Looking back to look forward

by | April 12, 2022 | Fleischaker/Greene, Spotlight | 0 Comments

(Editor’s note: Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash.) By Hannah Claussen I stepped out of the car on a chilly Friday in October. My heels sunk into the soft dirt, so I walked on my toes. My eyes stayed trained on the ground. I knew before I opened the door that everyone...
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Media bias trend deepens the news consumer divide

by | April 12, 2022 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

(Editor’s note: Photo by Christ Montgomery on Unsplash.) By Hannah Clausen The media of all kinds play a daily role in the lives of Americans and for many, news media remains a staple in the daily routine. Whether a morning cup of coffee and a side of cable news,...
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Reflecting on the Voting Rights Act of 1965

by | February 1, 2022 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/Jev2S9PG1ww By Carley Stone Fleischaker-Greene Scholar
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Research: the struggle for women’s suffrage

by | December 29, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene | 0 Comments

(Editor’s note: Photo by Levi Guzman on Unsplash) By Leo Bertucci Fleischaker-Greene Scholar Geographic differences between the West, Midwest, and South explain why pro-women’s suffrage movements in each of these regions dealt with different challenges. Historical...
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Music helped push civil rights movements forward

by | December 15, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

Editor's Note: Music helped unite thousands during Civil Rights Era marches and protest such as this march on Washington, D.C. (photo above), and that theme continues today. Lucy Rutherford Fleischaker-Green Scholar In June of 1964, Ku Klux Klan members kidnapped and...
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Survey shows increased support of election reforms

by | December 15, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

Leo Bertucci  Fleischaker-Green Scholar A batch of preliminary results from a public policy survey produced by political science professors and students from Western Kentucky University shows a two-year increase in support for several election reforms in...
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Special topics class takes deep dive into voting rights

by | December 15, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

Leah Hunter Fleischaker-Green Scholar In an era where journalists face unprecedented criticism from the public, student journalists need a better understanding of digging deeper into issues and to know the extent of their First Amendment rights. Since 2008, students...
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Voter fraud tops election concerns

by | December 8, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

By Hannah Claussen Fleischaker-Green Scholar On Nov. 6, 2012, Ruth Thomasine Robinson, 70, lost her reelection bid against Sam Howell for mayor of Martin, a small Floyd County community in eastern Kentucky. Robinson’s three-vote loss must have come as a surprise. She...
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Pandemic pushes up election costs

by | December 7, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

By Debra Murray Voting, once a simple task of waiting in line and filling out a bubble sheet, came more complex with the COVID-19 pandemic and a lot more expensive. The pandemic’s spread throughout the U.S. by primaries last year led14 states postpone primary...
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Voter fraud tops list of election concerns

by | December 6, 2021 | Fleischaker/Greene, News | 0 Comments

By Hannah Claussen On Nov. 6, 2012, Ruth Thomasine Robinson, 70, lost her reelection bid against Sam Howell for mayor of Martin, a small Floyd County community in eastern Kentucky. Robinson’s three-vote loss must have come as a surprise. She and her family spent a lot...
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What are the Fleishaker/Greene Scholars?

The Fleishaker/Greene Scholars in First Amendment Studies provides students with a unqiue journalism class experience. Each year, the class reports on a different subject. The Fall 2021 class reported on voting rights. Students also recieve an opportunity to attend a field trip, hear from a national speaker and have their reporting posted on the WKU Journalism website.

The class pushed me to evaluate the power of speech in this country. Understanding the first amendment rights you and those around you have will be important when you go out and protect democracy as a journalist.

Leo Bertucci

Former Fleishaker/Greene Scholar, Report for America Fellow

Religion in the First Amendment, Spring 2023

To read the work of the most recent Fleishaker-Greene First Amendment Reporting, click here.