Chris Wallace of ‘FOX News Sunday’ and Cathy Hughes of Urban One To Be Honored FOR RELEASE: September 17, 2018 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., September 17, 2018 – Two distinguished individuals from the worlds of media and academia will present awards at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech America” Gala [...]

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Oct. 24 Event FOR RELEASE: July 9, 2018 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 9, 2018 – The Media Institute will honor veteran TV journalist Chris Wallace, anchor of “FOX News Sunday,” and media pioneer Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of [...]

FOR RELEASE: March 9, 2018 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., March 9, 2018 – The Media Institute today stressed the importance of journalists’ access to public information as it joined in observing Sunshine Week, celebrated this year from March 11 to March 17. The Media Institute is an official [...]

Legacy Includes Free Speech Week, Emphasis on Emerging Technologies FOR RELEASE: December 5, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., December 5, 2017 – Patrick D. Maines, who has headed The Media Institute amid successive waves of technological innovation in a media world radically transformed by corporate restructuring, consolidation, and [...]

Will Feature Articles by Constitutional Scholars, Attorneys, Experts FOR RELEASE: October 20, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., October 20, 2017 – The Media Institute today launched a new online publication titled “First Amendment Trends” that will feature articles on timely developments related to free speech and free press. [...]

Public Awareness of Free Speech Is Goal of Nationwide Event FOR RELEASE: October 12, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., October 12, 2017 – Free Speech Week (FSW) will begin Monday, Oct. 16, and run through Sunday, Oct. 22. Media organizations, schools, universities, and community groups around the country [...]

Congressman Marsha Blackburn To Deliver Keynote Address FOR RELEASE: July 31, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 31, 2017 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on Dave Lougee, president and CEO of TEGNA, and Jeffrey Herbst, immediate past president and CEO of the Newseum, at its annual [...]

FOR RELEASE: July 31, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 31, 2017 – The Media Institute will honor TEGNA President and CEO Dave Lougee and Newseum President and CEO Jeffrey Herbst at its annual Friends & Benefactors Awards Banquet Sept. 27 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. [...]

FOR RELEASE: March 13, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., March 13, 2017 – The Media Institute today expressed its strong support for Sunshine Week, the annual nationwide celebration of access to public information, observed this year from March 12 to March 18. The Media Institute is an official Sunshine [...]

FOR RELEASE: January 24, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Jan. 24, 2017 – Media Institute President Patrick Maines today issued the following statement congratulating FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on being appointed Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission: “The Media Institute offers its heartiest congratulations to Ajit Pai, who is [...]