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We Hate “False News” Even More Than We “Hate” On Social Media

We hate false information on social media even more than “hate speech” or personal attacks, says the 2018 State of the First Amendment survey released Thursday...
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Inaugural Day ‘open letter’ – to the rest of us

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....

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...

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...

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...
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‘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...

Make Journalism Better By Improving Newsroom Culture

News organizations covering the fury over the deaths of more than 200 Black people at the hands of police in 2020 and COVID-19’s brutal...
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At long last, the stuff of journalism

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....

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...

NEFAC, MNPA and NENPA ask for transparency in Mass. Governor-Elect Maura Healey’s office

The New England First Amendment Coalition, Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, and the New England Newspaper & Press Association called on Mass. Governor-Elect Maura Healey in a Dec. 19...