Student Press Law Center www.splc.org no Media http://www.splc.org/podcasts/default.asp The Student Press Law Center's monthly podcast covering legal issues that affect the student press. en-us 2007-2011 The Student Press Law Center Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:01:14 GMT 60 http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Jan12podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:00 no Topic: Samantha Harris of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education discusses FIRE's 2012 campus speech code report and how those codes impact student speech rights. (Running Time 20:00) Mon, 23 January 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Dec11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:12 no Topic: Mark Goodman of Kent State University discusses the Scholastic Journalism Census and what researchers discovered about the state of high school media. (Running Time 20:12) Fri, 16 December 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Nov11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:10 no Topic: Teachers union attorney Jay Hammond discusses Lange v. Diercks, a new Iowa Court of Appeals case interpreting the Iowa Student Free Expression Law. (Running Time 21:10) Fri, 18 November 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Oct11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 22:03 no Topic: College radio advisers Candace Walton and Robert Quicke discuss College Radio Day (Oct. 11), a national public awareness initiative for college broadcasters. (Running Time 22:03) Wed, 5 October 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Sept11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:03 no Topic: Attorney Peter Kozinets discusses the Arizona Republic's public records lawsuit involving the accused Tucson shooter and student privacy. (Running Time 21:03) Thu, 15 September 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/August11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 23:45 no Topic: David Hudson of the First Amendment Center discusses his new book, Let the Students Speak, about the history of student expression rights. (Running Time 23:45) Fri, 12 August 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/July11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 18:47 no Topic: Tracy Loew, reporter for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., discusses her 16-month investigation of spending irregularities at a regional education service district. (Running Time 18:47) Thu, 14 July 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/June11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:43 no Topic: Vic Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, discusses two recent court rulings about online student expression and social networking. (Running Time 21:43) Mon, 20 June 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/May11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 24:15 no Topic: Brett Myers and Denise Tejada of Youth Radio talk about their Peabody-award winning exploration of teenage prostitution on the streets of Oakland, Calif. (Running Time 24:15) Fri, 6 May 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/April11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:39 no Topic: Los Angeles Times reporters Michael Finnegan and Gale Holland discuss their series about mismanagement of college construction projects and offer tips for journalists. (Running Time 20:39) Fri, 8 April 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/March11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 15:01 no Topic: Joel Campbell of Brigham Young University discusses just-passed legislation in Utah that would dramatically alter that state's public records law. (Running Time 15:01) Tue, 15 March 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Feb11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:03 no Topic: Attorney Enrique Armijo of Covington and Burling LLP discusses a key First Amendment case involving the right to broadcast leaked video and the privacy rights of juveniles. (Running Time 21:03) Wed, 16 February 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Jan11podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 28:14 no Topic: Mc Nelly Torres of the Florida Center for Investigative reporting discusses her recent story on unaccredited, for-profit high schools. (Running Time 28:14) Fri, 14 January 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Dec10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 18:14 no Topic: Reporter Nathan Halverson of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat discusses his investigation of the Sonoma State University Academic Foundation. (Running Time 20:02) Fri, 17 December 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Nov10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:02 no Topic: Colorado high school journalism adviser Mark Newton discusses the Scholastic Journalism Institute, a think tank focusing on threats to scholastic journalism. (Running Time 20:02) Fri, 19 November 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Oct10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 23:32 no Topic: Randy Swikle of the Illinois Journalism Education Association and Shawn Healy of the McCormick Foundation discuss the newly-released Protocol for Free and Responsible Student News Media. (Running Time 23:32) Wed, 13 October 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Sept10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 19:23 no Topic: Tyler Buller, former school board member in Johnston, Iowa, and Leslie Shipp, newspaper adviser at Johnston High School, discuss local policies that can help protect student press rights. (Running Time 19:23) Wed, 8 September 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Aug10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 23:43 no Topic: Dan Reimold of College Media Matters and author of the book Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy, and a Student Journalism Revolution discusses trends in college newspaper sex columns. (Running Time 23:43) Tue, 17 August 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/July10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 