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STORRS, Conn .— The University of Connecticut and the
Connecticut Daily Newspaper Association will host a forum on the future of the
First Amendment on Monday, May 16.
As part of the event, UConn’s Department of Public Policy will release two
new national polls on how Americans and journalists view their First Amendment rights.
The forum will feature an address from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
and a keynote speech from journalist Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine, who has been
charged with contempt for refusing to testify in a federal investigation regarding
the leak of a CIA officer’s identity. His case is now pending before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
The forum will be held from 8:00 a.m. until noon in the second floor auditorium
of the library building on UConn’s West Hartford campus at 1800 Asylum Ave.
The morning’s schedule and speakers follow:
- 8:30 a.m. – Welcome by Ken Dautrich, head of UConn’s
Department of Public Policy
- 8:45 a.m. – Opening address from Connecticut Attorney
General Richard Blumenthal
- 9:15 a.m. – Release of poll on journalists view
of the First Amendment
- 9:45 a.m. – The Media and the First Amendment – a
panel discussion featuring Kevin Crosbie, president, Connecticut
Daily Newspapers Association and publisher of the Willimantic Chronicle;
Jack Davis, publisher of The Hartford Courant; Colin McEnroe, WTIC
radio personality and Courant columnist; and Tom Monahan, political
reporter at NBC-30.
- 10:45 a.m. – Release of poll on public perceptions
of the First Amendment
- 11:15 a.m. – The Future of the First Amendment – a
panel discussion featuring Stephanie Abrutyn, counsel, the Tribune
Company; Martin Margulies, Center for First Amendment Rights & Quinnipiac
College School of Law; and Walter W. Woodward, Connecticut state
historian.
- Noon – Keynote Speaker: Matthew Cooper, White House correspondent,
Time Magazine. Cooper is currently charged with contempt of court
for refusing to testify in a federal investigation of the leak of
a CIA officer’s identity. His case is now pending before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
The forum is co-sponsored by the Center for First Amendment Rights, the Associated
Press and the Connecticut Broadcasters Association.
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