Student Press Law Center

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Educators and student leaders: Are you hosting a summer workshop or planning staff orientations for the fall? You can book an SPLC expert to lead a virtual conversation about media law. Just pick your topic and time and let us do the rest! https://splc.org/speakers/

Sacramento Bee columnist Robin Epley gets this exactly right: "Instead of addressing the environment at the school that produced [a quote about Hi**er], McClatchy Principal Andrea Egan and the Sac City Unified School District killed the messenger." https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article288923504.html

As SPLC senior counsel Mike Hiestand said when a coalition wrote to the district last week, "California lawmakers passed a law specifically to prevent administrators from hanging student media advisers out to dry like this." Read our letter: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2024/05/rights-groups-urge-sacramento-school-superintendent-to-reinstate-high-school-paper-advisor/

Sacramento City Unified is still punishing the McClatchy High journalism teacher | Opinion Journalism groups criticize the Sacramento school district for trampling on student rights in a heavy-handed response to a pro-Hi**er quote

As the The Daily Free Press at Boston University writes, "Student journalists are vital to not just their institutions, but to the protection of free speech on college campuses — and journalism as a whole." And SPLC has their backs.🛡️💪 https://loom.ly/gWzCCoU

Student journalism is a valuable resource — the on-campus protests prove why – The Daily Free Press Editorial, Opinion Student journalism is a valuable resource — the on-campus protests prove why June 2, 2024 2:50 pm by Editors Since April, pro-Palestine protests and encampments have cropped up at multiple universities nationwide. These encampments consist of hundreds, if not thousands, of stude...

📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED: Nominate courageous or transparency-loving student journalist(s) for one of our national awards by June 30. 🏆 splc.org/awards

Both awards are presented (with cash prizes!) at the high school and college levels. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!

Co-presented with National Scholastic Press Association and Associated Collegiate Press, sponsored by Kent State's Center for Scholastic Journalism, LSU Manship School of Mass Communication and The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information.

Student Press Freedom Awards - Student Press Law Center Each year since 1984, the Student Press Law Center presents competitive awards to recognize exceptional efforts of high school and college journalists in fighting for student press freedom and in telling important stories of their communities. Nominations for both awards are open now through May 31,...

Protecting journalist-source confidentiality is essential for the free press, including the student press. We joined Freedom of the Press Foundation and 121 other organizations and individuals to urge Sen. Durbin and Sen. Graham to advance the bipartisan PRESS Act right away. The shield bill would cover student journalists. https://loom.ly/4dNKvZA

Sen. Durbin should advance the PRESS Act before time runs out Floyd Abrams, Marion County Record, 121 others endorse federal shield bill

SPLC joins the First Amendment Coalition, ACLU of Northern California and the California Scholastic Journalism Initiative in calling for the reinstatement of a Sacramento student newspaper adviser, who was removed — in violation of the state's New Voices law — after the publication of a student's quote about Hi**er. https://loom.ly/lFfMZAQ

Rights Groups Urge Sacramento School Superintendent to Reinstate High School Paper Advisor - FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION The teacher was placed on administrative leave after the student paper published a student’s comment about Hi**er.

RELEASE: CMA, SPLC Receive SPJ Foundation Grant to Support Student Press Freedom Day - College Media Association The College Media Association and Student Press Law Center received a $7,500 Society of Professional Journalists Foundation grant to fund the Louis E. Inglehart First Amendment Program, which will help college media advisers plan programs for Student Press Freedom Day in 2025. CMA previously support...

Ahead of tonight's school board meeting about the controversy, SPLC and JEA Scholastic Press Rights Committee write in support of the Glenbrook South High School yearbook staff's right to report on varying viewpoints of their student body. https://loom.ly/uCkH8eg

SPLC, SPRC express support for Illinois yearbook criticized for Gaza war quote - Student Press Law Center Ahead of a board meeting tonight for Glenbrook Township High School District 225, the Student Press Law Center and the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Committee sent a letter affirming the student journalists’ role in reflecting various viewpoints among the student bod...

🗣️ NEWS: Minnesota's House and Senate have passed the final version of a bill that includes protections! If Gov. Walz signs it, MN will become the 18th New Voices state. More: https://loom.ly/ow0wy8g

Here's where you can let Gov. Walz know you support the student journalism protections: https://loom.ly/CAn0o8g

Minnesota House, Senate pass updated bill with New Voices protections - Student Press Law Center The final version of Minnesota’s education policy omnibus bill, SF 3567, passed the House and Senate this week after a conference committee reconciled differences between earlier versions passed by each chamber.

Dan Cohen reshaped the relationship between journalists and their sources when he sued the Minneapolis Star Tribune in the 1980s. https://loom.ly/bXtTfew

In deciding his lawsuit, the Supreme Court held that a promise of confidentiality is, in essence, a contract between the source and the reporter. If it is broken, the reporter might have to pay for any damage caused. Learn more in SPLC's guide to protecting sources and information: https://loom.ly/PLxOFtM

He fought this newspaper — and won. Dan Cohen, mainstay of Minneapolis politics for decades, dies at 87. The former City Council president took the Star Tribune to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Know a courageous or transparency-loving student journalist? Help us recognize them! 🏆 splc.org/awards

Now through May 31, we are accepting nominations for our two national awards, both presented (with cash prizes!) at the high school and college level. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!

Student Press Freedom Awards - Student Press Law Center Each year since 1984, the Student Press Law Center presents competitive awards to recognize exceptional efforts of high school and college journalists in fighting for student press freedom and in telling important stories of their communities. Nominations for both awards are open now through May 31,...

The nation relies on student journalists for some of the most important stories of our lifetime.

We're here to ensure they can tell those stories freely and without fear. Join us in supporting student journalists and defending .

