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Today Hoppy is joined by Brad McElhinny, Joe Brocato, Mike Oliverio, Gene Policinski, Jeff Jenkins, and Burgess Everett.

Can Twitter remove your tweet? How are current events such as Black Lives Matter and mask mandate protests challenging Americans' rights to protest? Just how much does the average American know about the First Amendment, anyway? The ongoing fight over the First Amendment, its rights and responsibilities, and common misconceptions is the focus of this chat with featured guest Gene Policinski, Senior Fellow for the First Amendment for the Freedom Forum. Policinski contributes to the weekly “First Five” commentary on First Amendment issues, responds to news media inquiries, and participates in Freedom Forum programs. He is one of the founding editors of USA Today and also is a trustee of the First Amendment Museum being developed in Augusta, Me. A longtime proponent of diversity as an essential element of a free press, he is a member of the board of directors of Journal-isms, a regular report on diversity in the news media. Policinski writes, lectures, and is interviewed regularly on news media and First Amendment issues. He is co-author, with Professor Emeritus Robert Bickel of Stetson University, of a multi-media academic course, The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement. He is a contributor to “Whistleblowers, Leaks and the First Amendment,” published by the American Bar Association. providing a chapter on First Amendment issues and a free press, and has been published in a number of law review journals. FMC Fast Chat is the podcast of the Fair Media Council. The 30-minute podcast is hosted by Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement. FMC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Find out more at www.fairmediacouncil.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can Twitter remove your tweet? How are current events such as Black Lives Matter and mask mandate protests challenging Americans' rights to protest? Just how much does the average American know about the First Amendment, anyway? The ongoing fight over the First Amendment, its rights and responsibilities, and common misconceptions is the focus of this chat with featured guest Gene Policinski, Senior Fellow for the First Amendment for the Freedom Forum. Policinski contributes to the weekly “First Five” commentary on First Amendment issues, responds to news media inquiries, and participates in Freedom Forum programs. He is one of the founding editors of USA Today and also is a trustee of the First Amendment Museum being developed in Augusta, Me. A longtime proponent of diversity as an essential element of a free press, he is a member of the board of directors of Journal-isms, a regular report on diversity in the news media. Policinski writes, lectures, and is interviewed regularly on news media and First Amendment issues. He is co-author, with Professor Emeritus Robert Bickel of Stetson University, of a multi-media academic course, The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement. He is a contributor to “Whistleblowers, Leaks and the First Amendment,” published by the American Bar Association. providing a chapter on First Amendment issues and a free press, and has been published in a number of law review journals. FMC Fast Chat is the podcast of the Fair Media Council. The 30-minute podcast is hosted by Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement. FMC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Find out more at www.fairmediacouncil.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gene Policinski joins Tim to talk about the First Amendment and how it continues to influence American society. He’s a Senior Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum and he’s President of the Freedom Forum Institute. In this conversation, Gene details how the First Amendment has shaped America and will continue to do so, as long as it is protected. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/First_Amendment_Final_auphonic.mp3 First things first. Let’s start this episode with the actual words of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “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.” The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is almost like four rights in one. It protects the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press for all citizens. It also protects citizens’ right to peacefully protest and to petition the government. The newly formed country adopted the First Amendment in 1791 along with nine other amendments.  These 10 amendments defined the first iteration of the Bill of Rights, which is the founding document that protects the civil liberties of citizens under U.S. law. More amendments would follow in America’s long history. The First Amendment was conceived in 1787.  That’s when the nation’s founding fathers met in Philadelphia to create the new U.S. Constitution. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were two of the key players in this effort.  They led a group dubbed The Federalists. There was a group of anti-federalists who opposed the ratification of the initial draft of the constitution.  They believed that the original document gave the federal government too much power over the states.  One of the leaders of this group was Patrick Henry of Virginia. Patrick Henry argued that the Constitution did not have proper protections for citizens’ individual rights. There was a debate, and the group came to realize that in order to ratify a new Constitution, to get everyone’s support, they had to adopt a Bill of Rights with a series of amendments to the Constitution. We all know who drafted the Declaration of Independence. That was Thomas Jefferson. But do you know who wrote most of the original Bill of Rights?  That was federalist James Madison. The Bill of Rights came to be during the 1st United States Congress, which met from 1789 to 1791.  The President of the United States at that time was George Washington. It’s not hyperbole to say that there has not been a time in American history when the First Amendment wasn’t critical to how the country addressed and overcame nearly every major challenge it faced. Gene Policinski is a senior fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum and the president of the Freedom Forum Institute.  He has devoted much of his working life to the study and the interpretation of those iconic 45 words. Links Freedom Forum First Amendment Center Freedom Forum Institute Constitution Annotated Story Behind the First Amendment, History.com Landmark First Amendment Cases, Judicial Learning Center About this Episode’s Guest Gene Policinski Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute, which includes the Religious Freedom Center, the First Amendment Center, and NewseumED. One of the founding editors of USA Today, he oversees all programs of the Freedom Forum Institute and also is a longtime proponent of diversity in journalism as an essential element of a free press. A veteran multimedia journalist, he also writes, lectures and is interviewed regularly on First Amendment issues. In 1996, he joined the Freedom Forum, the foundation that is the principal funder of the Newseum and Freedom Forum Institute.

