Media organizations are closely watching developments in the Maine courts and legislature involving a flawed privacy law that risked legally clouding any use of minors’ names in journalistic publications.On Sept.
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Calif. charter school claims exemption from state's Student Free Expression Law
The controversy over prior review at theOrange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) has sparked debate over whethercharter schools should be exempt from the California Student Free Express Law, asection of the California Education Code that affords students the right tofreedom of the press.
Survey: 1 in 5 Americans think the First Amendment guarantees too much freedom
In a recent study, the First Amendment Center (FAC) uncovered data which proponents of freedom of speech may find alarming.
N.Y. student magazine has charter suspended for second time this year
The University at Buffalo's student-run,alternative magazine, Generation, ceased publication after astudent-government-owned company suspended its charter for the second time thisyear.
September 2009 podcast: How to crack into universities’ secrets
Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi Cohen, Tara Malone and Stacy St. Clair discuss their investigation into the admission policies of University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne and how journalists can use open records laws to crack into universities' secrets.
Calif. principal removes newspaper's prior review requirement
After a five-day battle over prior review, the studentnewspaper of the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) will resumepublication Sept. 18.
Wash. student newspaper editors punished after clash with adviser
Editors at Clark College's student newspaper, TheIndependent, are facing disciplinary sanctions after attempting toparticipate in the hiring process for the newspaper's student staffpositions.
Proposal suggests cutting print version of student newspaper
As part of a university-wide effort to "go green,"members of the Student Congress at University of Texas at Arlington haveproposed a plan that if passed could result in a loss of revenue and readers forthe university's student newspaper.
5th Circuit tosses ‘Bizarro World’ FOI ruling; state open meeting laws safe for now
Advocates for open government scored a big – and preemptive – win Thursday when a federal appeals court threw out a case arguing that laws requiring government officials to meet in public are a violation of the officials’ free-speech rights.In a one-sentence order issued Thursday, the Fifth Circuit U.S.
High school newspaper adviser targeted after publishing editorial
A high school newspaper adviser in Astoria bore thebrunt of the controversy stirred up by an editorial in Jewell HighSchool's student newspaper, The Jay.