Former Oracle adviser Carla Gomez and student journalists Hanna Olson and Hayes Duenow allege the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District and Principal Kip Glazer violated California Education Code § 48907 — which limits censorship of student media — and state labor laws when Glazer pressured the students to change a story and then removed Gomez as adviser and eliminated a journalism class.
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For student newsrooms, the midterms present a steep but important learning curve
From statewide collaborations to basics like voter registration guides and candidate platform information, here’s how student newsrooms across the country have been gearing up to preview and cover the midterms.
SPLC names Mary Ellen Ritter its first Stark Student Press Freedom Intern
Ritter joins SPLC on the internship’s journalism track, where she will report this academic year on censorship cases, public records disputes and other issues affecting student journalists.
Meet Melissa Melewsky, SPLC’s new legal director
The Student Press Law Center is excited to welcome Melissa Melewsky to the team this fall as SPLC’s first legal director. As she brings that experience to support the nation’s student journalists, we sat down to get to know her a little better.
SPLC backs The University Star after Texas State pulls paid ads from campus newsracks
In a letter sent today to Texas State University System administrators, SPLC argues that removing the student newspaper’s political advertising conflicts with the university’s own policies and student press protections. It also jeopardizes the paper’s revenue that funds its journalism.
News Literacy Project, Press Pass NYC and Student Press Law Center head to SXSW EDU stage
The News Literacy Project, Press Pass NYC and Student Press Law Center have been selected to present at SXSW EDU, one of the world’s most prominent education conferences. A student journalist will join a panel of nonprofit leaders for the session, “Think Like a Journalist: Building Civic Resilience.” Young people face unprecedented challenges in the… Continue reading News Literacy Project, Press Pass NYC and Student Press Law Center head to SXSW EDU stage
Lawsuit: UT-Dallas disciplined student ‘for practicing journalism’
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez is suing administrators at the University of Texas at Dallas, alleging they violated his First Amendment rights when the university found he had discriminated against a student by editing their letter to the editor and publishing it with a disclaimer.
Levin: The open records stonewalling is working
Student journalist Joshua Levin writes that government officials have found a trick to keep the public from seeing what they are up to: They don’t have to always say no. They can simply make getting the records so difficult that nobody wants to try.
Here’s what state laws actually say about recording politicians
An exchange between Rep. Andy Harris and a University of Maryland's Cat Murphy is a reminder that student journalists will sometimes be told — confidently and incorrectly — that they’re doing something illegal. That’s why it’s important to know your rights before going into the field to report, and the Student Press Law Center is here to help.
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