“Student journalists are the most perfectly positioned people to shine light on issues within the school community that the public has a right to know about,” said SPLC Staff Attorney Sommer Ingram Dean. “Censorship is detrimental to society as a whole, and that is no less true in the school setting. We cannot afford to have students afraid to practice the important civic duty of holding the government accountable when it is the voices of these very students that are leading us into the future.”
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Unusual coalition seeks to make NJ 15th state to pass New Voices law to ensure student press rights
What do you get when you combine a beauty pageant winner, a pair of veteran high school teachers, and some supportive lawyers, politicians and journalists? You get a movement to try to bring into existence new legislation aimed at securing student journalists in New Jersey against censorship.
Student journalists hold power to account, with fewer protections
“By not having overt protections for student press freedom, there is often more self-censorship,” Hadar Harris, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, says. “New Voices is not only about preventing censorship but it is also about empowering student voice.” (New Voices, which is a non-partisan and student-driven campaign, is spearheaded by the SPLC.)… Continue reading Student journalists hold power to account, with fewer protections
Year of the Student Journalist
Student journalists unify, call for new and stronger press freedoms
On a day of coordinated national action, student journalists and their allies published editorials, held events and flooded social media to defend student press freedoms that have increasingly come under attack.
Virginia legislators want to stop schools from censoring student media
“These protections are important because punishing students for their speech teaches them that censorship, often arbitrary and without limits, is acceptable. ... We need to encourage new voices — not stifle them. They are tomorrow’s media leaders and engaged citizens,” said Hadar Harris, the head of the Student Press Law Center.
SPLC partners with Freedom Forum Institute for Year of The Student Journalist
WASHINGTON — Today the Freedom Forum Institute, the Newseum and the Student Press Law Center declare 2019 the Year of the Student Journalist.
The Student Press Law Center and Issuu announce the We Are Not The Enemy Impact Fund
WASHINGTON — Today, as part of Student Press Freedom Day, the Student Press Law Center, with lead donor Issuu, is announcing the creation of the We Are Not the Enemy Impact Fund.
Meet the South Dakota student pushing state legislators for student press freedom
Q&A with Gage Gramlick, a senior and editor-in-chief at Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, about working with state legislators and building a coalition supporting student press freedom.
How to be a better leader in the #metoo era
To change culture, you need to educate yourself, gather feedback on the diversity of opinions in your newsroom, and be vigilant.