Luncheon Speakers
Perry Sook, chairman, president, and CEO of Nexstar Media Group, discusses a range of issues facing broadcasters including ownership caps, consolidation, and ATSC 3.0 at a Communications Forum luncheon at the …
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
Foreword by Floyd Abrams
The Internet’s Enduring Free Speech Legacy
April 18, 2019 | By Guest Authors: Stuart N. Brotman and Shiela Hawkins
Old Tools in Different Hands: Speech Regulation on Campus
September 27, 2018 | By Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein
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
Media & Communications Policy Blog
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
Broadcasting Today: Energized by Innovation
By Guest Author Gordon Smith
There is a saying that goes, “Everybody has a story to tell.” My own NAB Show story began a decade ago – almost to this day …
Campaign To Break Big Tech Is Regulatory Overkill
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
When Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) first went on the warpath against big banks, she captured the …
Who Will Keep the Sun Shining?
By Richard T. Kaplar
The news media’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week, which takes place March 10-16, has always called to mind …
Issue Watch
Newly minted Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (pronounced “buddah-jedge”) said that antitrust law …
The House voted Wednesday (April 10) 232 to 190 (with one Republican voting aye) to pass the Democrat-backed Save the …
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Children’s Television Act, wants to extend and expand those regulations to better …
Recent Court Briefs
The Institute participated with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other amici in two friend-of-the-court briefs:
Smith v. Palisades News
Neutral Reportage Doctrine, Wire Service Defense Should Shield Newspaper
Arkansas Times v. Waldrip
Certification Requirement Compromises Editorial Independence
We recently participated in an amicus brief w/@rcfp & other amici in Arkansas Times v. Waldrip https://t.co/zHh0QjjLmJ #FirstAmendment #PressFreedom
October 21-27, 2019
Free Speech Week is a yearly,
non-partisan celebration of the value of
free speech and expression.
