NENPA along with press groups successfully argue against forced disclosure of reporter’s notes in...
NENPA along with press groups successfully argued that both federal and state constitutional law prevent a Massachusetts court from forcing a reporter to disclose...
New Assange Charges Raise Two First Amendment Alarms
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached atgpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or...
New England First Amendment Award Now Accepting Entries
NENPA members, please enter your work that illuminates or upholds our five freedoms for the New England First Amendment Award. The New England First...
Protect journalists with the same laws that protect us all
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....
Violence isn’t protest
Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment — it’s how we talk to each other as a nation.
What’s the ‘true threat’ to American journalism and democracy?
Threats to the survival of a free press seem much in the air these days, from the near daily online insults hurled from the...
No apology needed for good journalism – even when you don’t like it
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. Email him at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org and follow him on...
Freedom Forum Turns 30 Years Old On July 4
The Freedom Forum is 30 years old this July 4, but in many ways is just getting started in its mission of “fostering First...
On Campus Speech: Thanks, Mr. President — But No Thanks
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or...
Applications for Negri First Amendment Institute Close On August 23
The New England First Amendment Coalition will host its 14th annual investigative journalism institute from Oct. 20 to Oct. 22 at Northeastern University in...