Jameson Rice, an attorney with Holland & Rice in Washington, D.C., discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rules for commercial drone use and how these regulations could affect the future of newsgathering.Frank LoMonte: Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Student Press Law Center’s podcast, a monthly rundown of legal developments affecting people… Continue reading March 2015 Podcast: How the FAA’s proposed drone regulations could affect journalism
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March 2015 Podcast: How the FAA's proposed drone regulations could affect journalism
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Jameson Rice, an attorney with Holland & Rice in Washington, D.C., discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rules for commercial drone use and how these regulations could affect the future of newsgathering.Frank LoMonte: Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Student Press Law Center’s podcast, a monthly rundown of legal developments affecting people… Continue reading March 2015 Podcast: How the FAA's proposed drone regulations could affect journalism
Private Tenn. athletic association seeks public records exemption
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‘Anti-Hazelwood’ legislation receives unanimous support in N.D. Senate
State Senators in North Dakota gave unanimous support to legislation Thursday that would enhance students’ freedom of expression in school-sponsored media.
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Va. high school censors story about marijuana ‘dabbing’
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Under the dome: As professional news outlets vacate state capitols because of budget constraints, student journalists move in to fill the gap
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Three-second glimpse of porn brings six-figure FCC fine for Virginia television station
After years of inaction on indecency complaints, the FCC lowered the boom on a Virginia TV station that unwittingly included a screen-capture of a sex act in a newscast video. The $325,000 fine is the maximum allowed by law and one of the few imposed since the FCC lost a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case questioning the constitutionality of federal indecency enforcement standards.
Student-produced magazine at U. of North Florida to take brunt of budget cuts
FLORIDA — The student-produced magazine at the University of North Florida is in jeopardy.
Budget cuts in the 2015-16 fiscal year are just part of a series of setbacks that has hit Spinnaker Magazine, the print product of Spinnaker Media, which also operates a radio station, a television station and a website.
When the university’s student government announced earlier this year it would have to cut Spinnaker’s budget, the print operation was hit the hardest.