1st Amendment

First Amendment threats and defenses have, for much of the past 100 years, largely focused on protecting individual speech — the rights of any...

The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications has announced the recipients of its annual awards, to be presented at the School’s Annual First Amendment...

Today marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified...

Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. Email him at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org and follow him on Twitter...

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...

Tomorrow, May 3, 2025, marks the 32nd annual World Press Freedom Day—a global observance established by the United Nations to celebrate the fundamental principles...

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. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org. Follow him on Twitter:...

Last week was Sunshine Week and we are pleased that so many New England publications ran an editorial on the importance of open government...

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....

Applications are now open for the New England First Amendment Coalition's, tuition-free, First Amendment Institute in investigative journalism, awarded to 25 working...