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Press Coverage and Commentary

NEFAC receives considerable press coverage each year for its consistent advocacy of freedom of information and First Amendment concerns. Below are links to stories we’ve appeared in during the current year. Coverage from previous years can be seen here: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | […]

NEFAC Seeks Nominations for 2024 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its 2024 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award. The FOI Award is given each year to a New England journalist or team of journalists for a body of work from the previous calendar year that […]

Applications for 13th Annual New England First Amendment Institute Now Available

NEFAC’s Investigative Reporting Fellowships to Be Offered to 25 Journalists; Deadline August 18 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition will host its 13th annual New England First Amendment Institute from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31 at Northeastern University in Boston. “We have trained hundreds of […]

Former Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory to Be Honored for First Amendment Advocacy

Nancy West of InDepthNH and Portland (Me.) Resident Susan Hawes Also to Be Recognized FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition will present its 2023 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award to Brian McGrory, former editor of The Boston Globe and current chair of the Boston University […]

NEFAC Seeks Nominations for 2023 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its 2023 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award. The FOI Award is given each year to a New England journalist or team of journalists for a body of work from the previous calendar year that […]

Applications for 12th Annual New England First Amendment Institute Now Available

Exclusive Investigative Reporting Program at Northeastern University to Be Offered to 25 Journalists; Deadline August 12 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition will host its 12th annual New England First Amendment Institute from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25 at Northeastern University. The previous two institutes […]

NEFAC, Mass. Open Government Groups to Governor’s Council: Resume Live Streaming of Meetings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition today joined a group of Massachusetts open government advocates to request that remote public access again be provided to Governor’s Council meetings. The Governor’s Council is an elected body that, among other things, makes lifetime appointments to the state’s […]

Vermont Public Records

FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated September 25, 2023) Where can the law be found? The law governing Vermont’s public records is the Public Records Act (PRA). It can be found here under subchapter 3. Enacted in the 1970s, the PRA […]

Amicus Briefs and Letters 2021

Edgar v. Haines (U.S. 2021) Black-letter law holds that “prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and the least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights.” Few protections for a free press and an informed public are more fundamental. Still, the government supervises the publications of a vast class of current and former […]