendment freedoms
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. Email him at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org and follow him on Twitter...
Fist Five Perspective: What if the nation’s founders had been able to tweet?
The nation’s founders didn’t have access to today’s social media – but what if they had?
Of course, they took good advantage of the media...
For our freedoms, is a ‘C+’ grade good enough?
Gene Policinski, inside the First Amendment
Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....
Humor, satire: Making the political ‘cut,’ from our earliest days
The 2020 election is no laughing matter — except that it is, in the great American tradition of humor and satire that...