History Bites April 2026 – Freedoms Series: Freedom of the Press with Briana Erikson

Name: History Bites April 2026 – Freedoms Series: Freedom of the Press with Briana Erikson
Start: 2026-04-15T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-15T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Online

Date & Time:

April 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch for Your Brain!

How do George Mason’s ideas connect to our modern democracy? How have Americans used their rights to express themselves? Tune in at 12:30 p.m. for this 30-minute program on the third Wednesday of each month. You’ll have a chance to engage with topics ranging from activism and protest to the right to healthcare, and discover how the roots of our current conversations were planted 250 years ago. If you have questions for our speakers, please send them to [email protected] in advance of the program with the name of the speaker in the subject line of your email.

April History Bites:

Freedoms Series: Freedom of the Press with Briana Erikson

April 15^th at 12:30 ET

Briana is a reporter for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, where she documents violations and broader threats to press freedom nationwide. She previously worked as an investigative reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering everything from the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip to legal battles over press freedom. Her work centers on human rights, police misconduct, and misuse of public funds. A proud University of Florida alumna based in Las Vegas, she was named the Nevada Press Association’s 2022 Journalist of Merit and has earned other top honors, including awards from Best of the West and the Society of Professional Journalists.

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