Tully Center for Free Speech

06/09/2022

The jury found that Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp in her December 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post

02/15/2022

Roy Gutterman, a Syracuse University professor pf law and communications, talked about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the [New York Times].

10/12/2021

As we turn toward a reliance on social media, how often should we be trusting what we’re reading? Join us for an online forum on this issue.

06/05/2020

Amid such blatant, unprovoked attacks on journalists covering the racial justice protests, the Tully Center for Free Speech has joined media organizations, press freedom advocates, and First Amendment educators and scholars in calling for the immediate protection of journalists. Read the three letters we have signed below:

Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press letter to Minnesota officials:https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6-2-20_Letter_to_MN_Officials.pdf

AEJMC Law and Policy Division statement against the violation of the civil liberties of protesters and journalists: https://aejmc.us/law/statement-of-mass-communication-law-scholars-and-educators-june-2020/

Free Press, Movement Alliance Project, and Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists letter to Philadelphia officials:https://www.freepress.net/sites/default/files/2020-06/coalition_press_freedom_letter_to_philly_leaders_0.pdf

05/29/2020

Executive order likely violates First Amendment, and also contradicts president's net neutrality policy, writes Syracuse University free speech expert.

05/24/2020

02/24/2020

The Tully Center for Free Speech has joined 27 other media outlets in urging a federal appeals court to find that Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) should not charge more than is necessary to provide public access to court records.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal program that's supposed to provide public access to court records at the lowest cost necessary but instead hides them behind pay walls and charges more than required is acting illegally, according to a recent amicus brief filed in a class action to stop it.

01/21/2020

The Tully Center for Free Speech has joined 57 news organizations to urge the Senate to reconsider impeachment trial press restrictions.

09/23/2019

The New York Times is facing tough questions over a recent Brett Kavanaugh story the outlet published. Could the Supreme Court Justice bring forth a libel case? Tully Center director Roy Gutterman weighs in

09/23/2019

Here are some photos from when edgy cartoonist Mr. Fish visited Syracuse University to share the documentary made about his life as an artist.