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DEADLINE THIS WEEK: High school students, if you're passionate about and want to make it better in your state, apply to join the free New Voices Student Leaders Institute this summer! https://loom.ly/Hk44D8g

Apply Now: New Voices Student Leaders Institute - Student Press Law Center The New Voices Student Leaders Institute is a free program for students to develop their organizing skills and grow as leaders within the New Voices movement.

⚠️ NEWS: Two Dartmouth student journalists are no longer facing criminal trespass charges for merely covering an on-campus protest. We're thrilled this chapter is over, but the arrests should have never happened and we're eager to hear how Dartmouth will ensure it won't ever again.

Read more ➡️ https://splc.org/2024/05/prosecutor-wont-charge-the-dartmouth-student-journalists/

Many thanks to Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, College Media Association, Committee to Protect Journalists, Defending Rights & Dissent, Freedom of the Press Foundation, National Press Club, National Press Club Journalism Institute, PEN America, RTDNA, Reporters Without Borders (RSF USA), Society of Environmental Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists and The Coalition For Women In Journalism, plus the New England First Amendment Coalition for standing behind these journalists.

We're a development director! Help us build on 50 years of empowering student journalists with legal support and protecting their First Amendment rights. We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so apply soon — and please share with your networks! https://loom.ly/AQfOCUQ

Rights & Legal Information for Visual Journalists Covering Campus Protests Ashanti Blaize-Hopkins, SPJ president, moderates a discussion with Mickey Osterreicher, NPPA general counsel, Alicia Calzada, NPPA deputy general counsel, an...

🚨 NEW: SPLC, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and a coalition of 13 press freedom orgs demand charges be dropped against two Dartmouth student journalists. In a letter to the Dartmouth College president and the city prosecutor, the groups said the journalists' arrests while covering protests on campus set “a dangerous precedent, harms the public’s right to know and defies Dartmouth’s commitments to students’ expressive and press rights.” ➡️ https://loom.ly/RKmZXLw

Press freedom groups urge dismissal of charges against The Dartmouth journalists - Student Press Law Center Media contact: [email protected] Expressing deep concern about the arrests of two Dartmouth College student journalists, a coalition of 15 national journalism organizations today called for charges against the students to be dropped. Charlotte Hampton and Alesandra “Dre” Gonzales, staffers at stude...

🗓️ TODAY: Join SPLC, the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Press Photographers Association to learn about journalists' rights while covering campus protests. Register here: https://t.co/dSl0hqW5eN

Last week, SPLC joined College Media Association, Associated Collegiate Press, Society of Professional Journalists and Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in calling on campus administrators to be supportive of student journalists as they cover demonstrations and protests. ➡️ https://loom.ly/oMy6G_0

"We are horrified and dismayed to see student journalists and their advisers physically attacked, intimidated by police, and unfairly restricted in their access to their own buildings. ... This maltreatment cannot continue."

Jeered. Grabbed. Belittled. Shoved. Mocked. Chased.

These were some of the shameful ways NYPD treated Columbia Spectator journalists last week, according to EIC Isabella Ramírez and ME Esha Karam. They describe it as "a day marked by suppression of free press unlike anything we’ve ever seen during our time on Spectator." https://loom.ly/9SQCXgg

Letter from the Editors: Columbia enabled the NYPD to suppress free press as it brutalized our peers Editor’s note: This article deals with topics of police brutality.

Join the Society of Professional Journalists, National Press Photographers Association and Student Press Law Center for a webinar on the legal rights of visual journalists — student and pro —covering campus protests. The panelists will discuss privacy rights of protestors, practical tips, censorship concerns and more.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HHXD2VynROOloQ7H-BshJg

This , we're reminded anew that journalists are the first documenters of history and must be allowed to do so without interference or intimidation. SPLC is here today and every day to defend student journalists and stand up for .

Thank you for supporting our vital work! https://loom.ly/-LpRL1c

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🚨 NEWS: Two reporters for The Dartmouth were arrested last night while covering protests on campus. SPLC reiterates that punishing journalists for observing and reporting the news is unacceptable. https://loom.ly/y8BDW1o

Student journalists arrested while covering Dartmouth protests - Student Press Law Center Two student journalists at Dartmouth College were arrested last night while covering protests on the campus. Each was charged with criminal trespass. According to The Dartmouth, the college’s student newspaper, two of its reporters, Charlotte Hampton and Alesandra “Dre” Gonzales were both wea...

For , we've partnered with PEN America to host a conversation (10am ET this Saturday) on empowering young journalists in chronicling the effects of climate change in their local communities. Register: https://loom.ly/Qep0Pp8

We are disturbed to see reports of student journalists assaulted or threatened with arrest on their own campuses, as the country relies on them at this historic moment. All of us are better informed when journalists can undertake their constitutionally protected duty without fear for their personal safety or wellbeing.

Full statement: https://loom.ly/5MX-rgA

TODAY: Join us at 1 pm ET for a conversation on X about how student journalists are covering the Israel-Gaza war and growing student protests. With Indiana Daily Student EIC Salome Cloteaux, Freedom of the Press Foundation's Caitlin Vogus and SPLC's Mike Hiestand. https://loom.ly/Mh7RlZU

Student journalists and advisers: Have questions about your rights while covering a protest? Need help fighting censorship? Have other legal issues? We're here to help! 🫡 Contact our free Legal Hotline to speak with an attorney: https://splc.org/legalhelp

SPLC travels the country teaching students and educators about the First Amendment, media law and student press freedom. Last school year, 3,700+ attended our in-person and virtual workshops. As we end the year, your donation today will help give students the knowledge to report freely and responsibly. https://loom.ly/ESu77TI

Support the Student Press Law Center Your generous gifts enable us to support student press freedom through the legal hotline, education, legislative advocacy and more.