Editor's note: Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate are media law and First Amendment experts who serve as General Counsel to the Kentucky Press Association. They practice at the law firm of Kaplan Johnson...
Welcome back to episode 6 of the Kentucky Kernel Podcast! This week your co-host Giana Gallo interviews University of Kentucky Media and Law professor, Dr. Kathryn Montalbano, to discuss the First Amendment...
The annual State of the First Amendment Address took place via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 17, in celebration of First Amendment rights, hosted and sponsored by the UK Scripps Howard First Amendment Center.
The...
The University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information hosted the annual State of the First Amendment Address on Wednesday, Nov. 17, featuring an address reinforcing journalists’ rights...
The “right to protest” clause of the Constitution has received much national attention in the past few years. From Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling to BLM protests to gatherings calling for schools and...
The Kentucky Kernel was awarded the 2020 James Madison Award on Nov. 12, an award presented by the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky...
A little over a month after his passing, Mike Farrell received the James Madison Award for service to the First Amendment.Tuesday night, his son, widow and two of his grandchildren attended the First Amendment...
Michael Frazier is an undergraduate student at the University of Kentucky studying Philosophy, Political Science and Economics. Michael is an LGBTQ and First Amendment rights activist. Michael was a primary...
I woke up this morning, put on my yellow rain jacket because the forecast called for rain, and went to the Kernel newsroom. This is what I do nearly every morning— minus the rain jacket sometimes, of...
The Kentucky Kernel is not just a publication but an experience. Day in and day out, the students who work at the Kernel learn skills that prepare them for their future careers. Students who walk through...
Perhaps the amendment most well known is the first one: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,...
Discussions of fake news, the state of journalism and freedom of the press permeated the 13th annual First Amendment Celebration, which was held in the Alumni Association Auditorium at the William T....
