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First Amendment Center in the News

Mention of the First Amendment Center and its work in local and national media



NEFAC FOIA and INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CONFERENCE
>> Click here to watch excerpts of video from May 1 conference, at which freedom of information and investigative reporting experts shared valuable tips for getting access to public information.

The Patriot Ledger
June 20, 2009

Fox25 Special Report
March 26, 2009


Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Metrowest Daily News
March 16, 2009

The Providence Journal
Feb. 26, 2009

The Patriot Ledger

The Boston Globe

The Boston Herald

Worcester T&G

The Providence Journal

Nashua Telegraph

The Huntington News

Media Law

Sunshine Week

Woodstocktruth

Special Reports

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Connecticut:

Connecticut FOI Commission - a workable model for other states.
By William S. Fish, Jr., and Paul Guggina
>>Connecticut's commission has its warts, but is citizen-friendly



Vermont:


Vermont's public records law: New England's worst?
By Tom Kearney
>>While Vermont may be one of the most liberal and Democratic states in the nation, its right-to-know laws need a serious overhaul.

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New England First Amendment Center
School of Journalism
Northeastern University
102 Lake Hall
Boston, MA 02115-5000
Telephone: (617) 373-5120 or (617) 373-4198

New England First Amendment Coalition
P.O. Box 15
Niantic, CT 06357



The First Amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."



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First Amendment Center in the News
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