Gene Policinski joins Tim to talk about the First Amendment and how it continues to influence American society. He's a Senior Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum and he's President of the Freedom Forum Institute. In this conversation, Gene details how the First Amendment has shaped America and will continue to do so, as long as it is protected. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/First_Amendment_Final_auphonic.mp3 First things first. Let's start this episode with the actual words of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “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.” The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is almost like four rights in one. It protects the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press for all citizens. It also protects citizens' right to peacefully protest and to petition the government. The newly formed country adopted the First Amendment in 1791 along with nine other amendments.  These 10 amendments defined the first iteration of the Bill of Rights, which is the founding document that protects the civil liberties of citizens under U.S. law. More amendments would follow in America's long history. The First Amendment was conceived in 1787.  That's when the nation's founding fathers met in Philadelphia to create the new U.S. Constitution. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were two of the key players in this effort.  They led a group dubbed The Federalists. There was a group of anti-federalists who opposed the ratification of the initial draft of the constitution.  They believed that the original document gave the federal government too much power over the states.  One of the leaders of this group was Patrick Henry of Virginia. Patrick Henry argued that the Constitution did not have proper protections for citizens' individual rights. There was a debate, and the group came to realize that in order to ratify a new Constitution, to get everyone's support, they had to adopt a Bill of Rights with a series of amendments to the Constitution. We all know who drafted the Declaration of Independence. That was Thomas Jefferson. But do you know who wrote most of the original Bill of Rights?  That was federalist James Madison. The Bill of Rights came to be during the 1st United States Congress, which met from 1789 to 1791.  The President of the United States at that time was George Washington. It's not hyperbole to say that there has not been a time in American history when the First Amendment wasn't critical to how the country addressed and overcame nearly every major challenge it faced. Gene Policinski is a senior fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum and the president of the Freedom Forum Institute.  He has devoted much of his working life to the study and the interpretation of those iconic 45 words. Links Freedom Forum First Amendment Center Freedom Forum Institute Constitution Annotated Story Behind the First Amendment, History.com Landmark First Amendment Cases, Judicial Learning Center About this Episode's Guest Gene Policinski Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute, which includes the Religious Freedom Center, the First Amendment Center, and NewseumED. One of the founding editors of USA Today, he oversees all programs of the Freedom Forum Institute and also is a longtime proponent of diversity in journalism as an essential element of a free press. A veteran multimedia journalist, he also writes, lectures and is interviewed regularly on First Amendment issues. In 1996, he joined the Freedom Forum, the foundation that is the principal funder of the Newseum and Freedom Forum Institute.

Mitch with Gene Policinski On The First Amendment

Newseum's director Gene Policinski joins Carlos to talk about media trust, the importance of journalism and actual news, and the value of traditional, reliable news organizations.

Gene Policinski, president of the Newseum Institute in Washington D.C. and the executive director of the First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, spoke with the University of South Dakota podcast Credit Hour for a wide-ranging discussion on the First Amendment and state of the media.“If I had to take away one thing from my career, it’s the sort of wonderment that there are so many good people in the process,” Policinski said.Gene discusses how free speech impacts protests, the impact of technology on media and his favorite Al Neuharth story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gene Policinski talks with the Women’s Media Center about their recent report on the status of women of color in the American media.

In this EXTRA, we sit down with three of the area's experts on communication to talk about what our First Amendment means today, its limits and its controversies.