22:26 no Topic: Ben Protess of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund shares his experience researching and reporting on the tie-in agreements hundreds of colleges and universities in the U.S. have with with credit card companies. (Running Time 22:26) Mon, 19 July 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/June10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 25:18 no Topic: In one of the most media-centric cities in the U.S., why is the number of high school newspapers dwindling? Brooklyn College Professor Jessica Siegel discusses her study on the journalism programs in New York City high schools. (Running Time 25:18) Mon, 21 June 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/May10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 13:57 no Topic: Kelly Furnas, Virginia Tech media adviser, discusses his plans as the new executive director of the Journalism Education Association (JEA). (Running Time 13:57) Mon, 17 May 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/April10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:44 no Topic: Campus Progress' David Spett and Michael Tracey, Editor-in-Chief of the Campus Progress paper The Perspective at The College of New Jersey, weigh in on the benefits and risks of non-profit campus journalism. (Running Time 21:44) Mon, 19 April 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/March10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 21:30 no Topics: David Cuillier and Charles Davis, the authors of the new book The Art of Access: Strategies for Accessing Public Records, address the importance of using records in student journalism and offer tips on how to do it successfully. (Running Time 21:30) Mon, 22 March 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Feb10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 30:52 no Topics: Clay Calvert of University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications and Bob Richards of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment discuss the impact of two online speech rulings handed down by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Running Time 24:39) Mon, 25 February 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Jan10podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 30:52 no Topics: Columbia College Professor Suzanne McBride and her students Nicole Leonhardt and Patrick Smith discuss their investigation into Illinois' discretionary tuition-waiver program for state legislators that drives up educational costs for all the state universities' students. (Running Time 30:52) Mon, 25 January 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Dec09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 36:48 no Topics: Reporter Kristen Lombardi from the Center for Public Integrity details her investigation into the institutional barriers that face victims ofsexual assault on campus -- and journalists covering these crimes -- that resulted in her project titled "Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice." (Running Time 36:48) Tue, 15 December 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Nov09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 24:14 no Topics: Keith Evans of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas joins reporters Erin Cooper and Julie Vrazel in discussing their investigation into Carleton College's Clery Act violations. (Running Time 24:14) Fri, 20 October 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Oct09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:13 no Topics: S. Daniel Carter, director of public policy for Security on Campus, Inc., answers one of the most common questions college journalists raise: How do I get my hands on the police reports my college doesn't want me to see? (Running Time 20:13) Thu, 22 October 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Sept09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 19:54 no Topics: Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi Cohen, Tara Malone and Stacy St. Clair discuss their investigation into the admission policies of University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne and how journalists can use open records laws to crack into universities' secrets. (Running Time 19:54) Thu, 17 September 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/August09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 18:38 no Topics: Journalism advisers Valerie Kibler of Harrisonburg High School and Chad Rummel of Oakton High School discuss building community support for student publications. (Running Time 18:38) Wed, 12 August 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/July09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 20:38 no Topics: Editors of Conestoga High School's national award-winning student newspaper, The Spoke, Henry Rome and Seth Zweifler discuss their school board's proposal to prior review content. (Running Time 20:38) Fri, 17 July 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/June09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 19:48 no Topics: Reporters Jill Riepenhoff and Todd Jones, of the Columbus Dispatch, discuss a recent project investigating universities' misuse of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to keep open records secret. (Running Time 19:48) Thu, 4 June 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/May09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 23:21 no Topics: University of Missouri graduate student Brian Schraum and Western Kentucky University student Josh Moore discuss starting free press legislation in their states. (Running Time 23:21) Fri, 8 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/April09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 25:08 no Topics: Lead plaintiff Robert Ochsorn talks about his First Amendment lawsuit against his former high school that was partially decided in summary judgment last month. (Running Time 25:08) Thu, 9 April 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Feb09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 16:50 no Topics: Maryland State Senator and law professor at American University Jamie Raskin discusses what Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court decision means for today's students. (Running Time 16:50) Wed, 11 February 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Jan09podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 24:23 no Topics: First Amendment lawyers Steve Zansberg and Robert S. Becker discuss what happens when student journalists' attempts to cover the news come into conflict with law enforcement's attempts to keep order in a choatic situation. (Running Time 24:23) Thu, 8 January 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Nov2008.