It happened after hours, in the dark, when the reporters and editors had all gone home.
Author: Moriah Balingit
Shield law may leave gap
For many journalists, the passage of the Free Flow of Information Act through the House of Representatives was an important step in creating the first federal shield law, which would protect journalists from being compelled by federal prosecutors to disclose their sources and other unpublished material in most circumstances.
Close call in California
Twenty years after the Supreme Court announced its decision in the landmark student press case Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, experts still struggle to gauge its impact.
Digital divide
Former editor in chief Jenny Redden of Oklahoma State University's student newspaper, The Daily O'Collegian, always thought of the newspaper and its Web counterpart, ocolly.com, as one and the same.
Former Regent student who posted freeze-frame of Robertson sues school
A former student at Regent University School of Law filed suit Nov. 29 against the university, claiming that it violated his First Amendment rights when it punished him for posting an unfavorable picture of university president and televangelist Pat Robertson on the Internet.
Principal in Texas pulls paper with article on student drug use
The principal of McNeil High School in Austin pulled this month's issue of the student newspaper because of an article about drug use on campus.
Final report finds Eastern Michigan violated Clery Act
The U.S. Department of Education issued its final report Tuesday to Eastern Michigan University, detailing the school's violations of the federal Clery Act in failing to properly notify the campus about an investigation into the homicide of a student who was killed in campus housing.
Wash. teacher who advised independent publications fired
Cascade High School teacher and former newspaper adviser Kay Powers was fired Nov. 2 by the Everett School District for allegedly violating district policies while helping students produce an underground newspaper and literary magazine.
Magistrate bars Cal State from enforcing portions of conduct code
A federal magistrate said he will temporarily barSan Francisco State University and the 22 other California State Universitysystem campuses from enforcing certain provisions of the student conduct codethat he ruled could be used to punish students for Constitutionally protectedspeech.
Daily O'Collegian cuts off content from Web counterpart
OKLAHOMA -- The Daily O'Collegian stoppedproviding content for its Web counterpart, ocolly.com, after the generalmanager, a faculty member, hired a student to work for the Web site over theeditor in chief's objections.