Topics: Journalists

• Anthony Lewis

  Anthony Lewis was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the Supreme Court for the New York Times and authored several First Amendment books...

• Edward Murrow

  Edward R. Murrow was one of the creators of American broadcast journalism. Murrow inspired other journalists to defend and perpetuate the First Amendment rights...

• Fred Friendly

  Fred W. Friendly, an early innovator of broadcast journalism, was also known for his seminars on the media and public issues and for his writings on the First...

• Gene Policinski
• Ida B. Wells

  Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an African American woman who was born into slavery in Mississippi and eventually became the co-owner and editor of the Memphis...

• John Seigenthaler

  John Seigenthaler was the longtime editor of The Tennessean in Nashville, known for championing civil rights. He founded the First Amendment Center at...

• Judith Miller

  Judith P. Miller, a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, went to jail rather than testify before a federal grand jury about a confidential source...

• Ken Paulson

  Kenneth A. Paulson has led several national programs to increase understanding of the First Amendment and its role in society. He is former editor in chief of...

• Nat Hentoff

  Nat Hentoff, a civil libertarian, jazz critic, and self-described troublemaker, spent much of his career defending the First Amendment against a variety of...

• Paul McMasters