Cornerstone Project

 

 

      The Cornerstone Project is The Media Institute’s public awareness and education program celebrating the First Amendment.  The goal of the program is to give the American public a renewed appreciation of freedom of speech and of the press.  Launched in October 2000, the program has spread this message through ads, posters, essays, books, conference panels, a luncheon series, annual symposia in Washington, and other projects. The First Amendment and the Media - 2003 is released under the auspices of the Cornerstone Project.

      In the planning stage is National Freedom of Speech Week, an annual event that will draw on the educational and public relations resources of Cornerstone’s Advisory Council.  The organizations on this advisory panel represent the top ranks of American electronic media, publishing, and journalism – and all are committed to the Cornerstone message, “Free Speech: The Language of America.” 

      For more information on the project and how to participate, contact The Media Institute or visit the Cornerstone Project on The Media Institute’s Web site at www.mediainstitute.org/ cornerstone.

 

 

 

 

Cornerstone Project Advisory Council

 

American Library Association

  

American Society of Newspaper Editors

 

Association of American Publishers

 

Freedom of Expression Foundation

 

Gannett Foundation

 

 McCormick Tribune Foundation

 

Media Coalition

 

National Association of Broadcasters

 

National Cable & Telecommunications Association

 

Newspaper Association of America

 

Radio-Television News Directors Association

 

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

 

Silha Center, University of Minnesota

 

Society of Professional Journalists

 

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

 

 

Cornerstone Partners

 

Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens Advertising

 

 

First Amendment Counsel

 

Floyd Abrams