A Student Press Law Center analysis this fall found that many school districts in Iowa and West Virginia fail to fully comply with state laws protecting student journalists’ rights, leaving them vulnerable to censorship despite legal safeguards.
Advocate Morgan Bricker discusses the progress and challenges of the first year of New Voices in West Virginia, and looks to the work ahead.
Following West Virginia’s passage of a New Voices law earlier this year, the Student Press Law Center submitted comments on a proposed student media policy for Webster County Schools in Webster Springs, West Virginia.
Following West Virginia’s passage of a New Voices law earlier this year, the Student Press Law Center submitted comments on a proposed student media policy for Mingo County Schools in Williamson, West Virginia.
Student advocate Kellen Hoard talks about strategies that worked when trying to pass a state law protecting student journalists.
West Virginia adopted the Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act, becoming the 17th New Voices state!