Curtis LeGeyt, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, will be the Featured Speaker at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech America” Gala on October 19. The event will take place in person at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, the longtime NBC Newser and Nightly News anchor received the 2022 Freedom of Speech Award from The Media Institute.
An accomplished TV journalist and a leading figure in the growth of the telecom industry will present awards at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech America” Virtual Gala on Oct. 20. […]
Richard Kaplar has run the media company-backed First Amendment advocacy organization since January 2018 following the retirement of president-CEO Patrick Maines, but with the title of executive director, a post Kaplar has held since 2016.
He’s spent 34 years as president and CEO of the nonprofit organization with three guiding principles: a strong First Amendment, a competitive communications industry and excellence in journalism. He will be succeeded by Media Institute Executive Director Richard T. Kaplar.
With headlines over NFL players protesting during the national anthem and President Trump’s recent remarks about the press, it may seem like next week’s “Free Speech Week” is a reactive stunt. It’s not, however, with The Media Institute creating the annual October event in 2005. Institute Executive Director Richard Kaplar acknowledges that this year’s public awareness campaign comes at a critical time.
Exclusives
They will be presented at the group’s Sept. 27 banquet in Washington. Rep. Marsha Blackburn to deliver the keynote address.
“Today’s media is not monolithic,” NAB CEO Gordon Smith says, and “in a time when … media is becoming incredibly polarized and partisan, local news has become even more valuable to our democratic dialogue.”
Chris Moeser of Tegna Inc. has been elected to the board of trustees of The Media Institute. Moeser serves as associate general counsel for Tegna, based in McLean, Va. Moeser joined […]
Todd A. Mayman of Tegna Inc. has been elected to the board of trustees of The Media Institute. Mayman is EVP and chief legal and administrative officer for Tegna. He […]
Who Benefits From New Political File Rules?
The Media Institute’s Patrick Maines: What is missing in yesterday’s denial of the NAB’s requested stay of the FCC’s new political file rules is what part of the “public,” other than broadcasters’ competitors and advertisers, would want to view the spot-by-spot ad rates. The simple fact is that the proposed aggregated data would actually be more helpful to journalists and interested citizens than the disaggregated data that the FCC rule now requires.
