The SPLC contacted 21 colleges and universities -- two private institutions and one public school in each state.
Tag: Sunshine Week
SUNSHINE WEEK: Illinois photographers fight for unfettered access to high school games
As the battle between the Illinois High School Association and professional newspaper photographers continues, whether the dispute affects high school photographers and schools that resell photos is unknown.
SUNSHINE WEEK: Getting records from student governments
Under state and federal sunshine laws, the press is supposed to have access to government and public records -- therefore, student journalists should have access to student government records, right?
SUNSHINE WEEK: Victories and setbacks for open government
In a new, $450 million, state-of-the-art museum of news in Washington, D.C., media professionals, government officials and open-government advocates gathered on March 14 at the 10th annual National Freedom of Information Day Conference to discuss recent changes to the Freedom of Information Act and the importance of sunshine laws to journalists.
SUNSHINE WEEK: A look at how college journalists can use open records
Some college student journalists might not know it, but at their fingertips lay access to information about lawsuits, donations, salaries, terrorist watch lists and more.
SUNSHINE WEEK: Legislatures in two states to consider opening campus police records
Legislatures in Massachusetts and Georgia are scheduled to vote next week on bills that would make all campus police departments in the two states subject to open records laws.
SUNSHINE WEEK: A look at how high school journalists can use open records
Many high school students are not sinking their journalistic chops into meaty stories, and it may be because many are not using public records for their research, said Diana Mitsu Klos, senior project director for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
SUNSHINE WEEK: High school journalists dig through public records to get the real dirt
Student journalists at Desoto High School could have written a story on how administrators were spending money to solve the gang problem at their school.