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2022
- SPFD News 11/30/2022 – Join us TOMORROW for Student Press Freedom 101!
- 11/29/2022 – Help us fight censorship🥊
- 11/23/2022 – Save on SPLC swag this Black Friday!
- 11/18/2022 – Get excited for Student Press Freedom Day!
- 11/10/2022 – Advice from bold student journalists
- 10/29/2022 – Censorship, copyright and MediaFest22
- 10/21/2022 – “If you want to get involved, speak up.”📣
- 10/14/2022 – Know your (copy)rights!
- 10/07/2022 – SPLC can help you get the information you need!
- 09/30/2022 – Covering a walkout? SPLC’s got your back
- 09/23/2022 – Did you hear SPLC on “All Things Considered?”🎙️
- 08/30/2022 – Did you see SPLC in the New York Times?
- 08/26/2022 – CENSORSHIP ALERT: paper shut down for LGBTQIA+ coverage
- 08/21/2022 – Deadline extended: Student Press Freedom Awards
- 08/13/2022 – Look out for these red flags
- 08/05/2022 – It’s time to have The Talk!
- 07/24/2022 – Let’s recognize some great student journalists!
- 07/08/2022 – Meet the 2022 New Voices Student Leaders!
- 07/02/2022 – We did it! Thanks to you!
- 06/30/2022 – Our Match Ends at Midnight! The Clock Is Ticking!
- 06/30/2022 – ICYMI: SPLC talks censorship with Florida student journalist
- 06/28/2022 – Won’t you join me in donating to SPLC?
- 06/25/2022 – Deadline extended: There’s still time to give!
- 06/22/2022 – Fighting yearbook censorship in Florida
- 06/18/2022 – We need YOUR help!
- 06/17/2022 – Apply now!
- 06/15/2022 – We’ve Only Got Ten Days!
- 06/10/2022 – Covering protests: We’ve got your back
- 06/09/2022 – You’re Invited: Special Briefing for SPLC Donors
- 06/04/2022 – DEADLINE EXTENDED: New Voices Student Leaders Institute
- 06/03/2022 – New Voices Student Leaders Institute – DEADLINE EXTENDED!
- 05/27/2022 – Apply now for SPLC’s Student Journalism Award
- 05/23/2022 – Hawaii becomes 16th New Voices State
- 05/20/2022 – High School Journalist Breaks Story of Major Data Leak
- 05/14/2022 – No stickering over student journalists
- 05/07/2022 – Censorship in Texas
- 04/29/2022 – Unpacking “Prohibited Concepts” and Student Journalism
- 04/22/2022 – BREAKING NEWS: Hawaii New Voices is headed to the Governor’s desk!
- 04/15/2022 – Pronouns censored? We need to hear from you!
- 04/02/2022 – Join us at the Spring NHSJC Convention
- 03/25/2022 – Lessons from New Voices New Jersey
- 03/18/2022 – Bring together Pulitzer-winners and student journalists
- 03/12/2022 – Breaking down yearbook censorship in 2022
- 03/05/2022 – Students and allies around the world celebrate Student Press Freedom Day
- 02/24/2022 – Unmute yourself! It’s Student Press Freedom Day!
- 02/19/2022 – 5 more days until Student Press Freedom Day!
- 02/11/2022 – Ten ways you can help protect student press freedom
- 02/04/2022 – Advocating for student press freedom on social media
- 01/28/2022 – Cathy Kuhlmeier tells her Supreme Court Story
- 01/21/2022 – How to respond to takedown demands
- 01/14/2022 – Use your voice for change
- 01/07/2022 – The Op-Ed Crash Course is next week!
2021
- 12/10/2021 – We want to help you place an Op-Ed
- 12/09/2021 – How you’ve helped
- 12/07/2021 – Help us put an end to illegal censorship!
- 12/03/2021 – Let SPLC help you plan for next semester
- 11/29/2021 – A big thank you from SPLC!
- 11/26/2021 – We’re thankful for your support!
- 11/18/2021 – Know your rights when covering a protest
- 11/11/2021 – The Courage in Student Journalism Award goes to…
- 11/05/2021 – Don’t be late for class!
- 10/28/2021 – Enter the Unmute Yourself! photo contest
- 10/21/2021 – Get ready to “Unmute Yourself!”
- 10/14/2021 – Meet us at the Fall National College Media Convention!
- 10/08/2021 – Press freedom wins a Nobel Prize
- 09/30/2021 – Highlighting excellent student editors
- 09/16/2021 – We the People want press freedom!
- 08/31/2021 – SPLC… and Jerry Springer?
- 08/18/2021 – The #1 conversation to have with your students right now
- 08/12/2021 – Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us how we’re doing
- 08/07/2021 – Censorship Alert: Pages ripped from yearbook
- 07/23/2021 – Meet the 2021 New Voices Student Leaders!
