The original amendment would have required the University of North Carolina system board members to release the names of three candidates for the system president job to the public.
Montana state Rep. Daniel Zolnikov discusses his legislation protecting journalists' privacy against demands for their electronic communication records.Frank LoMonte: Hi everyone and welcome to another edition of the Student Press Law Center’s monthly podcast, a rundown on legal developments of interest to those working in student media. I’m Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student… Continue reading September 2015 Podcast: Protecting the privacy of journalists and their sources in a digital age
Students and groups across the country are fighting for access to records from universities' nonprofit foundations.
College journalism professor Steve Listopad is the 2015 winner of the Hefner Foundation's award for outstanding contributions to the First Amendment by an educator. Listopad worked with six of his students at the University of Jamestown on crafting what became North Dakota's John Wall New Voices Act, one of the strongest laws in the country protecting student journalists and advisers.
Public universities use private nonprofits to raise money. In order to track donor influence, one group is fighting for more access.
Members of the media were not allowed in the student government meeting intended to discuss the petition to defund the Argus if diversity efforts aren't made.
The court ruled that the University of Kansas overreached when it expelled a student for posting profane tweets about his ex-girlfriend while under a no-contact order. The university had also cited Title IX.
The proposal has sparked a debate between public access advocates and record-keepers.
The editors of the newspaper are submitting a public records request to the university police to obtain a copy of the security footage by a distribution box.
A recent decision said that a state agency does not have to release documents with sensitive information, even if the exempted information is redacted.