A James Madison University student journalist's run-in with the law is only one of the many photographers around the nation -- amateur and professional -- are confronting.
Tag: Winter 2010-11
Journalists struggle with one of the most powerful, least transparent groups on campus: student government
The media’s role of covering government -- from exposing scandal to highlighting when they get it right -- is so well-accepted, the media is often called “the fourth estate.” However, lack of clear legal guidance can hinder that same check at the college and high school levels. While student governments have been found to fall under open-records laws in some states, many of these bodies evade mandatory scrutiny, despite having some of the same decision-making, money-moving powers as their adult-world counterparts.
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Supreme Court won’t review ban on alcohol ads in college newspapers
VIRGINIA -- The U.S.