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The Taricani Visiting Journalist Series on First Amendment Rights<\/h1><\/div><\/div>
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The Taricani Visiting Journalist Series on First Amendment Rights features courageous journalists and thought leaders who have powerful stories to share.<\/p>\n

Jim Taricani H\u201918, the husband of Laurie White \u201981, was a veteran Rhode Island journalist and nationally respected investigative reporter for nearly four decades with WJAR-TV and a valued member of the URI family. URI honored Jim in 2018 by awarding him an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Shortly after he passed away in 2019, Jim\u2019s family announced the creation of the Taricani Visiting Journalist Series on First Amendment Rights at the University of Rhode Island to honor his memory and his work. As a champion of the news media’s First Amendment Rights, Jim was dedicated to protecting those rights, which he saw as critically important to society.<\/p>\n

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