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Author: Jordan Bradley

Student journalists struggling for access to private school police records

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January 14, 2013September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

They can make arrests and often operate as any local police department does. But as student journalists have discovered, it’s not always easy to get campus police at private schools to grant access to their records.

Tagged reports, Winter 2013

‘Anti-Hazelwood’ freedom of expression laws only go so far

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January 14, 2013September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

An SPLC audit of school district publication polices in Colorado and Oregon finds many of the policies are at odds with the states’ student free expression laws, designed to give students more rights.

Tagged reports, Winter 2013

Discussion of free speech limitations playing out on college campuses

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January 14, 2013September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

Debates about freedom of speech — and whether there should be limits placed on speech that offends, particularly religious speech — are playing out on college campuses across the country.

Tagged reports, Winter 2013

Calif. school district overrules yearbook editors' decision to reject photo

News
December 14, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

A Pleasanton school district is overruling a high school yearbook’s decision to reject a senior photo that student editors deemed inappropriate.

Tagged Amador Valley High School, California, California student free expression law, high school yearbook, Pleasanton School District

Wisconsin county passes ordinance criminalizing cyberbullying

News
December 12, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

A Wisconsin county has approved a new ordinance that makes it a criminal offense to send electronic messages that annoy, offend or ridicule, following the adoption of similar laws in the county's municipalities.

Tagged criminal speech, cyberbullying, Wisconsin

Independent Florida Alligator proposes compromise in newspaper distribution lawsuit

News
November 28, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

The University of Florida's independent student newspaper has suggested a settlement that could end its lawsuit against the university about a proposed policy that would give the school control of newspaper racks on campus.

Tagged Florida, newspaper distribution, The Independent Florida Alligator, University of Florida

Georgia editor stopped from interviewing students and circulating a petition

News
November 20, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

Campus police stopped the editor of a Georgia college's student newspaper from talking to students and distributing a petition last week because he was outside the school’s free expression zone.

Tagged free speech zones, Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College, The (Georgia Perimeter College) Collegian

After state attorney general's ruling, University of Nebraska releases records to student newspaper

News
November 15, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released records related to its plan to privatize the university's health services following a letter from the state attorney general’s office that said the records were public.

Tagged access to public records, Nebraska, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska

College administrator who wanted student newspaper to pay him for interviews is out

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November 13, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

A Texas college administrator who last year wanted reporters at a San Antonio College's student newspaper to pay him in exchange for interviews is no longer is employed.The relationship between former student life director Jorge Posadas and The Ranger has long been rocky.

Tagged College Student Media/Journalism

Ohio grad student photojournalist arrested for photographing emergency response

News
November 6, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

An Ohio University graduate student photojournalist was arrested last week for attempting to take photos at the scene of a medical emergency.

Tagged access to places, Ohio, Ohio University, photojournalism

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