WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) A First Amendment rights organization with the backing of journalism organizations is asking Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to resume full media briefings and respond to
December 11, 2020
The New England Newspaper & Press Association and New England First Amendment Coalition are excited to partner on an ad campaign, provided by the Free Speech Center, to recognize the birthday (Dec. 15, 1791) of the ratification of the Bill of Rights and First Amendment protection of freedom of the press.
“The First Amendment protects freedoms we need for a functioning democracy. Let’s celebrate its birthday by recognizing, among other rights, our ability to speak freely and publish widely. This is an opportunity for us all to remember how crucial these First Amendment freedoms are to our daily lives and how vulnerable we would be without them.” – Justin Silverman, Executive Director, New England First Amendment Coalition
CNN’s John
King talks about election, social media fame, and discovering journalism at URI
About a month after Election Day
turned into election week, John King ’85, Hon. ’10 is finally getting some
much-deserved time off.
CNN’s chief national correspondent
has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive
elections in U.S. history. So, he’s stockpiled vacation. It’s time he’s
spending with his 9-year-old son, Jonah, and working on overdue house projects
– “spackling, caulking, painting, plumbing, raking.”
“This was (and is) an extraordinary
election cycle, but I am pretty good at mostly disconnecting when the break
KINGSTONÂ â About a month after election day turned into election week, John King, a 1985 University of Rhode Island graduate, is finally getting some much-deserved time off.
CNNâs chief national correspondent has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history. So, heâs stockpiled vacation. Itâs time heâs spending with his 9-year-old son, Jonah, and working on overdue house projects â âspackling, caulking, painting, plumbing, raking.â
âThis was (and is) an extraordinary election cycle, but I am pretty good at mostly disconnecting when the break comes,â says King in an email interview. âSo, while thereâs no normal in 2020, I am better than I was years ago in getting away for a bit.â