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- August 2010 (23:43)
Dan Reimold of College Media Matters and author of the book Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy, and a Student Journalism Revolution discusses trends in college newspaper sex columns. - July 2010 (22:26)
Ben Protess of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund shares his experience researching and reporting on the tie-in agreements hundreds of colleges and universities in the U.S. have with with credit card companies. - June 2010 (25:18)
In one of the most media-centric cities in the U.S., why is the number of high school newspapers dwindling? Brooklyn College Professor Jessica Siegel discusses her study on the journalism programs in New York City high schools. - May 2010 (13:57)
Kelly Furnas, Virginia Tech media adviser, discusses his plans as the new executive director of the Journalism Education Association (JEA). - April 2010 (21:44)
Campus Progress' David Spett and Michael Tracey, Editor-in-Chief of the Campus Progress paper The Perspective at The College of New Jersey, weigh in on the benefits and risks of non-profit campus journalism. - March 2010 (21:30)
David Cuillier and Charles Davis, the authors of the new book The Art of Access: Strategies for Accessing Public Records, address the importance of using records in student journalism and offer tips on how to do it successfully. - February 2010 (24:39)
Clay Calvert of University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications and Bob Richards of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment discuss the impact of two online speech rulings handed down by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. - January 2010 (20:24)
Columbia College Professor Suzanne McBride and her students Nicole Leonhardt and Patrick Smith discuss their investigation into Illinois' discretionary tuition-waiver program for state legislators that drives up educational costs for all the state universities' students. - December 2009 (36:48)
Reporter Kristen Lombardi from the Center for Public Integrity details her investigation into the institutional barriers that face victims ofsexual assault on campus -- and journalists covering these crimes -- that resulted in her project titled "Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice." - November 2009 (24:14)
Keith Evans of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas joins reporters Erin Cooper and Julie Vrazel in discussing their investigation into Tarleton State University's Clery Act violations. - October 2009 (20:13)
Topics: S. Daniel Carter, director of public policy for Security on Campus, Inc., answers one of the most common questions college journalists raise: How do I get my hands on the police reports my college doesn't want me to see? - September 2009 (19:54)
Topics: Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi Cohen, Tara Malone and Stacy St. Clair discuss their investigation into the admission policies of University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne and how journalists can use open records laws to crack into universities' secrets . - August 2009 (18:38)
Topics: Journalism advisers Valerie Kibler of Harrisonburg High School and Chad Rummel of Oakton High School discuss building community support for student publications . - July 2009 (20:38)
Topics: Editors of Conestoga High School's national award-winning student newspaper, The Spoke, Henry Rome and Seth Zweifler discuss their school board's proposal to prior review content. - June 2009 (19:48)
Topics: Reporters Jill Riepenhoff and Todd Jones, of the Columbus Dispatch, discuss a recent project investigating universities' misuse of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to keep open records secret. - May 2009 (23:21)
Topics: University of Missouri graduate student Brian Schraum and Western Kentucky University student Josh Moore discuss starting free press legislation in their states. - April 2009 (25:08)
Topics: Lead plaintiff Robert Ochsorn talks about his First Amendment lawsuit against his former high school that was partially decided in summary judgment last month. - February 2009 (16:50)
Topics: Maryland State Senator and law professor at American University Jamie Raskin discusses what Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court decision means for today's students. - January 2009 (24:23)
Topics: First Amendment lawyers Steve Zansberg and Robert S. Becker discuss what happens when student journalists' attempts to cover the news come into conflict with law enforcement's attempts to keep order in a choatic situation. - November 2008 (12:30)
Topics: University of Virginia ruling clarifies limits of FERPA confidentiality rules; Student media's right to cover religious holidays. - October 2008 (14:02)
Topics: California's adviser protection law allows students to continue lawsuits after graduating; Zero tolerance policies involving speech about violence. - September 2008 (14:28)
Topics: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and student reporters. - August 2008 (12:55)
Topics: Off-campus, social Web site cases like Doninger v. Niehoff; reporters' rights to record interviews. - May 2008 (9:13)
Topics: Analyzing the ruling in the 'Be Happy, Not Gay' T-shirt case; photographers' access rights. - April 2008 (9:48)
Topics: Ad restrictions on student media overturned in Va.; misleading photos and defamation by implication. - March 2008 (8:56)
Topics: Sunshine Week '08: Access to private colleges' police records; avoiding libel in restaurant reviews. - February 2008 (5:49)
Topics: Funding freeze at Montclair State; Colo. State considers selling student paper. - December 2007 (5:38)
Topic: Censorship at McNeil High School (TX); Newsgathering in the hi-tech age; Update on Ponce v. Socorro Indep. School Dist. - November 2007 (7:13)
Topic: Punishing "violent" student speech. Discussion of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's decision in Ponce v. Socorro Independent School District. - October 2007 (5:00)
Topic: School liability for high school student media; Peek v. Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation. - September 2007 (7:12)
Topic: Understanding state student free expression laws; Oregon's high school and college free expression law (passed July 2007); Illinois' College Campus Press Act (passed August 2007). - August 2007 (7:52)
Topic: What the Supreme Court's ruling in the Morse v. Fredrick "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case means for student journalists. - May 2007 (8:20)
Topics: "Hate speech" and the First Amendment. Appellate court ruling in Novato High School (CA) case involving censorship of opinion column about illegal immigrants; ruling in Neuqua Valley High School (IL) "Be Happy, Not Gay" t-shirt case; Poway High School (CA) "Homosexuality is shameful" t-shirt case. - April 2007 (8:00)
Topics: Free press rights and responsibility. Greencastle Middle School (IN) case involving student criminally charged for content on MySpace.com; Hermitage High School (PA) principal files libel suit against students for MySpace.com postings; California Supreme Court denies teacher appeal in Palisades High School (CA) case involving lewd comments in underground student newspaper; student free press state legislation updates (Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan). - March 2007 (6:05)
Topics: U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case (Frederick v. Morse); amicus efforts in Frederick v. Morse; student free press state legislation updates (Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan). - February 2007 (5:22)
Topics: State student free press legislation. Washington state lawmaker introduces first combined high school/college free press bill in country; censorship of controversial flag photo at St. Francis High School (MN); Danbury High School (TX) censorship controversy over teen sex article.
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