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Tag: Protecting sources guides

State-by-state guide to the reporter’s privilege for student media

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Student Press Law Center

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 Some laws provide broad protection, shielding both unpublished and published information as well as confidential and non-confidential sources and information.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Protecting sources guides

Confidentiality and Shield Laws FAQ

October 21, 2015 Student Press Law Center

The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about confidential sources and reporter’s privilege.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Protecting sources guides

Responding to school seizures and searches of cellphones

January 1, 2012 Student Press Law Center

While a school has leeway to decide how and when cellphones may be used, the Fourth Amendment restricts the ability of any government agency to seize a person’s property or search the contents of that property, including a phone. Learn what the law does — and doesn't — protect.

Tagged legal-research, Protecting sources guides, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Student media guide to protecting sources and information

May 1, 2003October 26, 2018 Student Press Law Center

A  comprehensive guide to reporters privilege laws created specifically for student media. Includes practical suggestions for students and advisers working with confidential sources.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Protecting sources guides

Student media guide to the Privacy Protection Act

January 1, 2002 Student Press Law Center

A look at the federal law that protects journalists from unauthorized newsroom searches and confiscation of their notes, photos and other newsgathering material.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Privacy Protection Act, Protecting sources guides

SPLC guide to publishing leaked material

September 1, 2001 Student Press Law Center

Handling and publishing material that has (possibly) been illegally obtained and provided by third-parties.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Libel and privacy guides, Protecting sources guides

To publish or not to publish?

September 1, 2001 Student Press Law Center

Frequently asked questions about publishing materials that may have been unlawfully obtained by others.

Tagged Fall 2001, Protecting sources guides, reports

Legal protections for journalists’ sources and information

September 1, 2000 Student Press Law Center

Brief overview of the state and federal protections that cover journalists' sources and information. 

Tagged legal-research, Protecting sources guides

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