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The Elephant in the Corner
Student journalists, seeking to accurately cover the wide range of concerns facing their readers, argue that sex is a topic that can and should be discussed in a school-sponsored publication.
Jury rules school can punish student for writing story it deemed a threat
Union administrators suspended eighth-grader Allison Pitchford in April 2001 for writing a graphic story at home that she brought to school in which students and teachers were murdered.
Distribution rights under examination
The U.S. Supreme Court this spring declined to hear two cases involving an individual's right to distribute literature on school grounds while students in Florida and Ohio filed lawsuits over the same issue.
In April, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a New Jersey kindergartner who attempted to pass out pencils that bore the message 'Jesus [loves] the Little Children' during a class Easter party in 1998 and then candy canes with a religious message attached at another time.
Prior review a 'straight jacket,' adviser says
The editorials drew the ire of Principal Ann Papagiotas, who ordered the newspaper’s publication date delayed until students changed the editorials to show the school in a more positive light. After the paper was finally published, adviser Pamela Hebert resigned from her advising duties because she was afraid of losing her teaching job.
School punishes student for saying 'God bless' on air
The Dupo High School senior's First Amendment rights to religious expression and freedom of the press had collided with the school's concerns over the First Amendment's establishment clause, which prohibits schools from promoting religion.
Restraining student media
Student journalists across the country complained of administrative censorship this spring, from students being punished for protesting prior review of their student newspaper to school officials confiscating a publication that published editorials critical of the school.
Thirty years later, SPLC still working to help
This fall, the Student Press Law Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary. For those not familiar with the SPLC's origins, the story of how an organization devoted to defending the student media and educating young journalists about their free-press and freedom-of-information rights came into existence and continues to serve after three decades is an interesting one.
The beginning of the SPLC is most directly attributed to a group formed in 1973 to examine the state of youth media.
Student media guide to press freedom in online publishing
Some of the most frequently asked questions about internet publishing and press freedom.
Va. student editor who battled censorship wins First Amendment award
Talia Buford says she has a new nickname around the
journalism school at Hampton University: Little Playboy Bunny.
And
in a way, she is.
Buford, editor of the student newspaper The Hampton
Script, is a recipient of the 2004 Hugh M.