NEFAC’s First Amendment and the Free Press program highlights our constitutional freedoms and the democratic role journalism plays in our country.
We discuss how the First Amendment works and how local newsrooms can best meet their obligations to the communities they cover.
In addition to providing general First Amendment education, this program brings reporters, academics and legal scholars onto campuses and into the region’s classrooms and community centers to pull back the newsroom curtain and explain how journalism works. We also provide classroom lessons on a range of First Amendment and journalism topics. Email NEFAC’s Justin Silverman at justin@nefac.org to schedule a guest speaker for your event.
Here’s a sampling of our audiences during previous years:
NEFAC President Gregory V. Sullivan explains the importance of First Amendment education and how our coalition is reaching community members throughout the region and the world.
