Hiring processes for university administrators are becoming more secretive and harder to cover. Some state laws allow schools to keep the names of candidates confidential until the very end of the process. This raises concerns about transparency and leaves students, faculty and staff in the dark. This month SPLC reporter Monica Kast talks to student… Continue reading AUGUST 2018: REPORTING ON SECRET HIRING OF ADMINISTRATORS
Author: Monica Kast
Five tips for reporting on hiring searches for administrators
As closed searches for administrators become more common, journalists are having to find new ways to report on these searches.
Searching in secret: Hiring administrators is becoming less open and harder to cover
When universities and colleges begin the process of hiring a new administrator, they often keep the names of candidates confidential until the very end.
From podcasting to magazine writing, these internships still have open deadlines
Every month, the Student Press Law Center produces a list of paid internships in journalism.
SPLC helped this Utah high school publish an investigation into why a teacher was fired
The Student Press Law Center’s Senior Legal Counsel, Mike Hiestand, helped the students file public records requests and obtain records for their investigation. Heistand also provided advice about challenging the censorship.
When their school shut them down, SPLC helped Utah high school journalists publish an investigation into why a teacher was fired
The Student Press Law Center’s Senior Legal Counsel, Mike Hiestand, helped the students file public records requests and obtain records for their investigation. Heistand also provided advice about challenging the censorship.
SPLC intervention spurred the University of Mary Washington to restore student newspaper funding
“The SPLC helped me and my editorial staff to understand the illegality of the situation and the rights we have as student journalists.”
The print edition of a Missouri university’s magazine has been canceled. Editors say it’s retaliation and censorship
While administrators at a private university near St. Louis say they killed a student magazine to ensure a digital focus, editors say it is retaliation for recent controversial articles.
“Vexatious” FOIA requesters can be denied records for up to one year under new Connecticut law
House Bill 5175 was signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy on June 7, 2018. Under the law, a public agency can petition the state's Freedom of Information Commission "for relief from a requester that the public agency alleges is a vexatious requester."
Looking for a journalism internship for the fall? Deadlines are coming up this month.
Each month, the Student Press Law Center puts together a list of paid journalism internships that are accepting applications.