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PAUL K. McMASTERS
First Amendment Ombudsman
The Freedom Forum
Paul K. McMasters is one of the nation's leading experts on First Amendment and press issues. He is a 31-year veteran of journalism who came to The Freedom Forum in 1992 to serve as executive director of The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. Prior to that, he was associate editorial director of USA TODAY.
On November 1, 1995, he assumed his current role as First Amendment Ombudsman at The Freedom Forum's headquarters in Arlington, Va. As Ombudsman, he works to educate and inform about First Amendment issues that arise in Congress, the courts, the media, and other areas of public life.
McMasters speaks and writes frequently on all aspects of First Amendment rights and values, in particular free speech, free press, censorship, journalism ethics, and access to government information. Media appearances include NBC's Today show, PBS's Newshour, CNN's Larry King Live, Crossfire, and Burden of Proof, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News Channel, Court TV, and Newstalk TV. He has testified before a number of government commissions and congressional committees, most recently the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information; the Moynihan Commission on government secrecy; the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology; and the House Judiciary Committee.
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