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News Release: The “RedEye” at duPont Manual High School wins The Courage in Student Journalism Award

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Andrew Benson

For Immediate Release: December 3, 2021 Contact: Andrew Benson | abenson@SPLC.org Washington, DC— The Student Press Law Center is excited to award the 2021 Courage in Student Journalism Award to the RedEye at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Students within the Journalism and Communication magnet program exposed Nazi and antisemitic language and images… Continue reading News Release: The “RedEye” at duPont Manual High School wins The Courage in Student Journalism Award

Delays and redactions: The legal battle for sexual misconduct records in Kentucky just won’t end

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September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Gabriel Greschler, Conner Mitchell and Andrew Benson

Four years after the Herald's initial records request, the college turned over documents related to 39 sexual misconduct investigations from the past decade.

Kentucky university student newspaper struggles after loss of adviser and funding for student stipends

Gabrielle Crooks / The Rambler

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June 12, 2019June 13, 2019 Ginny Bixby

6/13/19 UPDATE: Following the publication of this article, Transylvania University spokeswoman Megan Moloney reached out with the following statement: “There will be a staff adviser for the Rambler — we have stated that from the beginning. It is not accurate to say that it will be an unpaid faculty member.” In a later email, she… Continue reading Kentucky university student newspaper struggles after loss of adviser and funding for student stipends

A legal victory for the student press in Kentucky’s ongoing battle for open records

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October 31, 2017December 4, 2018 Samuel Breslow

A circuit court judge ruled Oct. 13 that the state Attorney General has the right to privately review public records on sexual assault at Kentucky State University to determine whether the school is required to release them to student reporters.

University foundation settled FOIA lawsuit, underwent forensic audit

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June 8, 2017September 5, 2018 Sophie Gordon

The University of Louisville Foundation‘s ‘forensic’ audit will be released Thursday and is expected to reveal how the foundation handled endowment funds from 2010 to 2016.

Kentucky AG seeks to intervene in WKU, KSU lawsuits

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March 10, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is joining two student newspapers in fighting back against their colleges’ attempts to withhold public records of investigations into sexual harassment complaints.

Update: Kentucky open records clash gains new participants at Western Kentucky University

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February 9, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

The battle over Title IX records in Kentucky just got bigger, as Western Kentucky University and the College Heights Herald are joining the fight.

The Kentucky Kernel’s open records battle has multiple fronts

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February 3, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

The Kentucky Kernel’s strategy of requesting records from multiple state universities seems to be paying off, if rulings at Kentucky State University and Western Kentucky University this week are any indication.

Judge overturns AG decision in Kentucky Kernel records fight

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January 24, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

The Eighth Division Fayette Circuit Court ruled Monday against the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper in its fight to obtain investigation records of a University of Kentucky professor accused of sexual misconduct.

Investigative news agency filing public records lawsuit against University of Louisville Foundation

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September 22, 2016December 4, 2018 Lev Facher

Kentucky’s two largest public universities are rivals in academics and athletics, but seem in recent weeks to have found common ground in an unlikely area: legal action surrounding their adherence to public-records laws.