This rare and extreme step serves as yet another reminder that student journalists should familiarize themselves with digital security best practices, as well as the laws concerning the protection of confidential sources and materials.
Learn more about the recent Kansas newsroom raid & SPLC's legal guides to help student journalists get familiar with laws about police raids.
A high school student is caught sending a text message during class, in violation of school rules. The teacher confiscates his phone.
A look at the federal law that protects journalists from unauthorized newsroom searches and confiscation of their notes, photos and other newsgathering material.
Federal law prohibiting the search of newsrooms by law enforcement and other government officials.
42 U.S.C.