Tully Center for Free Speech

The Tully Center for Free Speech located at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York was started in 2006 with a bequest from Joan A. Tully, a 1969 graduate of the Newhouse School and a fully engaged advocate of free speech, free expression, freedom of information and a strong Fourth Estate.

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The Tully Center's primary mission is to advocate for free speech and expression; conduct research on media, law, and policy; and encourage robust conversations between students, faculty, and citizens about these issues. The Tully Center also brings in speakers throughout the year who lecture in classes and at events at the S.I. Newhouse School and across the Syracuse University community. In September 2013, The Tully Center hosted free speech advocate Mary Beth Tinker and student press law attorney Mike Hiestand as part of the Tinker Tour nationwide project. In March 2013, Larry Flynt presented a talk as the Tully Center Distinguished Speaker to celebrate 25 years since the precedent-setting Hustler v. Falwell Supreme Court case. Other past speakers have included Daniel Ellsberg,New York Times reporter Brian Stelter,Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!,Floyd Abrams, Irving Feiner, and Alan Alda. In April 2015, the Tully Center hosted a panel on whistleblowing and journalism. The speakers, including Kristin Borjesson, Louis Clark and Thomas Tamm discussed the important role whistleblowers and the press play in promoting accountability and the challenges they face. Mary Beth Tinker came back to the Tully Center in October 2015 during Banned Book Week to talk about free speech rights and celebrate the First Amendment. In November, 2015, the Tully Center hosted Tech Pioneer Chet Kanojia, who discussed the shutdown of Aereo after the company was sued for copyright violations.

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