Experts are disputing an Arizona judge’s order to journalism students to delete audio recordings of a sentencing hearing.
Arizona case demonstrates student journalists should be mindful of court recording rules
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Supreme Court declines to hear free speech case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case that would have set precedent for student speech freedoms on social media.
Bringing the receipts: A response to the call for stories of student press censorship in Texas with Rachel Dearinger
New Voices of Texas page asked for stories of censorship students and advisers have faced in the Longhorn State, and Rachel Dearinger responded.
U.S. District Court affirms First Amendment right to complain in rejecting motion to dismiss former student's complaint
A case in Virginia has provided a welcome stand against retaliation for students exercising their First Amendment rights. On March 30, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia rejected a motion to dismiss by the defendants in Deegan v. Moore, finding that student Jennifer Deegan had been well within her rights to… Continue reading U.S. District Court affirms First Amendment right to complain in rejecting motion to dismiss former student's complaint
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.
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.
Sunshine Week Roundup: Government transparency dustups abound in the Sun Belt
With a storm brewing in Arkansas and an effort to further open records exemptions in New Mexico, more and more states are working to move government further into the shadows.
With open records, UC-Berkeley paper show how a little patience can yield big results
Last week, the Daily Californian at the University of California-Berkeley dropped a bombshell report: about one third of University of California system employees found to be in violation of sexual misconduct policy between 2013 and 2016 were still present on UC campuses.
California Supreme Court opens personal communications on public matters to open records requests
The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that employee writings conducted about public business on personal accounts are subject to the state Open Records Act.