Every week, Student Press Law Center attorneys answer a frequently asked question about student media law in “Legal Question of the Week.” Q: I work on our yearbook and historically we have used students' legal names to accompany their yearbook photos. Increasingly, however, students have asked that we use a different “preferred” name, often to reflect… Continue reading Can we use a student’s preferred name in the yearbook?
These legal reminders and tips will help you avoid and/or deal with confrontations while covering protests.
SPLC is deeply concerned by the unusual and harmful comments and steps taken by The Hilltop’s staff adviser to restrict student journalists
The Student Press Law Center recognizes the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University for exposing a professor's misconduct.
Congratulations to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov as they represent brave journalists everywhere, including student journalists, who uncover hard facts and engage in fact-based journalism.
This presentation begins with a brief introduction of the history and goals behind copyright. It then explores some of the basics of copyright, including questions about copyright eligibility, copyright duration, registration, obtaining copyright permissions and its distinction from other intellectual property rights (patent, trademark) and plagiarism. Finally, considerable time is spent discussing copyright law's Fair… Continue reading Copyright Law Presentation
SPLC is speaking with student editors about their love for journalism, our changing times, and how censorship connects to all of it.
The Student Press Law Center is searching for an intern to work on Student Press Freedom Day 2022: Unmute Yourself!
SPLC is speaking with student editors about their love for journalism, our changing times, and how censorship connects to all of it.
Four years after the Herald's initial records request, the college turned over documents related to 39 sexual misconduct investigations from the past decade.
