Nine months after student journalist Dilan Gohill was arrested while covering a protest at Stanford University, prosecutors confirmed today that they will not pursue criminal charges against him.
The Student Press Law Center has collected some resources to help prepare you for Election Day and everything that comes before and after.
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.
Two California student journalists and a student media adviser have sued their district and administration, accusing them of “bullying, threatening and coerc[ing]” the student newspaper staff to “save face” and then retaliating by cutting a journalism class and removing the adviser.
The Student Press Law Center commends the Wisconsin Assembly for their approval yesterday of New Voices legislation restricting censorship of school-sponsored student media. The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration. Sponsored by Representative Tom Michalski, AB 551 ensures that Wisconsin’s public sixth grade through college student journalists determine the content of student media… Continue reading Wisconsin Assembly approves New Voices bill
A Nebraska judge warned school officials that censoring student media based on content they disagree with could violate the First Amendment.
District officials face a lawsuit for shutting down the Viking Saga student newspaper after the paper ran stories addressing LGBTQIA+ issues.
SPLC sat down with Ellie Lin and Shannon Worley from The Maneater about challenges they faced while writing a story on racism in Greek life.
The Greyhound Yearbook & reporter Sara Ward, and The Nordic News' Kellen Hoard, Mireya Avalos & Tammi Tran win SPLC's 2022 high school press freedom awards.
