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Free Speech Week is a nonpartisan, non-ideological event designed to raise awareness and celebrate the importance of free speech and a free press in the United States. This year Free Speech Week is October 21-27, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n News\/Media Alliance is a Free Speech Week partner, along with a variety of organizations and educational institutions that believe in the value of freedom of speech and a free press. Click here<\/a> <\/span>to view a list of Free Speech Week Partners.<\/p>\n Partners offer resources and host activities during Free Speech Week, including webinars, quizzes, contests and more. Click here<\/a> <\/span>for ideas on how your organization can participate in Free Speech Week.<\/p>\n For more information about Free Speech Week, visit www.freespeechweek.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Alliance Free Press page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n View all News\/Media Alliance posts about<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>free speech<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>freedom of the press<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Supreme Court Watch: Free Press Focus<\/a><\/span> (2023) – For decades, the Supreme Court\u2019s decisions have both extended and restricted free press protections through the interpretation of the First Amendment in cases that have come before it. The Court continues to hear such cases to this day. The News\/Media Alliance monitors these cases and participates in\u00a0amicus briefs\u00a0where appropriate, in an effort to protect the rights of news and magazine media.<\/p>\n Alliance Opposes Bill Restricting Journalists\u2019 Right of Access<\/a><\/span> (July 11, 2022) – The Alliance joined a letter by the National Press Photographers Association asking Arizona Gov. Douglas Ducey to veto a recently passed Bill that makes it illegal to film a law enforcement officer within eight feet of the officer without permission, explaining that the bill likely \u201cviolates not only the free speech and press clauses of the First Amendment,\u201d but also \u201cruns counter to the \u2018clearly established right\u2019 to photograph and record police officers performing their official duties in a public place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n “Why Students Need the Full First Amendment<\/span><\/a><\/span>,”\u00a0Free Speech Week column by News\/Media Alliance Fall\/Winter 2020 Alliance communications intern, Jennifer Nehrer (2020) –\u00a0“In order to ensure that student voices are heard, schools should not limit the freedoms of speech that are given to citizens outside of the schoolyard.”<\/em><\/p>\n The bi-partisan Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, or \u201cPRESS Act,\u201d (H.R. 4330<\/a><\/span>) would establish reasonable ground rules for when the government can obtain confidential source information from the media and their third-party service providers. The Act was originally introduced in 2021<\/a><\/span> by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) following reports that the Department of Justice was misusing statutes to obtain information from and about journalists. The safeguards enumerated in the PRESS Act are critical to supporting and maintaining a free and independent press.<\/p>\n Related:<\/p>\n News\/Media Alliance and 100+ Media and Press Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Advance the PRESS Act<\/a> (October 2024)<\/p>\n News\/Media Alliance Joins Media Letter in Calling for Senate to Advance the PRESS Act<\/a> (June 2024)<\/p>\n Statement: News\/Media Alliance Applauds Passage of PRESS Act in House<\/a> (January 2024)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On May 3, 2023, World Press Freedom Day, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) introduced<\/a><\/span> the Journalist Protection Act in the House and Senate. The bill would strengthen protections for journalists by making intentionally harming or intimidating a working journalist a federal crime.<\/p>\n Related:<\/p>\n Watch: News Take: Free Press Focus: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The State of FOIA 2023\u00a0<\/a><\/span> (March 2023)<\/p>\n Alliance Supports Government Transparency Under FOIA<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(September 1, 2022)<\/p>\n Senate Holds FOIA Hearing<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(March 31, 2022)<\/p>\n DOJ FOIA Guidelines Call for More Transparency<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(March 16, 2022)<\/p>\n The State of of FOIA Infographic<\/a><\/span> (updated March 15, 2022)<\/p>\n With State Anti-SLAPP Laws in Chaos, New Uniform Legislation Would Offer Consistent Protection for Publishers of Free Speech<\/a><\/span> (February 28, 2022)<\/p>\n Below are several resources and materials on Free Speech that can be used in your newspaper publications, as well as online and on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n Download official Free Speech Week logo and tagline<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Show your support by changing your social media profile image during Free Speech Week.<\/p>\n Download the Free Speech Week social media badge here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n In addition, use the hashtag #freedomspeaks<\/a><\/span> to follow and participate in the conversation about free speech week on Twitter!<\/p>\n Click to expand, right-click to save.<\/p>\nFree Speech\/Free Press Content<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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