A Nebraska judge warned school officials that censoring student media based on content they disagree with could violate the First Amendment.
Nebraska court cautions against illegal student media censorship in lawsuit dismissal
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Nebraska school district faces lawsuit for censoring student paper over LGBTQIA+ content
District officials face a lawsuit for shutting down the Viking Saga student newspaper after the paper ran stories addressing LGBTQIA+ issues.
Behind the Story: Reporting on racism in Greek Life
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.
Inglemoor and Lyman student journalists win 2022 high school press freedom awards
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.
Indiana Daily Student and The Battalion win 2022 collegiate press freedom awards
The Indiana Daily Student and reporter Cate Charron, and the staff of The Battalion receive SPLC's 2022 collegiate press freedom awards.
Delays and redactions: The legal battle for sexual misconduct records in Kentucky just won’t end
Four years after the Herald's initial records request, the college turned over documents related to 39 sexual misconduct investigations from the past decade.
Censorship Alert: Arkansas school rips pages from yearbook
The Student Press Law Center condemns the overt censorship of the yearbook by administrators at Bigelow High School in Arkansas.
Teens rally to ‘Stand for Speech’ in NYC
Teens for Press Freedom, New Voices New York, and the Student Press Law Center hosted a rally in support of New York’s Student Journalist Free Speech Act. Teens for Press Freedom, New Voices New York, PEN America, Student Press Law Center, and approximately 40 high school students gathered in New York City to advocate for… Continue reading Teens rally to ‘Stand for Speech’ in NYC
Nebraska high school journalist refuses to back down, publishes her censored article on Confederate flags and racism at school in local paper
NEBRASKA — In September, Jessica Mathieu, a senior at North Platte High School, in southwest Nebraska, stole a Confederate flag from another student’s pickup truck parked in the school parking lot. She posted a video on social media acknowledging that she had stolen the flag, saying, “I know what I did was wrong, but what you’re doing is worse. You’re making people at your school feel like they’re not welcome.”
Illinois has a law protecting student press freedom, so why is censorship still happening?
ILLINOIS — In 2016, Illinois passed the Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act, which protects student journalists at public schools from censorship by their administration. But the language in the law does not protect advisers from retaliation over news stories their students produce. Those protections were initially part of HB 5902, but were stripped from… Continue reading Illinois has a law protecting student press freedom, so why is censorship still happening?