Ken Paulson
Ken Paulson is the director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University and the former editor-in-chief of USA Today. He hosted “Speaking Freely”, an Emmy-winning television show on PBS affiliates which featured interviews with celebrities and authors about free expression in the United States. Professor Paulson is dean emeritus and remains a professor of the College of Media and Entertainment at MTSU. Paulson, a former president of the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center, is a member of the Illinois and Florida bars.
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