{"id":36458,"date":"2023-06-06T16:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=36458"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:54:40","slug":"mcgrory-honored-for-defending-1st-amendment","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/mcgrory-honored-for-defending-1st-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"McGrory honored for defending 1st Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-box has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"1400\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Emily Sweeney poses with COM&#039;s Brian McGrory as he accepts accepts the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award-454x636.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2023\/06\/mcgrory-first-amendment-award-714x1000.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">COM&#8217;s Brian McGrory (right) accepts the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award from Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe reporter and board member of the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC). Photo: NEFEC.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMcGrory honored for defending 1st Amendment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/honors\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHonors\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/journalism\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJournalism\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 6, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/com-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">McGrory honored for defending 1st Amendment<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/mcgrory-honored-for-defending-1st-amendment\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Brian McGrory, chair of the Boston University College of Communication journalism department and former editor of <em>The Boston Globe<\/em>, received the 2023 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nefac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">New England First Amendment Coalition<\/a> during an annual ceremony Friday in Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In accepting the award, McGrory acknowledged the challenges facing journalism\u2019s traditional business model, made more urgent by the rising need for quality journalism. Yet, he added, he sees \u201clittle shards of hope emerging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a sense, one that I hope you share, that there&#8217;s a general understanding that things have gone too far and by things, we include the lack of quality journalism in too many places,\u201d he said, citing professional support for professional over citizen journalism, a rising number of paid subscribers and digital readers for <em>The BostonGlobe<\/em>, <em>Seattle Times<\/em> and other major newspapers, and the success of nonprofit news organizations such as the <em>Vermont Digger<\/em> and <em>New Bedford Light<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGrory offered some advice to the gathered journalists. \u201cBe bold. Do not walk in stockinged feet. Do not settle for convention. Make yourselves, ourselves heard at every possible term,\u201d he said. \u201cWe perform an irreplaceable public service. Let our readers know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200bAlso at the event, Nancy West, publisher of InDepthNH, received the Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award for her work on behalf of the online non-profit news organization. Susan Hawes received the Antonia Orfield Citizenship Award for her successful public records battle against Cumberland County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian McGrory, chair of the Boston University College of Communication journalism department and former editor of The Boston Globe, received&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":36466,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[1473,3],"tags":[1726],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/36458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/36458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36467,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/36458\/revisions\/36467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36458"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=36458"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=36458"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=36458"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=36458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}