A journalism graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley was attacked while covering election protests in Oakland, last week.
Graduate student attacked by looters during Oakland protest of presidential election
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Indiana Supreme Court rules Notre Dame police not subject to open records law
The Indiana Supreme Court this week decided the police department at the University of Notre Dame is not a government body and not subject to open records requests.
Georgia law against insulting public school officials in front of students ruled unconstitutional
Can you be arrested for insulting a school employee? No, says a 7-0 ruling from the Georgia Supreme Court, striking down a state statute that criminalized verbally abusing a school employee in the presence of a student.
Court of Appeals rules in favor of community college that removed nursing student over Facebook posts
What began as a series of venting social media posts has become a civil rights lawsuit that reached the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Journalist arrested for filming in courthouse has charges dismissed
Daryl Khan was arrested for filming in a New York City courthouse in June, and a judge recently dismissed the charges against the journalist.
Better than all the cat videos on the internet: a curation of journalistic support for the Kentucky Kernel
Your dose of warm fuzzies: Nearly every journalist who can draw breath is voicing their support for a college newspaper being sued by its own university.
University of Kentucky faculty and Bluegrass SPJ come out swinging in statements to UK President Capilouto
Since the University of Kentucky filed suit against its independent student newspaper last month, university President Eli Capilouto and the school’s administration have faced local and national criticism for making such an unusually aggressive move against their own students.
UPDATE: Florida court denies rehearing in open records lawsuit against UCF
A Florida District Court of Appeals on Monday denied a motion for rehearing submitted by the University of Central Florida in an open records case filed against the university.
UPDATE: CUNY tables controversial proposal on freedom of expression policy
The City University of New York’s proposed freedom of expression policy has been stalled by the Board of Trustees after members of the community, professors and students raised censorship concerns.
SPLC Executive Director Frank LoMonte receives Roll of Honor Award from the Freedom to Read Foundation
We are pleased to announce that that our very own executive director, Frank LoMonte, along with librarians Helen Adams and Nancy Kranich, was named a recipient of the 2016 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award.