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.
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Stanford Daily reporter Dilan Gohill spoke publicly for the first time about his arrest in June while covering an occupation of the Stanford president’s office. The prosecutor still hasn’t officially pursued or declined the felony charges against Gohill, and Stanford disciplinary proceedings are also pending.
Ben Shapiro is a first-year at Northwestern University. In high school, he served as the editor-in-chief of The Spoke, Conestoga High School’s student newspaper, and worked closely with the Student Press Law Center throughout his tenure. Shapiro is active with Pennsylvania’s New Voices movement. While interning at SPLC this summer, he reflected on the censorship he faced as a student journalist and why it was worth fighting.
The Student Press Law Center is proud to honor Alesandra Gonzales and Charlotte Hampton of Dartmouth College with the 2024 Reveille Seven Courage in Student Journalism Award. Also recognized as finalists for the award are Salomé Cloteaux at Indiana University and Hannah Epstein at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges.
SPLC is proud to honor four Mountain View High School students with the 2024 Courage in Student Journalism Award for persevering against administrative censorship and retaliation to investigate sexual harassment at their school. The students used the experience to educate others about student press freedom, and two sued their district to vindicate their rights.
SPLC and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are proud to honor Michigan high school journalist Julia Roeder with the 2024 Student Freedom of Information Award.
SPLC and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are proud to honor University of Florida student journalist Loren Miranda with the 2024 Student Freedom of Information Award.
The Student Press Law Center and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter today to the University of Texas at Dallas expressing concern over the university’s interference in The Mercury, which has left the future of the student-run newspaper in doubt.
While we do not know what the coming weeks, months and years will bring, we do know that our nation and our communities will need independent, powerful journalism more than ever. SPLC is committed to being a leader in defending and educating high school and college student journalists as they play an integral role in strengthening our democracy.
The power of student journalism was on full display as the Student Press Law Center kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations with an event at the New York Times last week. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof and current student journalists Charlotte Hampton, managing editor for The Dartmouth, and Isabella Ramírez, editor-in-chief… Continue reading At SPLC’s 50th, Nick Kristof emphasizes giving voice to young journalists
