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Clay Calvert Comments on Elon Musk’s Threat to Sue the Anti-Defamation League

Monday September 11, 2023

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications professor emeritus and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is quoted in “The Obnoxious Absurdity of Elon’s Threat to Sue the Anti-Defamation league for Defamation” published on mediaite.com on Sept. 6. The article focuses on Elon Musk’s recent comments about the Anti-Defamation League’s […]

UFCJC Professor Emeritus Clay Calvert Comments on Social Media Platform Editorial Rights and the Battle Over Free Speech and Abortion Access After Roe vs. Wade

Wednesday February 1, 2023

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications professor emeritus and former director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, is the author of “Supreme Court Must Step in to Defend the Editorial Rights of Social Media Platforms” published on thehill.com on Jan. 29. Calvert focuses on a challenge to two Florida […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Jacksonville Mayor’s Possible First Amendment Violation for Blocking People from Replying on His Twitter Account

Thursday December 15, 2022

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 “Mayor Lenny Curry Could Be Violating the First Amendment on Twitter” published in Jacksonville Today on Dec. 13. The article focuses on whether the […]

Clay Calvert Comments on First Amendment Challenges to Proposed Restrictions on Social Media Platforms

Friday December 2, 2022

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 “State Laws Targeting Social Media Platforms Face First Amendment Challenges” published in the December 2022 edition of the ABA Journal. The article focuses on […]

Clay Calvert Comments on the Right to Record or Livestream a Traffic Stop

Tuesday November 29, 2022

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 “Threatened with Jail for Livestreaming Traffic Stop, He Sued” published in The Washington Post on Nov. 29. The article focuses on whether passengers in […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Ruling to Strike Down Florida’s “Anti-Woke” Law

Monday November 28, 2022

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 “Judge Strikes Down Florida’s ‘Anti-Woke’ Law for Universities” published in University World News on Nov. 25. The article focuses on how Florida’s public and […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Federal Judge’s Decision to Pause Portions of the Florida “Stop WOKE” Act

Friday November 18, 2022

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 “Judge Nixes Higher Education Portions of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act” published in The Washington Post on Nov. 17. A federal judge has paused parts […]

Clay Calvert Will Speak on the Role of the First Amendment and Hate Speech on College Campuses

Monday October 17, 2022

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, will be the featured speaker for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) “Critical Conversations: Community Civic Dialogue Forum.” The virtual presentation, “Extremism: Understanding the Role of […]

Clay Calvert Comments on First Amendment Free Speech Violation

Tuesday September 27, 2022

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 “Hillsborough Transit Agency Fights a First Amendment Lawsuit in U.S. Court. Why?” published in the Tampa Bay Business Journal on Sept. 26. The story […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Rap Music Lyrics, Criminal Prosecutions and First Amendment Protections

Friday September 16, 2022

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 interviewed in “Sidebar: Rap Lyrics, Criminal Prosecutions and the First Amendment” an episode of the Courthouse News podcast posted on Sept. 13. The podcast examines the […]

Clay Calvert Offers Advice for College Students Seeking Recommendation Letters

Wednesday September 14, 2022

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 the author of the guest column “For Many Professors, Fall is the Season for Writing Letters of Recommendation” published in The Gainesville Sun on Sept. 14. […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Libel Lawsuit Filed by Fox News’ Lachlan Murdoch Against Australian News Outlet

Friday August 26, 2022

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 Erik’s Wemple’s opinion column “Lachlan Murdoch’s Pathetic Attack on an Australian News Outlet” published in The Washington Post on Aug. 25. The story focuses […]

Clay Calvert Will Be the 2022 First Amendment Day Keynote Speaker at the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy

Monday August 22, 2022

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, will be the 2022 First Amendment Day keynote speaker at the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Sept. 21 at […]

Clay Calvert Comments on Backlash from Publishing Controversial Newspaper Op-Ed

Tuesday July 12, 2022

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 “Sarasota Herald-Tribune Deletes Op-Ed by Proud Boy Wife After Backlash – But Doesn’t Address Major Conflict” published on medialite.com on July 11. The story […]

Ted Bridis and Clay Calvert Comment on How the Largest Utility Company in the U.S. Conducted Surveillance on a Jacksonville Journalist

Monday June 27, 2022

Ted Bridis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Rob Hiaasen Lecturer in Investigative Reporting, and Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, are quoted in “A Florida Power Company Didn’t Like a Journalist’s Commentary. Its Consultants Had Him Followed” published in The […]