When school authorities insisted they could control what students publish in campus newspapers and yearbooks, the public largely accepted this incursion into the First Amendment with a shrug.
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MySpace not liable for assaults committed by network’s users
A recent California court ruling reemphasizes the breadth of protection that Web site operators enjoy under the federal Communications Decency Act – even where those aggrieved by the site’s editorial content claim that they are not arguing over content at all.In Doe II v.
N.D. school board replaces dismissed adviser
Recent actions by a North Dakota school board affirm the district does not plan to reinstate the high school newspaper adviser who was removed from the position in June over what the adviser said was a difference in philosophy.
College media group censures Md. university over adviser's firing
A national journalism organization censured aMaryland university July 23 after the school failed to renew the newspaper andyearbook adviser's contract.
All charges dismissed against Penn State photographer
A photographer at Pennsylvania StateUniversity's Daily Collegian was cleared of his remaining failureto disperse charge July 22 in a pre-trial motion after he was arrested last fallwhile covering a post-football-game riot.
Great ‘Fair Use’ teaching tool — if you can get it…
The SPLC’s lawyers frequently lecture about the doctrine of “fair use,” and how – properly applied – it can enable journalists to sample lawfully from copyright-protected content.
Student files lawsuit after coach distributed private Facebook content
A Mississippi high school student is suing her school district after a teacher logged into the student's social networking account and distributed information that embarrassed her and led to her removal from the team.
Death By Cheeseburger book available again
SPLC friend and student press advocate extraordinaire Brian Schraum, who is working at the First Amendment Center in Nashville this summer, has created an electronic copy of the Freedom Forum's very readable 1994 book, Death By Cheeseburger: High School Journalism in the 1990s and Beyond, and made it available on the FAC's Web site as a free PDF download. The book, one of the most comprehensive looks at high school journalism ever published, has been out of print and generally unavailable for many years.While Brian accurately notes that much of the information is out of date, it still retains relevancy today both as a research guide and a historical marker of high school journalism in the 1990's.
Calif. bill would shine light on university foundations, auxiliary organizations
A bill that would provide better access toopen records at California's public, higher-education institutions hasbeen routed to the State Assembly Committee on Appropriations, though proponentsof the legislation say it should not cost any money.
July 2009 podcast: School board proses prior review rule
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.