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SPLC submits testimony on Wisconsin New Voices amendments

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The Student Press Law Center submitted written testimony Feb. 9 in response to proposed amendments to Wisconsin's SB 571. SPLC strongly supports the original legislation but urged the state Senate Committee on Universities and Revenue to reconsider amendments that would significantly undermine the bill’s protection of student journalists. The legislation, based on SPLC’s model bill,… Continue reading SPLC submits testimony on Wisconsin New Voices amendments

Wisconsin Assembly approves New Voices bill
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The Student Press Law Center commends the Wisconsin Assembly for their approval yesterday of New Voices legislation restricting censorship of school-sponsored student media. The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration. Sponsored by Representative Tom Michalski, AB 551 ensures that Wisconsin’s public sixth grade through college student journalists determine the content of student media… Continue reading Wisconsin Assembly approves New Voices bill

Student journalist challenges University of Wisconsin for records in investigation of professor
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When a professor was pulled out of a lecture and suddenly stopped teaching his other classes, Alex Nemec, a student journalist at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, filed records requests to find out why. Nemec has encountered two hurdles to accessing records, the first imposed by the University and the second by the professor himself.

High school paper in Wisconsin slapped with a prior review policy after publishing a story on rape culture; SPLC’s model guidelines soon replace policy

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"The SPLC helped me realize that what I was fighting for was important. With their support, we were able to overturn the prior review policy and return Cardinal Columns to the rightful hands of student journalists."