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Ohio universities denied 60 percent of requested records, according to student-run audit

A student-run, statewide audit\nof public records access at public universities in Ohio uncovered dozens of\ninstances of non-compliance with state open records laws.
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Student journalists at Ohio\nUniversity were repeatedly denied records or questioned about their intentions\nwhen they approached university offices at 15 state colleges and universities in\nDecember and January.
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According to the preliminary\nfindings of the public records audit released this month, nearly 60 percent of\nthe records requested

Governors State University faces another lawsuit from student journalists

ILLINOIS -- Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Hosty v. Carter, the Student Press Law Center has learned the university where the case began is facing a lawsuit from another set of student journalists.

Two former student editors of the Phoenix, Governors State University’s current student newspaper, have sued administrators there claiming First Amendment and other violations.

The students, former Phoenix Editor in Chief Stephanie Blahut and former Phoenix copy editor David Chambers, filed the lawsuit in federal court in August, claiming Governors State administrators were behind a move that put a faculty member in the editor in chief position at the student paper, according to the lawsuit.