Guide to using public records laws to cover stories of interest to your community.
Tag: legal-guides
Guide for the private school press
Do students at a private high school or college have to check their free speech rights at the campus gate when they walk to school each morning?
The answer to that question is a resounding maybe.
Naming names: Identifying minors
A discussion of the legal and ethical issues concerning publishing minor names and photos in student media.
State-by-state guide to the reporter’s privilege for student media
Reporter's privilege laws vary by state. Some laws provide broad protection, shielding both unpublished and published information as well as confidential and non-confidential sources and information.
Access to student government meetings and information
A state-by-state guide to your legal right to attend student government meetings.
Covering School Walk-Outs and Protests FAQs
Every day, the Student Press Law Center is receiving inquiries from student media, asking how to cover the walk-outs and student protests including the March for Our Lives rallies across the country on March 24. The following FAQs are meant to help answer questions for student journalists covering this important story.
Copyright-safe materials available for re-publication in student media
Links to sites that offer downloadable images and music licensed for reuse
Freedom of Information FAQs
The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about open records and open meetings.
Legal guide to Hazelwood and viewpoint suppression
A Colorado high school student newspaper wanted to publish two editorials — one in favor of a proposed administration plan to make study halls mandatory for underclassmen and one against the plan.
Advertising FAQs
The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about advertising in student media.