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Category: Blog

Advice from student journalists for your newsroom

Photo of two students working together.
Blog
August 22, 2023August 25, 2023 Devin Yingling

To give you some tips and encouragement for the year ahead, we compiled advice from students interviewed in our blog series Behind the Story.

Tagged back to school, Behind the Story, journalism advice, legal resources

Where to find the story: tips from fellow student journalists

An open book with a magnifying glass on top of the pages.
Blog
August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Devin Yingling

Still in your summer mindset & having trouble finding story ideas? Here are some places where you can look for inspiration on your campus.

Tagged advice, back to school, Behind the Story, legal resources, reporting tips

Reflections from New Voices student leaders: Maggie LeBeau

Maggie LeBeau (left) and her friend visiting NBC studios in Boston.
Maggie LeBeau (left) and her friend visiting NBC studios in Boston. PHOTO COURTESY: MAGGIE LEBEAU
Blog
August 22, 2023September 11, 2023 Maggie LeBeau

Maggie LeBeau, a New Voices Student Leaders Institute 2023 alum, shared her NVSLI experiences and what comes next in her advocacy work. 

Tagged new voices, New Voices Student Leaders Institute, NVSLI23

Reflections from New Voices student leaders: Nicole Lupo

Nicole Lupo (right) working on layout with her staff. PHOTO COURTESY: NICOLE LUPO.
Blog
August 22, 2023September 5, 2023 Nicole Lupo

Nicole Lupo, a New Voices Student Leaders Institute 2023 alum, shared her NVSLI experiences and what comes next in her advocacy work. 

Tagged new voices, New Voices Student Leaders Institute, NVSLI23

Reflections from New Voices student leaders: Luisa Sanchez

Photo of Luisa Sanchez with other members of the Kentucky Student Voice team.
Photo of Luisa Sanchez (bottom right) with other members of the Kentucky Student Voice team. PHOTO COURTESY: LUISA SANCHEZ.
Blog
August 22, 2023August 30, 2023 Luisa Sanchez

Luisa Sanchez, a New Voices Student Leaders Institute 2023 alum, shared her NVSLI experiences and what comes next in her advocacy work. 

Tagged new voices, New Voices Student Leaders Institute, NVSLI23

Reflections from New Voices student leaders: Kiley Clarquist

Kiley Clarquist with other members of her student-run magazine, Hook.
Kiley Clarquist with members of her student-run magazine, Hook. PHOTO COURTESY: KILEY CLARQUIST.
Blog
August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Kiley Clarquist

Kiley Clarquist, a New Voices Student Leaders Institute 2023 alum, shared her NVSLI experiences and what comes next in her advocacy work. 

Tagged new voices, New Voices Student Leaders Institute, NVSLI23

Kansas newsroom raid raises red flags for student press freedom

Lights on a police vehicle.
Blog
August 16, 2023September 8, 2023 Student Press Law Center

Learn more about the recent Kansas newsroom raid & SPLC's legal guides to help student journalists get familiar with laws about police raids.

Tagged Kansas, newsroom raid, Privacy Protection Act, reporter's privilege, shield law

Yearbook editors overcome intimidation, censorship so they can ‘represent every student’

Sakura Honda (left) and Hannah Sawyer (right).
Sakura Honda (left) and Hannah Sawyer (right) working together in the classroom.
Blog
June 28, 2023June 30, 2023 Devin Yingling

When IL yearbook student editors Sakura Honda and Hannah Sawyer faced censorship threats over LGBTQIA+-related content, they fought back.

Tagged censorship, Illinois, Illinois New Voices, lgbtqia+, recent-news, yearbook censorship

Dani Klein and Ethan Schenker investigate antisemitism in their community

A photo of Ethan Schenker with Dani Klein and the Behind the Story logo to the left
Blog
June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Devin Yingling

Student journalists Dani Klein and Ethan Schenker at Walt Whitman high school investigate an uptick in antisemitic incidents at their school.

Tagged antisemitism, Behind the Story, prepublication review, recent-news, student journalism, the black & white

Texas student journalists cover their district’s response to wave of book bans

(From left) Srihari Yechangunja, Angelina Liu, Manasa Mohan and Sri Achanta holding up their printed story spread.
(From left) Srihari Yechangunja, Angelina Liu, Manasa Mohan and Sri Achanta holding up their printed story spread.
Blog
June 1, 2023June 8, 2023 Emily Hickey

Texas student journalists cover their district's response to book bans and share why student journalists must report on censorship issues.

Tagged Behind the Story, Book Bans, censorship, Coppell High School, recent-news, Texas

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