The First Amendment lost one of its most passionate champions on November 25, with the death of Rowland Rebele at the age of 93.
Nominations are now open for the First Amendment Coalition’s 2023 Free Speech & Open Government Awards.
2023 Free Speech and Open Government Award Submit a nomination for the 2023 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given by the First Amendment Coalition each year to recognize significant achievement in advancing freedom of information or freedom of expression. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishment, service or other contributions to the advancement of free expression or the people’s right to know about their government. The winner could be a journalist, activist, blogger, lawyer, news organization,
This is FAC’s third year participating in the program, which connects journalists of color with open-government experts and resources in their state to help them sharpen their skills acquiring and using government information and data.
The fellowship program, a new state-funded initiative administered by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, aims to address the crisis in local news by adding reporting resources in California communities.