Indiana’s New Voices bill to protect student journalists' rights failed in the House Feb. 5 after it fell short of the 51 votes needed for passage to the Senate. The House voted 47 to 44 in favor.
New Voices bill killed in Indiana House
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Don’t miss our upcoming webinar, Hazelwood Then and Now
Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. ET the Student Press Law Center will host a live webinar featuring three legal experts to tell us about the past, present and future of student media censorship in the aftermath of the 1988 Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier Supreme Court case.
High school administrators in Utah censored The Telegraph. So, The Telegram was born.
After launching an independent website to publish a story that was censored, Utah students are asking their school's administration to let them re-publish an article about teacher misconduct.
Illinois high school paper publishes revised version of previously confiscated spread on marijuana
A high school paper was confiscated by administrators who disapproved of two articles exploring why students smoke marijuana. Now they've published a revised version of the stories.
Student government and college paper in Pennsylvania clash over publishing budget
Student government officials at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh tried to exercise prior restraint on the student newspaper to prevent reporters from publishing budgetary information.
Gay students in Missouri had their high school yearbook quotes censored by school
After recently graduating from Kearney High School, Joey Slivinski and Thomas Swartz opened their yearbooks to find blank spaces under their portraits. Both submitted witty quotes about their gay identities, only to find that the school scrubbed them from the pages.
Private California university requests takedown of student news article
The Santa Clara, Santa Clara University’s namesake student newspaper, published an editorial detailing a recent incident of the publication’s censorship by the school’s administration.
Censored Liberty University columnist steps down from position at student newspaper
An attempt by Liberty University administration to censor one of its newspaper’s student columnists backfired with the widespread republication of a column criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump across numerous national news outlets.
An unintended consequence of Title IX
Without clear direction from the Department of Education, some colleges are overreaching their authority into student media to demand compliance with the anti-sex discrimination statute.
University of Missouri censors T-shirt design for student organization
A student at the University of Missouri said his First Amendment rights were violated when the university refused to approve a T-shirt design for a campus organization he’s involved with.