- 07/15/2021 – Awards for students, cash for programs
- 07/02/2021 – Something to celebrate
- 06/28/2021 – New Voices passes in New Jersey! (New Voices Newsletter)
- 06/23/2021 – BREAKING: SPLC Reacts to Supreme Court Student Free Speech Case
- 06/19/2021 – We need your help reaching our goal
- 06/12/2021 – Do you stand for student speech?
- 05/28/2021 – New Voices Student Leadership Institute Application Deadline, June 5 (New Voices Newsletter)
- 05/28/2021 – Let’s talk summer planning
- 05/21/2021 – A Win for student press freedom
- 05/14/2021 – Speaking of Student Speech
- 05/06/2021 – A Summer of Opportunity
- 05/01/2021 – Students: Work With SPLC and New Voices This Summer! (New Voices Newsletter)
- 04/30/2021 – Waiting on a decision…
- 04/26/2021 – SCOTUS Alert: Off-Campus Speech is at Risk
- 04/23/2021 – Looking for outstanding student press
- 04/03/2021 – Student speech is under threat
- 03/25/2021 – Nebraska needs New Voices now
- 03/05/2021 – Student Press Freedom Day: What’s next?
- 02/24/2021 – A perfect example of why we need #StudentPressFreedom
- 02/18/2021 – INVITE: Documentary screening for Student Press Freedom Day
- 02/10/2021 – Tell us your story for Student Press Freedom Day!
- 02/06/2021 – Expert Op-Ed advice from a former CNN journalist
- 02/02/2021 – Are You Ready for Student Press Freedom Day (Feb.26)?
- 01/29/2021 – Avoid social media legal pitfalls with this new guide
- 01/26/2021 – Join the Student Press Freedom Day Op-Ed Boot Camp
- 01/23/2021 – 2020 proved we need a free student press
2020
- 12/30/2020 – Let’s end 2020 on a hopeful note
- 12/21/2020 – Help SPLC protect student press freedom
- 12/15/2020 – Support SPLC’s legal work
- 11/30/2020 – Help SPLC fight for student journalists
- 11/20/2020 – If it weren’t for these meddling kids …
- 11/14/2020 – Intrepid college journalism at its finest
- 11/13/2020 – SPECIAL EDITION: New Voices kickoff #3! (New Voices Newsletter)
- 11/11/2020 – SPECIAL EDITION: New Voices Kickoff #2! (New Voices Newsletter)
- 11/09/2020 – SPECIAL EDITION: New Voices Kickoff #1! (New Voices Newsletter)
- 10/27/2020 – Student leaders on how they won (New Voices October Newsletter)
- 10/23/2020 – Meet SPLC’s new board members
- 10/09/2020 – Help SPLC track budget cuts
- 09/17/2020 – Let’s talk 1A rights this Constitution Day
- 09/11/2020 – … that’s not how FERPA works
- 08/31/2020 – Back to school means making new friends (August New Voices Newsletter)
- 08/28/2020 – Back to School Resources: We’ve Got Your Back
- 08/21/2020 – Back to school anxiety hits advisers especially hard
- 08/13/2020 – Rescue your student newsroom’s finances
- 07/31/2020 – Law enforcement threw flash-bangs at a high school journalist
- 07/23/2020 – A major legal win for student speech
- 07/17/2020 – Engaging a new group of New Voices leaders
- 07/10/2020 – Student journalists face unprecedented violence from police
- 07/06/2020 – Meet the 2020 New Voices student leaders! (July New Voices Newsletter)
- 06/26/2020 – Digging deep with future media lawyers
- 06/18/2020 – How to fight COVID-19 budget cuts to student media
- 06/11/2020 – Know your rights when covering protests
- 06/09/2020 – Dismantling systemic racism and supporting Black journalists
- 05/29/2020 – SPLC condemns the arrest of CNN crew
- 05/29/2020 – New Voices Student Leadership Institute Application Deadline, June 5 (May New Voices Newsletter)
- 05/29/2020 – Join our Yearbook Signing Party next Friday!
- 05/21/2020 – How to get public records, despite COVID-19 complications
- 05/14/2020 – “Everyone I know has had their internships canceled”
- 04/30/2020 – COVID-19 coverage tips from leading college journalists
- 04/24/2020 – Answers to your most pressing COVID-19 coverage questions
- 04/20/2020 – Student journalists are standing at the forefront of history (April New Voices Newsletter)
- 04/17/2020 – Creating yearbooks in a time of crisis
- 04/10/2020 – Student coverage of the coronavirus goes beyond schools
- 04/03/2020 – Coping with COVID-19’s financial strain on student newsrooms
- 03/26/2020 – TOOLKIT: Boost your COVID-19 coverage and support your team
- 03/19/2020 – Campus closures leave advisers, students in new territory
- 03/13/2020 – NEW: SPLC resources for covering coronavirus & teaching online
- 03/05/2020 – How to survive a budget cut
- 02/27/2020 – Celebrating and supporting scholastic journalism
- 02/21/2020 – High school protection or bust (February New Voices Newsletter)
- 02/20/2020 – How much do school administrators earn and why?
