An eye-popping July 2014 report from the Pew Research Journalism Project, “America’s Shifting Statehouse Press,” documents the near-extinction of the statehouse press corps across America: Since 2003 – and state governments were under-covered even then – the number of full-time reporters working in state Capitols is down 35 percent.
Author: Frank LoMonte
Covering Campus Crime: Reporting on the Clery Act
Join us Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. to discuss how student journalists can report on the Clery Act...
Campus insecurity: Reports on college crime are deceptively inaccurate, shows SPLC/Columbus Dispatch joint investigation
At the University of Memphis, federally mandated crime reports would have the public believe that...
SPLC-Columbus Dispatch investigation spotlights epidemic underreporting of campus sexual assault
"Banned Websites Awareness Day" highlights how unnecessary internet filters impede on effective learning
For a student or teacher trying to view an educational video or search online for a news photo, t...
Welcome to the new SPLC.org
Welcome to the new online home of the Student Press Law Center. We hope you’ll stay awhile and come back often.
Canned “Spamalot”: School censors pull the curtain on “offensive” productions
The Tony Award-winning Monty Python musical, "Spamalot," is two hours of goofy, over-the-top fun ...
SPLC marks four decades of unleashing captive voices
On October 16, 2014, supporters of a free and courageous student press from around the country will gather at the National Press Club to mark the SPLC’s 40 years of service to our shared priorities.
When it comes to social media, some old-school legal rules may not apply
In general, legal principles created with print publications in mind are also applicable to social media publishing — with some notable exceptions.
Want civically aware adults? Start with civically active young readers
What does a well-rounded civic education look like? One California group has an answer that looks remarkably like the curriculum for high school journalism.