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 12:30 no Topics: University of Virginia ruling clarifies limits of FERPA confidentiality rules; Student media's right to cover religious holidays. (Running Time 12:30) Tue, 25 November 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Oct08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 14:02 no Topics: California's adviser protection law allows students to continue lawsuits after graduating; Zero tolerance policies involving speech about violence. (Running Time 14:02) Wed, 22 October 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Sept08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 14:28 no Topics: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and student reporters. (Running Time 14:28) Fri, 19 September 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/August08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 12:55 no Topics: Off-campus, social Web site cases like Doninger v. Niehoff; reporters' rights to record interviews. (Running Time 12:55) Fri, 8 August 2008 15:31:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/May08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 09:13 no Topics: Analyzing the ruling in the 'Be Happy, Not Gay' T-shirt case; photographers' access rights. (Running Time 09:13) Mon, 5 May 2008 22:31:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/April08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 09:48 no Topics: Ad restrictions on student media overturned in Va.; misleading photos and defamation by implication. (Running Time 09:48) Fri, 11 April 2008 16:42:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/March08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 08:56 no Topics: Sunshine Week '08: Access to private colleges' police records; avoiding libel in restaurant reviews. (Running Time 08:56) Thur, 7 March 2008 15:02:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Feb08podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 05:49 no Topics: Funding freeze at Montclair State; Colo. State considers selling student paper. (Running Time 05:49) Thur, 7 February 2008 20:52:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Dec07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 05:38 no Topic: Censorship at McNeil High School (TX); Newsgathering in the hi-tech age; Update on Ponce v. Socorro Indep. School Dist. (Running Time 05:38) Mon, 31 December 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Nov07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 07:13 no Topic: Punishing "violent" student speech. Discussion of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's decision in Ponce v. Socorro Independent School District. (Running Time 07:13) Wed, 30 November 2007 20:56:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Oct07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 05:00 no Topic: School liability for high school student media; Peek v. Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation. (Running Time 05:00) Wed, 31 October 2007 15:33:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Sept07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 07:12 no Topic: Understanding state student free expression laws; Oregon's high school and college free expression law (passed July 2007); Illinois' College Campus Press Act (passed August 2007). (Running Time 07:12) Thu, 28 September 2007 14:54:00 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/August07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 07:52 no Topic: What the Supreme Court's ruling in the Morse v. Fredrick "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case means for student journalists. (Running Time 07:52) Thu, 30 August 2007 13:40:30 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/May07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 08:20 no Topics: "Hate speech" and the First Amendment. Appellate court ruling in Novato High School (CA) case involving censorship of opinion column about illegal immigrants; ruling in Neuqua Valley High School (IL) "Be Happy, Not Gay" t-shirt case; Poway High School (CA) "Homosexuality is shameful" t-shirt case. (Running Time 08:20) Wed, 30 May 2007 15:59:03 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/April07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 08:00 no Topics: Free press rights and responsibility. Greencastle Middle School (IN) case involving student criminally charged for content on MySpace.com; Hermitage High School (PA) principal files libel suit against students for MySpace.com postings; California Supreme Court denies teacher appeal in Palisades High School (CA) case involving lewd comments in underground student newspaper; student free press state legislation updates (Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan). (Running Time 08:00) Mon, 30 April 2007 18:59:03 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/March07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 06:05 no Topics: U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case (Frederick v. Morse); amicus efforts in Frederick v. Morse; student free press state legislation updates (Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan). (Running Time 06:05) Fri, 30 March 2007 15:59:03 GMT http://www.splc.org/podcasts/Feb07podcast.mp3 Student Press Law Center Media 05:22 no Topics: State student free press legislation. Washington state lawmaker introduces first combined high school/college free press bill in country; censorship of controversial flag photo at St. Francis High School (MN); Danbury High School (TX) censorship controversy over teen sex article.(Running Time 05:22) Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:59:03 GMT