Perspective: Protect assembly and petition by preserving listening at public meetings
Two of the least-known freedoms protected by the First Amendment — the rights of assembly and petition — are being tested in today’s rancorous,...
Have you joined our “Know Your News” campaign launching today
Today, on Constitution Day (September 17, 2025), NENPA is launching Know Your News: Understanding Press Freedom and the Value of Local News — a...
At the Supreme Court, a day of infamy for religious freedom
Inside the First Amendment
June 21, 2018
At the Supreme Court, a day of infamy for religious freedom
By Charles C. Haynes
June 26, 2018 will be long...
‘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...
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...
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...
Hannity Hassle: Let’s apply ‘Five Ws and How’
Gene Policinski
Inside the
First Amendment
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org, or follow him...
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...
NENPA and other news organizations condemn newsroom search of Marion County Record
Update: On Aug. 16, 2023, the prosecutor in Marion County withdrew the search warrant and asked law enforcement to return the seized material to the Marion County...
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...