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Press Herald
February 21, 2018
David Clark, general manager of Mainely Media, which publishes the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, could not be reached Tuesday. Nashwa Gewaily, a media and First Amendment attorney for the Massachusetts-based New England First Amendment Coalition, said the organization is “deeply troubled” byÃâà...
The Boston Globe
February 20, 2018
Advertisement. “It's disappointing to see the pushback on transparency,” said Justin Silverman, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit based in Westborough. “We need to hold our police officers accountable. The public needs assurance that police are upholding lawsÃâà...
The Providence Journal
February 4, 2018
Edward Fitzpatrick is director of media and public relations for Roger Williams University, a New England First Amendment Coalition and Common Cause Rhode Island board member, and a former Providence Journal columnist. His First Amendment column appears monthly in The Journal. This piece firstÃâà...
MassLive.com
January 31, 2018
But Peter Caruso, an attorney who specializes in media law and a board member of the New England First Amendment Coalition, said a meeting cannot distinguish between the press and the public. If members of the public are allowed to attend, members of the press must be allowed to attend, too, CarusoÃâà...
Berkshire Eagle
November 16, 2017
In October, the New England First Amendment Coalition, the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, the New England chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Massachusetts sent the city a joint letter in response to the August rally.
The Providence Journal
October 1, 2017
“We clearly have work to do,” said Justin Silverman, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition. “Education is needed across the board, whether on college campuses or in the White House. The First Amendment asks us to be consistent — to protect those thoughts that we are in favorÃâà...
CBS Boston / WBZ
August 27, 2017
BOSTON (AP) — Not everyone is happy with restrictions imposed during last weekend's rally on the Boston Common. During Saturday's rally, a small group of conservative “free speech” activists were allowed to gather on a park bandstand. Boston police created a barrier to separate those participating inÃâà...
Community Advocate
March 13, 2017
During his third of the four-year part-time program at Suffolk, one of Silverman's professors introduced him to the nonprofit, New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC). The professor had read a piece that Silverman wrote on media law and First Amendment issues. Silverman joined the NEFAC boardÃâà...
The Boston Globe
February 24, 2017
The New England First Amendment Coalition presented its top honor to Margaret Sullivan, the media columnist for The Washington Post. Sullivan accepted the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award on Friday before a large crowd of journalists, lawyers, educators, students, and media executives atÃâà...
The Boston Globe
November 1, 2016
The New England First Amendment Coalition plans to honor Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan for her efforts to defend the First Amendment and the public's right to know. The coalition, known as NEFAC for short, will present Sullivan with its annual Stephen Hamblett First AmendmentÃâà...
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