The Student Press Law Center and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are proud to honor Illinois high school journalist Isabelle Leofanti with the 2025 Student Freedom of Information Award.
SPLC closed out a year of celebrating its half-century legacy with a celebration on Oct. 29. Decorated journalists — students and career professionals alike — highlighted the need and urgency for SPLC’s work in supporting student journalists nationwide.
The Student Press Law Center and the Associated Collegiate Press are proud to honor University of Texas-Dallas student journalists Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez and Maria Shaikh, along with the staff of The Retrograde, with the 2025 Reveille Seven Courage in Student Journalism Award.
For this profile, former SPLC intern Julia Gentin spoke with the former editor-in-chief of the Wooster High School Blade in honor of the publication’s 2004 Courage in Student Journalism Award.
The Student Press Law Center and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are proud to honor Michigan State University student journalists Alex Walters, Theo Scheer and Owen McCarthy with the 2025 Student Freedom of Information Award. Four other reporting teams were recognized as finalists.
For this first-person profile, former SPLC intern Julia Gentin spoke with members of The Homestead Epitaph in honor of their 1988 Scholastic Press Freedom Award.
“The Student Press Law Center welcomes any genuine effort by Indiana University to strengthen the editorial independence and financial sustainability of its student media. However, the announcement of a new task force cannot erase the events of the past week, which represent serious violations of student press freedom,” staff attorney Jonathan Gaston-Falk said.
A Student Press Law Center-led coalition filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit today to highlight the widespread chilling effect on student voices caused by recent immigration enforcement actions.
The Student Press Law Center is alarmed by reports by the Indiana Daily Student that administrators issued orders to interfere with content decisions and fired their long-time adviser.
We catch up with Abbey Crain, a former reporter at the University of Alabama’s The Crimson White who won the 2013 College Press Freedom Award.
