Hillary Davis, SPLC’s New Voices Advocacy and Campaign Organizer, sits down and walks us through the New Voices movement in 2020. Find out what’s happening in your state and how you can get involved. Full Transcript Joe Severino: In January, state legislatures across the country will meet for the start of their 2020 lawmaking sessions,… Continue reading New Voices 2020 preview
Tag: Kansas
When schools misused privacy laws, these student journalists fought back
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FERPA is a hassle. Schools constantly misuse it. Student journalists are consistently frustrated by it. So we spoke to four current and former student journalists about how they fought their school on FERPA misuse, and how you can too. Transcript: Joe Severino: When student journalists want to dig deeper into what’s happening behind the scenes… Continue reading When schools misused privacy laws, these student journalists fought back
Reporters (including students) were barred from questioning AG Barr at Wichita State
KANSAS — Reporters were barred from asking Attorney General William Barr questions at an Oct. 2 event at Wichita State (a public university). When a reporter tried to ask a question anyway, he was escorted out by police. The event was a private roundtable discussion with Kansas law enforcement officials about federal, state and local… Continue reading Reporters (including students) were barred from questioning AG Barr at Wichita State
Kansas school board revises, approves student publications policy after initial 1A scare
UPDATE: The Shawnee Mission School Board in Kansas unanimously approved a policy on Aug. 12 that set lawful parameters for what student media in the district can and can't publish. The final policy is a revision of an initial proposal introduced in July the school board that would have allowed administrators to censor any student… Continue reading Kansas school board revises, approves student publications policy after initial 1A scare
Wichita State University President John Bardo approves major cuts to student paper, The Sunflower
The proposal would cut almost a quarter from the paper’s current fee allocation. The paper’s editor says the “compromise” is still a death knell.
Hundreds of student newspapers vanish at Kansas community college, staff suspects theft, censorship
Student newspaper denied access to University of Kansas campus carry plans
The University of Kansas will implement concealed carry on its campus beginning July 1, but students have yet to receive all of the details regarding this procedural shift.
Community College newspaper has its final issue reinstated, earns letter of support
A community college in Kansas has walked back, in part, actions taken to restrict its own student newspaper.
The Booster Redux demonstrates the importance of anti-Hazelwood laws
This week, a group of student journalists in Pittsburg, Kan. achieved something that many their age only dream of: affecting real, tangible change in their community.
Several state legislatures considering updates to open records laws
A mixture of positive and negative changes to state open records laws have slowly been making their way through state legislatures in the past few weeks.