The Student Press Law Center and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter today to the University of Texas at Dallas expressing concern over the university’s interference in The Mercury, which has left the future of the student-run newspaper in doubt.
While we do not know what the coming weeks, months and years will bring, we do know that our nation and our communities will need independent, powerful journalism more than ever. SPLC is committed to being a leader in defending and educating high school and college student journalists as they play an integral role in strengthening our democracy.
The power of student journalism was on full display as the Student Press Law Center kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations with an event at the New York Times last week. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof and current student journalists Charlotte Hampton, managing editor for The Dartmouth, and Isabella Ramírez, editor-in-chief… Continue reading At SPLC’s 50th, Nick Kristof emphasizes giving voice to young journalists
Join the SPLC legal team for a Q&A-style meet where they’ll make sure you’re prepared for any challenges this school year may bring!
The challenges of last year will likely continue this school year, but SPLC is here to help. Staff attorney Jonathan Gaston-Falk shares this open letter to advisers to acknowledge and offer support for the particularly difficult moment they face.
The Student Press Law Center is thrilled to welcome Elizabeth Dickson as the organization’s new development director. Dickson, a former student journalist, brings almost a decade of fundraising experience and will help strengthen SPLC’s support of student journalists at a time when they face unprecedented challenges and opportunities to report on their campuses and communities.… Continue reading Dickson joins SPLC as development director
The Student Press Law Center is proud to welcome Mira Lowe, dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University, to the organization’s Board of Directors.
Thanks to a three-year, $1,225,175 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, SPLC’s legal services for college journalists will give a growing number of student reporters the knowledge and confidence to pursue important stories.
The Student Press Law Center, alongside the First Amendment Coalition and 24 other free speech and press organizations, called for charges to be declined against The Stanford Daily reporter arrested June 5 while covering a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Stanford University.
Ahead of a board meeting tonight for Glenbrook Township High School District 225, the Student Press Law Center and the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Committee sent a letter affirming the student journalists’ role in reflecting various viewpoints among the student body, especially those on sensitive topics.
