News outlets have long presented themselves as a forum for community discussion, but the much-ballyhooed "Web 2.0 revolution" made this a much more literal proposition.
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PRESS RELEASE: SPLC's Mike Hiestand selected for NSPA's 'Pioneer Award'
Student Press Law Center Legal Consultant Mike Hiestand has been selected to receive the National Scholastic PressAssociation's Pioneer Award, the organization's top honor forindividuals.
SPLC joins brief urging reversal of 5th Circuit’s ‘Bizzaro World’ ruling; decision threatens open meetings laws across the country
It is heartening when local elected officials exhibit such fervor for the sanctity of the First Amendment that they are willing to go to court to defend it – except where the “freedom” they are asserting is the freedom to exclude the public from deliberations over government business.The 16 judges on the Fifth Circuit U.S.
PRESS RELEASE: SPLC files brief in Doninger online speech case
The Student Press Law Center ("SPLC"), the nation's onlynonprofit legal-assistance organization serving student journalists, filed afriend-of-the-court brief today in support of a Connecticut high-school studentpunished by her principal for using a personal, off-campus blog to criticizeschool policies and urge the public to contact the school with theiropinions.
Big Ten media credential policy draws scrutiny
Media organizations have joined together to try topersuade the Big Ten conference to change its media credential requirements,criticizing the policy's language because it may restrict them fromeffectively covering the conference's athletic events, according to aletter sent Thursday to the Big Ten.
Texas' attorney general asked to order release of police reports
An attorney for the student editor at BrookhavenCollege asked Texas' attorney general Wednesday to order the immediate andcomplete release of campus police incident reports that were withheld from thestudent newspaper for several weeks, then belatedly released in incompleteform.
Ark. Atty. Gen. affirms access to school officials’ e-mails
E-mails between local school officials discussing school business are public record, Arkansas’ attorney general has reaffirmed in a legal opinion.Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s August 31 opinion came in response to a request from Prosecuting Attorney Will Freland of the Twenty-Third Judicial District.
Police vs. press
Search warrants, arrests, pepper spray — most student journalists manage to avoid extreme situations involving law enforcement while doing their jobs. However, two college photojournalists recently found themselves in situations that highlighted tensions between the press and the police
Profiles cause crackdown
The reach of school officials has extended beyond the schoolhouse gate to the World Wide Web, where pictures on Facebook, a posting on MySpace or a comment on a personal blog can now mean punishments for students.
Controversial posts lead to questions
For both the student and professional media, user comments on Web sites are the basis of a growing number of lawsuits. Editors are attempting to grapple with how they should respond —?ethically and legally —?to controversial comments left on their sites by anonymous posters.