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“Freedom of the Press” wins a Platinum Hermes Creative Award

Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States has won a Platinum award in the Educational category at the Hermes Creative Awards.  The film tells the story of the ongoing fight for a free press in the United States, one that acts as a check on government, from the drafting of the First Amendment to one of the greatest challenges to press freedom, the fight over the publication of the The Pentagon Papers.

Click here to watch the film online.

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Watch our new film “Freedom of the Press: NY Times v. United States”

Check out the latest film in the Constitution Project Series, Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States. Freedom of the Press has been guaranteed by the Constitution for over 200 years. It’s right there in the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights. But almost as soon as the ink was dry on the First Amendment, people in power started to challenge its protections — and they haven’t stopped throughout its 200 year history.

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