Can your boss fire you because of your political views? Can a journalist publish stolen information? Can a university ban a controversial speaker? Learn the answers to these questions and more by listening to The First Five. Hosts Lata Nott and Gene Policinski talk to the experts and cut through the jargon to explain how the five freedoms of the First Amendment work, and what you can do to protect them.

Gene Policinski, longtime journalist, chief operating officer for the Newseum Institute, and senior vice president of the First Amendment Center, talks to Daniel Ford about 2016 Presidential Election coverage, why we need more shoe-leather reporting, and what lessons news organizations, editors, and reporters need to learn to keep the profession relevant and necessary in the future.

A conversation with First Amendment expert and author Ronald K.L. Collins, who joins host Gene Policinski to talk about the legal issues raised by The New York Times’s publication of several pages of Donald Trump’s tax returns. Collins will explain why some experts think a threatened lawsuit by Trump against the newspaper is unlikely to gain traction.

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been held in an Iranian prison for more than 500 days on sham charges. Jason’s older brother, Ali Rezaian, speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about international standards of human rights, global efforts to free Jason and the frustration of dealing with what seems – even under Iranian law – a violation of due process.

Rem Rieder, USA Today media writer and former editor of American Journalism Review, talks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about lingering criticism that U.S. and European news media gave saturation news coverage to the Nov. 13 ISIS attacks and deaths in Paris, but much less – if at all – coverage to bombings in Beirut and Nigeria at virtually the same time. Is it cultural insensitivity, valid news judgment, or what some are calling “empathy fatigue”?

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski talks with Angolan investigative journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques, recognized with several international awards for his courageous reporting on conflict diamonds and government corruption. He currently heads the anti-corruption watchdog website Maka Angola. This program was recorded before a live studio audience in the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio.

Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, talks with host Gene Policinski of the Newseum Institute on the use of these remotely controlled flying devices by news organizations, one day after the first field test by a media consortium in cooperation with the FAA.

As the Newseum opens “Reporting Vietnam,” a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, veteran broadcaster Haney Howell – the last CBS News bureau chief in Saigon before the city fell in 1975 – speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about what it was like to report in Vietnam and in neighboring Cambodia. Howell, now journalism professor emeritus at Winthrop University, also discusses the differences, both good and bad, in reporting from today’s global conflict zones.

Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute, moderates a panel discussion of experts exploring how Vladimir Putin has shaped his own public image, taken control of the Russian news media and marshaled public support to put Russia on a collision course with the West.

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski hosts a panel with three University of Maryland journalism students to discuss Press Uncuffed, their new campaign to free imprisoned journalists in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Students Lejla Sarcevic, Teddy Amenabar and Courtney Mabeus are joined by Courtney Radsch, the advocacy and outreach director at CPJ, and Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, the Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski speaks with Katelyn Griffith, the print editor of the Oklahoma Daily, the University of Oklahoma student news operation. Griffith describes how the paper’s staff has responded to the challenge of reporting on the scandal surrounding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video surfaced this week showing fraternity members singing racist song lyrics.

Dr. John Watson, director of the journalism division of American University School of Communication, and Corey Saylor, national legislative director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, join the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski for a “town hall” discussion about free speech and religious liberty in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy.

In the wake of the the Jan. 7 Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski talks with Zainab Chaudry of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) about freedom of speech and how Islam views controversial speech and journalism.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski is joined by Jyllands-Posten cultural editor Flemming Rose for a discussion about the Danish newspaper's still-disputed decision to publish a series of cartoons satirizing the prophet Mohammed in 2005.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews First Amendment expert and author Ronald K.L. Collins on the court’s approach to current cases and in recent years.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski spoke with St. Louis Post-Dispatch photojournalist David Carson Wednesday, Aug. 13, amid the chaos in Ferguson, Mo., that saw police clash with protesters and journalists. Carson recounts his experience photographing the story, including being chased and knocked down by a mob. 

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews authors Paul Steinle and Sara Brown about their new book — and what’s good about journalism and the people who work in it. 

Do authorities have a right to shut down cell phone service in the wake of flash-mob protests? Case in point: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), after a confrontation in San Francisco’s Civic Center station, sparking protests. Claiming public safety and fear of more protests, BART recently closed various San Francisco stations and disabled wireless reception, enraging passengers. Attorneys and co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome Attorney Marvin Ammori, Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society and Gene Policinski, Executive Director of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, to take a look at this new challenge to public safety and balancing First Amendment rights.