2025 Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 23rd Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Celebration

Please join us as we celebrate a year of open government and free speech successes and pay tribute to our honorees. 

We'll toast the Georgia First Amendment Foundation's three-plus decades of critical work protecting and expanding Georgians' right to know. And we'll consider challenges and opportunities ahead for 2026 and beyond.

>>> For information about event sponsorships, please email info@gfaf.org.

>>> Get to know this year's Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Award Honoree: Charles Davis, Dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 

>>> Meet our 2025 Open Government Hero Richard Belcher, whose long career as a TV journalist was defined by using public records and investigative reporting to hold government accountable.

>>> Learn more about the history of our Weltner Award and see past honorees at gfaf.org/events/weltner-awards.

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