Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project News

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “How Some Students Are Protesting Law Dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ as Graduation Nears” published in the South Florida Sun…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Seminole County High School to Cover Yearbook Photos of ’Don’t Say Gay’ Student Protests” published in the Orlando Sentinel…

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the author of “Before the Algorithm, What’s in the Imagination?” published in Computing Machinery Interactions, Volume 29, Issue 3. In the…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Judges to Hear Arguments Over New Florida Law Cracking Down on Social Media Giants” posted on WTSP.com on April…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Conservative Media Cheering DeSantis Crackdown on Disney are Ignoring What a Catastrophe it Would be for Florida” posted on…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in“Musk Wants Free Speech on Twitter After Spending Years Silencing Critics” posted on Bloomberg.com on April 21. The article focuses…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, has been selected to receive one of 14 2022 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement Awards. Calvert was named the 2020-2021 UF Teacher/Scholar…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Here’s What Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill’ Will Do and What It Won’t Do” posted on nbcnews.com on March…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Does Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Violate the First Amendment?” published in The Hill on March 5. The story…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Sarah Palin’s Battle Against Press Freedom Faces Rocky Road to Supreme Court” published on Huffington Post on March 2.…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Your Questions About Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill and Other Proposals, Answered” published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel…

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the co-author of “Prototyping Policy: Visualizing Impact for Better Regulation” published in Convergence: The International Journal of Research Into New Media…