- 02/13/2020 – We LOVE seeing great student journalism
- 02/07/2020 – Rounding up Student Press Freedom Day 2020
- 01/23/2020 – It’s. Almost. Here.
- 01/22/2020 – We’ve got 2020 vision (January New Voices Newsletter)
- 01/16/2020 – The future according to student journalists
- 01/09/2020 – Four things we hope you do in 2020
- 01/01/2020 – Happy New Year! Get ready for Jan. 29
2019
- 12/31/2019 – Last chance to donate to SPLC in 2019!
- 12/26/2019 – What a year it’s been!
- 12/19/2019 – How your donation makes a difference
- 12/16/2019 – Adviser Keith Carlson’s SPLC story
- 12/13/2019 – Welcome to the New Voices Newsletter! (December New Voices Newsletter)
- 12/12/2019 – Mark your calendar — Student Press Freedom Day is coming!
- 12/06/2019 – Free speech icon’s message to student journalists: Care
- 12/03/2019 – It’s Giving Tuesday — help us defend student journalists!
- 11/28/2019 – Happy Thanksgiving from SPLC!
- 11/21/2019 – Censorship in a New Voices state
- 11/15/2019 – Lessons from Northwestern
- 11/07/2019 – “Choose. Your. Battles. Carefully.” Nina Totenberg’s advice to female journalists.
- 10/31/2019 – California journalism adviser ousted after negative coverage
- 10/25/2019 – Introducing SPLC’s New Voices Advocacy and Campaign Organizer
- 10/17/2019 – College journalist opens up about being harassed over an op-ed
- 10/11/2019 – High school watchdogs are at it again
- 10/04/2019 – Student journalists broke a huge update in Trump-Ukraine coverage
- 09/26/2019 – The vice president’s new press secretary did what??
- 09/19/2019 – How to prep for covering Climate Strike school walkouts
- 09/13/2019 – Celebrate Constitution Day
- 09/05/2019 – ANNOUNCEMENT: SPLC’s Back-to-School issue of the Report is out now!
- 08/30/2019 – One crash course on copyright, coming right up!
- 08/22/2019 – Let us meet you in your newsroom!
- 08/15/2019 – Are you ready for Back to School?
- 08/08/2019 – Important update on a student censorship lawsuit
- 08/01/2019 – Access to athletics department records curtailed at a public university
- 07/11/2019 – The magazine Georgia State University doesn’t want new students to read
- 06/20/2019 – A reason to cheer — N.J. New Voices bill unanimously passes key committee
- 06/06/2019 – Student journalists sue their university for redacting sexual misconduct records
- 05/30/2019 – When are student newspaper budget cuts unconstitutional?
- 05/23/2019 – And this, folks, is why you don’t try to suppress a news story
- 05/10/2019 – New York student journalists flood the state capitol
- 5/3/2019 – Stand up for students on World Press Freedom Day
- 4/18/2019 – SPLC at the Pulitzers
- 4/11/2019 – Sorry, firefighter, student reporters can’t be arrested for taking photos from a public sidewalk
- 4/05/2019 – How are you fighting for #StudentPressFreedom in your community?
- 3/28/2019 – “Most states are failing student journalists like me”
- 3/22/2019: Why SPLC is concerned by President Trump’s Free Speech Executive Order
- 3/21/2019: New Voices, new strategies: Momentum builds for student press freedom protections
- 3/14/2019: It’s Sunshine Week, so let’s talk public records
- 3/08/2019: Scott Morris is about to lose his job. His story shows just how badly we need New Voices
- 3/01/2019: 11 states introduce bills to protect student journalists and their advisers
- 2/21/2019: Happy 50th, Tinker vs. Des Moines!
- 2/14/2019: Since Parkland: One year later
- 2/7/2019: Welcome to the Year of the Student Journalist!
- 1/24/2019: We need YOUR help this Student Press Freedom Day
- 1/1/2019: Happy New Year! Get ready for Jan. 30
2018
- 12-30-2018: No fake news here. We need you help!
- 12-28-2018: Letter from a high school adviser about what SPLC’s work has meant to her
- 12-26-2018: What did you do in 2018? SPLC did a lot!
- 12-20-2018: What does it mean to fight censorship and support student journalists?
