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Tag: Fall 2012

Is copyright law curbing our freedom in the digital age?

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Carolyn Shurr Levin

Because of the widespread confusion about copyrights, what they are and what they protect, a basic understanding of copyright law is essential for not only student journalists, but for anyone working with content from the Internet for just about any purpose.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Using audit reports

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

Use audit records to check school performance.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Hazelwood symposium to mark 25th anniversary

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

This coming January, America marks an anniversary that is no cause for celebration.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Student journalists at one Kentucky high school put a new twist on an old practice to avoid their school's content restrictions

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

The threat of censorship creates a choice for student journalists: compromise or publish elsewhere. This spring, several journalism students at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Ky., chose the latter.

Tagged duPont Manual High School, Fall 2012, Kentucky, reports, The Red Pen

When advisers say 'no': Palmer High School students fight to run yearbook pages

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

In rare situations, students facing censorship aren’t just battling the usual suspects – school administrators – but rather with the person charged with providing advice.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Cutting Edge: Middle school yearbooks push boundaries

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

Where expression is encouraged, middle school students can produce journalism that rivals that done in high schools.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Hand over your passwords, or else

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Sydni Dunn

An increasing number of employers are asking applicants for social media account information. In response, state legislators are drafting bills that would prohibit employers — and university admissions offices — from snooping into people's non-public chats.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Bullying in the digital age

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Nikki McGee

The explosion of social media and technology has opened doors to new outlets of communication. This has presented school administrators – and judges – with major questions about how First Amendment protections online may differ from those in person.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

The Facebook Standard: Minnesota Supreme Court lowers speech protections for some college students

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Sydni Dunn

Months after the Minnesota Supreme Court held that public universities can restrict the speech of students enrolled in “professional programs,” First Amendment advocates and Minnesota students continue to analyze the broader implications of the ruling.

Tagged Fall 2012, reports

Hazelwood’s expanding influence

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Nikki McGee

When making its ruling in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, the Supreme Court stated in it’s opinion that it “need not now decide whether the same degree of deference is appropriate with respect to school-sponsored expressive activities at the college and university level.” The need to decide may not be far off.

Tagged Fall 2012, Hazelwood SchoolDistrict v. Kuhlmeier, reports

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