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Student media groups warn of unprecedented threats 
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April 2025 Student Media AlertDownload National student media organizations today took the unprecedented step of releasing a “Student Media Alert” to warn about the current threats to student speech posed by recent immigration enforcement actions on campuses across the country.  The alert recommends student media leaders revisit their policies on takedown requests and anonymous sources,… Continue reading Student media groups warn of unprecedented threats 

Sunshine Week shines light on transparency
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Last updated March 23, 2025 This week, we all celebrate and shine a light on the importance of public records and open government. Transparency is critical to understanding how our public institutions function, and student journalists are often the only ones in their community regularly holding school and college administrators accountable. We hope you'll join… Continue reading Sunshine Week shines light on transparency

Join us for Student Press Freedom Day 2025

Join us for Student Press Freedom Day on Feb. 27, 2025.
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On Feb. 27, the eighth annual Student Press Freedom Day will gather student journalists and their supporters across the United States to spend the day raising awareness about their challenges, celebrating their contributions to their schools and communities and taking actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms.

Arrested reporter won’t face university discipline, Stanford tells SPLC, FAC

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More than seven months after student journalist Dilan Gohill was arrested while covering a campus protest, Stanford University President Jonathan Levin confirmed to the Student Press Law Center and the First Amendment Coalition on Monday that Gohill will not face campus disciplinary action.  Levin, however, declined to rescind the university’s previous endorsement of criminal prosecution of Gohill in response to SPLC and FAC’s calls for him to do so.

SPLC, FAC urge Stanford to call for DA to decline charges against student journalist

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The Student Press Law Center and the First Amendment Coalition today wrote to Stanford University President Jonathan D. Levin to request he take specific steps to address the university’s mishandling of the June 5 arrest of a student journalist covering a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus.