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.
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...
Journalism Advisory Organizations Issue Rare Alert to Student News Outlets
A coalition of national student media advisory organizations has issued a rare alert to student journalists, revising long-standing guidance on journalistic practices in light...
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...
NEFAC Sunshine Week Editorial Released
NENPA is once again working with the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) to support this initiative in New England. Below is an editorial in support...
First Amendment Watch Releases a Citizen’s Guide to Recording Police
New York University First Amendment Watch | June 10, 2020
In response to the nationwide demonstrations against police brutality,...
Freedom Forum Survey Finds 90% of Americans Believe the First Amendment is Vital, yet...
Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to fostering First Amendment freedoms for all Americans, recently released the 2025 edition of “The First Amendment: Where America...
Applications for 13th annual New England First Amendment Institute close on August 18
The New England First Amendment Coalition will host its 13th annual New England First Amendment Institute from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31 at Northeastern University in Boston.
NEFAC provides a tuition-free...