The Institute’s “Free Speech America” Gala on October 24, 2018, will honor two distinguished awardees: Chris Wallace of “FOX News Sunday” and Cathy Hughes of Urban One. FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly will be the featured speaker.
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Luncheon Speakers
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discussed the importance of 5G wireless networks as an engine of economic growth at a Communications Forum luncheon at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., on September 20…
First Amendment Trends
A collection of timely articles and essays on current developments by members of The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council.
The First Amendment: Rock Star of the American Constitution
October 18, 2017 | Foreword by Floyd Abrams
Wearing Political Messages Inside a Polling Place
May 1, 2018 | By Rodney Smolla
The Epistemic and Moral Dimensions of Fake News and the First Amendment
March 28, 2018 | By Ashley Messenger
End Discrimination Against Digital Billboards
November 27, 2017 | By David L. Hudson, Jr.
Supporting the First Amendment: More Than Just Talk?
November 15, 2017 | By Robert Corn-Revere
Media & Communications Policy Blog
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
TV Owners Need New Rules To Keep Pace
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
We are living in the platinum age of television. Consumers are enjoying an abundance of movies, news, sports, and …
Speaking Up for a Free Press
By Richard T. Kaplar
Something quite remarkable – unprecedented, actually – is scheduled to take place on Aug. 16. More than 100 …
The Continuing Leadership of the U.S. in Global Net Vitality
By Guest Author Stuart N. Brotman
Regardless of your political leanings, the just-released report by the Telecommunications Research and Policy …
Issue Watch
A sweeping update to federal music licensing law, including changes that could impact how much radio pays to …
The Justice Department warned on Wednesday that leading technology companies may be “intentionally stifling …
California lawmakers rallied enough votes Friday to pass the nation’s toughest net neutrality law to prevent Internet …
Journalist Brit Hume and Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick To Present Awards at Institute’s ‘Free Speech America’ Gala on Oct. 24
Two distinguished individuals from the worlds of media and academia will present awards at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech America” …
Media Institute Supports Right of Public Access to Newly Filed Civil Complaints
Institute joins other media groups in amicus brief to Seventh Circuit in Courthouse News Service v. Brown
Free Speech Week '18 is next month, October 22-28.. To learn more about this annual, non-partisan awareness event of the value of freedom of speech and of the press, visit https://t.co/0d7qwHE6Py
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discussed the importance of 5G wireless networks at a Communications Forum... https://t.co/m3i2Nttv1d
October 22-28, 2018
Free Speech Week is a yearly,
non-partisan celebration of the value of
free speech and expression.
