Copies of footage from surveillance cameras are not confidential educational records, the Society of Professional Journalists’ Utah chapter says. Canyons School District didn’t agree, but the SPJ hopes the Utah Court of Appeals will.
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Utah college quickly reverses edict to remove newspaper sex column
A Utah college dean has decided against banning an opinion column about sexual behavior after initially exerting editorial control over the newspaper’s content.
Salt Lake Tribune wins release of records documenting coach's inappropriate relationship
Records documenting an inappropriate relationship between a student and a former high school football coach aren’t protected by FERPA, a Utah committee on public records has ruled.
Records hold lifted for Daily Utah Chronicle's senior staff
The student journalists from TheDaily Utah Chronicle who had holds placed on their transcripts and diplomasa result of a senior prank in the newspaper have had the holds lifted and willreceive their diplomas.
Utah newspaper's senior prank results in hold on graduating staff members' records
Nine graduating senior staff members at the Universityof Utah's The Daily Utah Chronicle may not be receiving diplomas atFriday's graduation ceremony.
Funding cuts threaten future of Salt Lake City Community College newspaper
The future of Salt Lake City Community College's student newspaper, The Globe, remains uncertain due to drastic funding cuts by the college's Student Fees Board. The Board reported the paper must increase readership and focus more on campus activities before asking for funding.
Copies of student paper taken from newsstands at Brigham Young
An unknown number of copies of The DailyUniverse, Brigham Young University's student newspaper, were takenfrom newsstands earlier this month and dumped into recycling bins.
1,000 newspapers disappear from racks at Weber State University
Editors at The Signpost, the student newspaper of Weber State University, believe an article detailing possible sexual misconduct by a professor may be the reason that an estimated 1,000 copies of the paper recently disappeared from news racks.
Parent says school broke education laws by allowing articles in paper
Astudent journalist's father is accusing his daughter's school ofbreaking the law after the school newspaper published articles aboutsex.
Drinking in the victory
While student journalists across Pennsylvania quietly celebrate their legal victory against an eight-year ban on alcohol advertising in student publications, students in three states are still working under similar laws.