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Deploying Federal Officers to Protests: Can the President Send Agents to New England Cities? | Victor M. Hansen, a law professor at New England Law Boston, explains the constitutional authority allowing the federal government to send law enforcement agents to local protests and whether such deployment could occur in cities throughout the region. Watch video. Subscribe to NEFAC on YouTube to view more videos.


Open Government During the Pandemic: Transparency Challenges in New England | NEFAC Executive Director Justin Silverman joined Jordan Frias of the Society of Professional Journalists New England Chapter and Todd Wallack of The Boston Globe to discuss open government challenges within the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch video and learn more about 小火箭ssr永久免费节点 during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Student Journalism: Protecting Student Newsrooms in New England Through ‘New Voices’ Legislation | Hillary Davis at the Student Press Law Center and Susanna Serrano, student journalist at Oyster River High School (Durham, N.H.), describe the unique challenges facing student journalism and how the free press can be protected within New England schools. Watch video and learn more about the New Voices campaign.


Use of Force Policies: Police Reform Through Public Records Requests | A conversation with Paul Cuno-Booth, reporter for the Keene Sentinel, about obtaining Use of Force policies from all law enforcement agencies in New Hampshire and how his public records requests led to two police chiefs reconsidering the use of chokeholds. This discussion is part of NEFAC’s First Amendment and the Free Press program. Watch video.


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Major Wins for Transparency: How the N.H. Supreme Court Reshaped the Right to Know Law | NEFAC’s Richard Gagliuso and Gregory V. Sullivan discuss two positive decisions issued by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire earlier this month that will make it easier for the public to oversee its law enforcement agencies and hold police officers accountable for their actions. Watch video and read cases.


Local Police Reporting: Scanners, Protests and Pandemics | As part of our First Amendment and Free Press program, Tara O’Neill, breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group, discusses her coverage of the Bridgeport Police Department and the challenges journalists face while trying to report on law enforcement during recent protests and the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch video.


Secrecy in Rhode Island During the COVID-19 Pandemic | A conversation with NEFAC Executive Director Justin Silverman; John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island; and NEFAC’s Tim White, an investigative journalist at WPRI-Providence; about the toll taken on open government during the COVID-19 pandemic through executive orders issued by Gov. Gina Raimondo. 免费ssr节点2022.


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Know Your Rights: Joining a Protest or Covering One as a Journalist | With protests against racism and police brutality occurring throughout the country, NEFAC Executive Director Justin Silverman spoke with Lia Ernst, a NEFAC board member and senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Vermont, about our constitutional rights during political demonstrations. Watch video. View summary. Share Instagram slideshow.


Sunshine Week 2020 | NEFAC celebrated Sunshine Week with a discussion on open government at Nashua Community College. The program featured Gilles Bissonnette at ACLU of New Hampshire, Mark Doyle of Emergency Services and Communication, Rick Gagliuso of NEFAC and Bernstein Shur, Dean Shalup of The Telegraph, and Nancy West of the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism.


Tenth Annual New England First Amendment Awards | NEFAC honored A. G. Sulzberger of The New York Times with its Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award. Hearst Connecticut Media Group received the coalition’s Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award. The Cook v. Raimondo student activists received the Antonia Orfield Citizenship Award. Learn more about the program and view photos of attendees here.


First Amendment and the Free Press: A Community Conversation Series in Saugus, Mass. | NEFAC launched the series in 2018 to help increase civics education in schools, college classrooms and community centers. Watch a discussion featuring NEFAC’s Maggie Mulvihill, an investigative journalist and professor at Boston University; media attorney Peter Caruso, Sr.; and Richard Lodge, editor of The Daily News of Newburyport.


v2ray高速节点分享Rhode Island Open Government Summit | NEFAC’s Karen Bordeleau and Edward Fitzpatrick provided opening remarks at the Attorney General’s 2019 Open Government Summit. Bordeleau and Fitzpatrick emphasized the need for transparency within Rhode Island communities and encouraged municipal employees to prioritize the public’s right to know about local government. Watch the full summit here (NEFAC’s presentation begins at 00:11:06).


First Amendment and the Free Press: A Community Conversation Series in Shrewsbury, Mass. | NEFAC launched the series in 2018 to help increase civics education in schools, college classrooms and community centers. Watch a discussion featuring NEFAC’s Jonathan Albano, Anne Brennan of Gatehouse Media, Leah Lamson of the New England High School Journalism Collaborative, and Susan Spencer of the Telegram & Gazette.


When Muskets Defended the Editorial Page | Much has changed in the national discourse since a pro-war rabble two centuries ago. But while legal and conventional structures have been erected to protect a robust free press, the baying mob hasn’t exactly gone away, according to Justin Silverman, executive director of NEFAC, and Rep. Josh Cutler of Duxbury, author of the new book Mobtown Massacre. Listen here.


First Amendment and the Free Press: A Community Conversation Series in Dartmouth, Mass. | NEFAC launched the series in 2018 to help increase civics education in schools, college classrooms and community centers. Watch a discussion featuring NEFAC President Karen Bordeleau, former Hearst Connecticut editor Barbara Roessner, NEFAC Executive Director Justin Silverman and Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe.


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Future of the First Amendment | As part of their Free Speech Week celebration in 2018, NEFAC and a group of constitutional advocates and media organizations hosted a panel discussion to explore the future of the First Amendment. Free Speech Week is a national campaign to increase awareness of free speech and its value in a democracy. Individuals, schools and organizations host events to highlight the importance of the First Amendment.


Constitution Week | NEFAC presented a discussion about the First Amendment at Framingham State University. Speakers included Jonathan Albano, Esq.; John Ambacher, a professor emeritus at FSU; and Jennifer Peter, the managing editor for The Boston Globe. Anne Brennan, the regional director of news and operations for the MetroWest Daily News, the Milford Daily and 20 Gatehouse Media-owned weekly newspapers, moderated.