Negri First Amendment Institute Keynote Speakers and Faculty Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org

The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the keynote speakers and faculty for its annual investigative journalism program later this month.

Keynote speakers for the 2024 Negri First Amendment Institute will be:

• Jill Abramson | Former executive editor at The New York Times who now leads the Northeastern University Burnes Center for Social Change’s Initiative on Investigative Solutions Journalism.

• New Hampshire Public Radio Staff and Legal Counsel | Lauren Chooljian is a senior reporter/producer at NHPR and Jason Moon is a senior reporter and producer on the station’s Document team. Both were part of a team that investigated corruption and sexual abuse within the New Hampshire recovery industry despite legal and personal threats made against the reporters. They will be joined by attorney Sigmund Schutz who represented NHPR and defended its journalism.

• Paul Singer is the Senior Editor, Equity & Justice at GBH News. Singer previously served as Investigative Editor for the GBH News Center for Investigative reporting, where he spearheaded GBH’s Life After Prison series documenting the challenges faced by thousands of people in Massachusetts who return from incarceration each year. With a group of Boston University students, Singer also led the creation of the interactive project “Mapping the Enslavement History of the Freedom Trail.”

NEFAC will host 33 journalism fellows — 25 professionals and eight students — at the Institute which consists of local workshops, remote programming and three-days of in-person instruction at Northeastern University beginning Oct. 20. More than 300 journalists from 100 local news organizations have attended the Negri Institute since it began in 2011.

Other speakers and faculty include:

The Negri Institute is made possible by the Estate of Gloria L. Negri and the generosity of Northeastern University, the Academy of New England Journalists, the Rhode Island Foundation and Boston University.

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NEFAC was formed in 2006 to advance and protect the Five Freedoms of the First Amendment, including the principle of the public’s right to know. We’re a broad-based organization of people who believe in the power of an informed democratic society. Our members include lawyers, journalists, historians, academics and private citizens.

Our coalition is funded through contributions made by those who value the First Amendment and who strive to keep government accountable. Please make a donation here.

NEFAC is supported by the Estate of Gloria L. Negri. Additional funding is provided by Leadership Circle donors including the Rhode Island Foundation, The Boston Globe, Paul and Ann Sagan, and the Robertson Foundation. Major Supporters of NEFAC’s work are Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Boston University, the Academy of New England Journalists, Connecticut Public, WCVB-Boston and WBUR-Boston.