Worcester Telegram & Gazette to Receive NEFAC’s 2022 Freedom of Information Award
The New England First Amendment Coalition will honor the Worcester Telegram & Gazette with its 2022 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award.
The FOI Award...
NEFAC Announces Journalism Fellows for New England First Amendment Institute
The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the incoming class of fellows for its 2021 New England First Amendment Institute.
Now in its 11th year,...
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...
We Once Went “MAD” for the Magazine — and It Was Fun and Funny
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached atgpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or follow...
2022 New England First Amendment Institute Journalism Fellows
The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the incoming class of fellows for its 2022 New England First Amendment Institute.
Now in its 12th year,...
A Growing List: 2019 Threats to First Amendment Freedoms
First Amendment threats and defenses have, for much of the past 100 years, largely focused on protecting individual speech — the rights of any...
Harsh words in presidential campaigns: Protected, nothing new
So, you think the already harsh language in this year’s presidential campaign is the worst ever?
Probably not —...
Nackey S. Loeb School Announces 2025 First Amendment Award Event & Honorees
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...
Sunshine Week Participation Around New England
Last week was Sunshine Week and we are pleased that so many New England publications ran an editorial on the importance of open government...
229 years ago, America became . . . America
Today marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified...