Editor's note: On Dec. 17, 2008, Freedom Forum Chairman Charles L. Overby announced that Paulson would return as president and chief operating officer of the Newseum and Freedom Forum on Feb. 1, 2009.

Ken Paulson, formerly executive director of the First Amendment Center, was named editor of USA Today on April 29, 2004.

His columns on First Amendment issues will remain on the First Amendment Center Online.