- 12-13-2018: Fight for student journalism! We need your help – and so do they
- 12-5-2018: Arkansas student exposé of irregular transfer of football players censored; harsh consequences ensue
- 11/27/2018 – #GivingTuesday is here. Give support to student journalists by donating to the Student Press Law Center
- 11/26/2018 – Defending student journalism matters now more than ever
- 11/21/2018 – The Student Press Law Center has so much to be grateful for this year
- 11/8/2018 – Student Press Law Center hit the road for annual journalism conventions in Louisville, Ky., Chicago and New York
- 10/25/2018 – It’s time to raise your voice
- 09/27/2018 – Vermont students prove why New Voices laws are crucial to fight censorship
- 09/13/2018 – Are you ready for Constitution Day?
- 09/06/2018 – Join us Sept. 12 for back to school webinar (& see key legal tips for new school year)
- 08/30/2018 – Why hiring administrators has become so secretive; SPLC start of the school year alerts begin after Labor Day
- 08/23/2018 – Students around the country join effort to defend free press with editorials
- 07/26/2018 – Covering Sexual Assault – Advice from Legal Experts
- 07/12/2018 – “I think it’s a weak cover-up and a blatant attempt at censorship”
- 07/03/2018 – Honoring Independence Day and Independent Media
- 06/29/2018 – Backed by SPLC, student photojournalist who sued to retain copyright is vindicated
- 06/07/2018 – SPLC victory: Funding for a Virginia university’s paper fully restored
- 05/31/2018 – SPLC’s exposure of censorship at a Texas high school newspaper sparks national outrage
- 05/17/2018 – Why is it so hard to find data on sports concussions in schools?
- 05/10/2018 – Watch the full Advisers at Risk webinar
- 05/08/2018 – Last chance to register for tomorrow’s free Advisers at Risk webinar
- 05/03/2018 – How you can help journalism advisers at risk
- 04/19/2018 – Future Pulitzer winners? A look at the #MeToo reporting by students
- 04/05/2018 – It’s been 3 years. Anthony Mazur is still fighting to own his photos
- 03/23/2018 – IMPORTANT: We’ll be on-site and on-call for the March For Our Lives
- 3/21/2018 – Washington just passed its own New Voices Act!
- 3/01/2018 – Covering student walk-outs and protests? We’ve got you
- 2/20/2018 – Register now for tomorrow’s Deciphering DACA webinar
- 2/15/2018 – Weekly update: Tips for student journalists reporting on DACA
- 2/08/2018 – Help us keep the momentum of Hazelwood Day of Action going
- 1/31/2018 – Hazelwood Day of Action is finally here!
- 1/30/2018 – TOMORROW is Hazelwood Day of Action! Are you ready?
- 1/25/2018 – Hazelwood Day of Action is just one week away!
- 1/11/2018 – Going all out to #CureHazelwood in 2018 and victories in 2017
- 1/2/2018 – Thank You and Happy New Year!
2017
- 12/31/2017 – Last Chance: Only A Few Hours Left to Meet the 2017 Match
- 12/30/2017 – Standing Up and Speaking Out: One More Day to Meet the Match
- 12/29/2017 – What the nation’s premier media columnist says about SPLC
- 12/27/2017 – From the SPLC Board of Directors
- 12/24/2017 – Happy Holidays from the Student Press Law Center
- 12/22/2017 – Help SPLC Support Advisers Who Stand Up for Student Press Rights
- 12/15/2017 – What I’ve learned about defending student journalists
- 12/7/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Dec. 7, 2017
- 11/30/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Nov. 30, 2017
- 11/28/2017 – ICYMI: Hours left to support SPLC on #GivingTuesday
- 11/28/2017 – Help us help student journalists!
- 11/27/2017 – Student journalists need your help!
- 11/22/2017 – Happy Thanksgiving from the Student Press Law Center!
- 11/16/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Nov. 16, 2017
- 11/09/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Nov. 9, 2017
- 11/02/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Nov. 2, 2017
- 10/26/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Oct. 26, 2017
- 10/18/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Oct. 18, 2017
- 10/11/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Oct. 11, 2017
- 10/04/2017 – Student Press Law Center Weekly News Roundup – Oct. 4, 2017
- 9/27/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – Sept. 27, 2017
- 9/20/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – Sept. 20, 2017
- 9/13/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – Sept. 13, 2017
- 9/05/2017 – SPLC Announcement: New Executive Director
- 9/01/2017 – SPLC Legal Alert — August 2017
- 9/01/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – Sept. 1, 2017
- 8/25/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – August 25, 2017
- 8/18/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – August 18, 2017
- 8/11/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – August 11, 2017
- 8/04/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – August 4, 2017
- 7/28/2017 – SPLC Weekly Update – July 28