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...
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...
Farewell to two free spirit, free speech icons
Gene Policinski
Inside the First Amendment
Gene Policinski is
chief operating officer
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Newseum Institute and
senior vice president
of the Institute’s
First Amendment Center.
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Time to Stand up for Journalists, for the Pursuit of Truth
Unlike most of Time magazine's "Person of the Year" designees since 1927, we can be certain none of those featured this year on that...
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....
Floyd protests powered by freedoms of assembly, petition.
Two of our least-known freedoms, petition and assembly, are at the heart of our nation’s most profound changes.Today, those two freedoms are...
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...
‘Be nice’ is not needed during crisis — but a free press is
“Be nice” — two words not found anywhere among the 45 words of the First Amendment. Also not found: “positive,” or “get ya”...
Sunshine Letter Sent to MA Governor’s Council
Honorable Members of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council,
In light of Sunshine Week 2022, we are sending you the attached letter requesting that you maintain the...
NEFAC Announces First Amendment Award Recipients
The New England First Amendment Coalition will present its 2023 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award to Brian McGrory, former editor of The Boston Globe and current chair...







