Award-Winning Journalist and Author Isabel Wilkerson Will Receive the 2021 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media on Monday, June 21
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First Five Extra: Juneteenth reminds us our freedoms are only guaranteed when we can all exercise them
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [LC-DIG-highsm-63690] By Trey Daniel, education manager of the Freedom Forum’s Georgia Rights, Responsibility, Respect Project
Free Spirits Answer Al Neuharth’s Call to ‘Dream, Dare, Do’
Above, Free Spirit alumni Isaac Arnsdorf (2007), Catherine Cheney (2006) and Devna Shukla (2006) talk about their careers at the 2011 Free Spirit Conference. By Catherine Cheney, Free Spirit alumni coordinator
Perspective: Dispelling the Myth of a ‘Christian Nation’
By Charles C. Haynes, senior fellow for religious liberty, Freedom Forum.
Perspective: Is the Supreme Court Still a Defender of Press Freedom?
By Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum
Perspective: New state anti-protest laws, if upheld, threaten to mute our First Amendment freedoms
By Gene Policinski, Freedom Forum Senior Fellow for the First Amendment
Perspective: Amid AIDS Crisis, LGBTQ Press Won Key First Amendment Battle
“Not only did LGBTQ media use our websites to spread information about HIV/AIDS, but we were fighting to save lives through the articles and information we printed and put online.” – Mark Segal
Perspective: News outlets need caution in offering a ‘fresh start’
What to know about ‘unpublishing’ policies
Perspective: Tide may be turning toward religious exemptions from vaccine mandates
Courts seem increasingly reluctant to enforce government mandates when faced with religious objections.
Perspective: White House and press corps should practice transparency, not prior review
By Gene Policinski, Freedom Forum Senior Fellow for the First Amendment A “free press” should be just that: Free to conduct interviews without prior review of quotes or stories by government officials.