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New Publication From Media Institute’s Digital Media Center Examines Rise in Streaming Video and Trends To Watch
‘Streaming Video Services: Beyond the Tipping Point’ Is New Executive Brief FOR RELEASE: December 7, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Arlington, Va., December 7, 2022 [...]
Media Institute To Honor Lester Holt of NBC News and Documentarian Ken Burns At ‘Free Speech America’ Virtual Gala on Oct. 19
Event Celebrates Free Speech Week Taking Place Across America Oct. 17-23 FOR RELEASE: October 18, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., October 18, 2022 [...]
Harry Smith of NBC News and APTS President Patrick Butler To Present Awards at Media Institute’s ‘Free Speech America’ Virtual Gala on Oct. 19
FOR RELEASE: September 12, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., September 12, 2022 – A veteran television journalist and an accomplished leader in public [...]
The Institute participated with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other media groups recently in the following friend-of-the-court briefs and letter.

TMI Board Chairman Dick Wiley (right) received the 2023 Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) at the Plaza Hotel in New York on March 6, 2023. Pictured with Dick is BFOA Chairman Scott Herman.
(photo: Wendy Moger-Bross)
Media Institute Celebrates 40th Anniversary
View this short video about the Institute – past, present, future.
2022 ‘FREE SPEECH AMERICA’ GALA
A VIRTUAL EVENT OCTOBER 19, 2022
The Institute’s “Free Speech America” Gala took place on October 19, 2022, in virtual format. We honored Lester Holt with our Freedom of Speech Award and Ken Burns with our American Horizon Award. FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington was our Featured Speaker.