In 1988, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier drastically curtailed the free press rights of K-12 students, but the decision didn't address collegiate press and has since been applied inconsistently to journalists in the post-secondary setting. This month, Executive Director Frank LoMonte interviews Nicole Comparato, the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Law Review. Comparato proposed a better-defined public forum category for college press in… Continue reading March 2017 Podcast: Protecting College Media as a "Tailored Public Forum" with Nicole Comparato
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Numerous supporters testify in favor of New Voices bill in Washington
A number of students, advisers and advocates testified in support of a New Voices bill during a Washington House Judiciary Committee meeting Feb. 14.
A Texas student reflects on hitting the Hazelwood ceiling
The First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Freedom of speech, yet we are limited.… Continue reading A Texas student reflects on hitting the Hazelwood ceiling
NEWS RELEASE: LoMonte named director of UF's Brechner Center, SPLC launches search for successor
The SPLC board will launch a nationwide search to replace Executive Director Frank LoMonte, who is leaving after nine years to head a press-freedom think-tank at the University of Florida.
Taking it to the streets: Active Voice fellows in the community
Across the country, students are learning new podcasting, blogging and broadcasting skills -- and the laws that may or may not fully protect their right to publish what they want -- in training workshops designed by the inaugural class of SPLC Active Voice fellows. At SXSWEdu in Austin, UT-Austin fellow Nashwa Bawab previewed some of… Continue reading Taking it to the streets: Active Voice fellows in the community
Student body president at University of Pittsburgh declares support for student newspaper
The student newspaper at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown will keep its student government-allocated funding despite student-led efforts to eliminate the paper’s subsidies.
NEWS RELEASE: Supreme Court urged to restrict colleges’ authority to discipline off-campus social media speech
First Amendment organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a Minnesota community-college student kicked out of school over a dispute with a classmate on Facebook.
Nevada New Voices bill looks to add on to existing free speech rights
The rights of Nevada’s student journalists could get a boost if a New Voices bill just filed in the state legislature can make it to the governor’s desk.
Princeton sues to protect admissions documents sought in FOIA request to DOE
Princeton University has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the release of hundreds of pages of admissions documents being sought under a FOIA request.
The FERPA Four: Help decide who’s the national champion of college secrecy
We're asking you, the defenders of student press and avengers of egregious transparency violations to vote on the most opaque university of 2017.