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Student journalists! Review our 20 tips for covering protests: 📞Write an emergency contact # on your arm 👭Work with a buddy 🗞️Make it clear to police you're press 📱Disable your phone’s fingerprint & facial recognition ✊Remember, SPLC has your back
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Know your rights when covering a protest - Student Press Law Center

These legal reminders and tips will help you avoid and/or deal with confrontations while covering protests.

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A Nebraska high school protected the First Amendment rights of high school students flying Confederate flags, but not the student reporters who tried to cover it.
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Nebraska high school journalist refuses to back down, publishes her censored article on Confederate...

NEBRASKA — In September, Jessica Mathieu, a senior at North Platte High School, in southwest Nebraska, stole a Confederate flag from another student’s pickup truck parked in the school parking lot....

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The @SPLC ‘s endless chain of replies of “hey you tagged the wrong SPLC” on twitter is almost as funny as their automated message that plays when you call that reminds you they are not the Southern Poverty Law Center
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The Student Press Law Center's attorneys are working with @TheBattOnline to fight for their print edition. Show your support for student press freedom and tell @TAMU to reverse this decision.
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Texas A&M leadership orders The Battalion to stop printing weekly editions following abrupt ultimatum — join the university, or be stripped of resources, with only a day’s notice.
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🧵 CENSORSHIP ALERT: Administrators of Seminole County Public Schools in Florida have prevented the distribution of @LymanJournalism yearbook because of a spread documenting the student walkout over the state's "Don't Say Gay" law.
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We've published the story that was censored:
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Censored story: Athletes transfers in question - Student Press Law Center

Har-Ber Herald spent months investigating football players who transferred school, possibly breaking district policy.

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Fellow journalists, educators and lovers of student journalism, here is the story that has been taken down by admins at @HarBerWildcats in Arkansas and resulted in suspension of newspaper. Please, for these young journalists, share, share, share! @SPLC
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@Popehat @LawyerBirb @21logician @Claire_Voltaire @Melonfraufrau Checking our mentions every morning is like a weird, alternative Christmas with gifts from virulent racists and "legal experts."
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"Since Parkland" is a massive reporting project by student journalists with help from partners at the Miami Herald and McClatchy to document the stories of children and teenagers killed by gun violence in the U.S. in the last year.
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Since Parkland

More than 1,200 American kids were fatally shot during the year since the Parkland shooting. These are their stories, as collected by teen reporters.

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“She’s a machine”: A high school journalist reports on the Portland protests every night despite having guns pointed at her, and tear gas and flash bangs thrown at her.
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Law enforcement tear gasses, throws flash-bangs at high school journalist covering Portland BLM...

OREGON — Before going out to cover the Portland protests against police brutality and systemic racism, Eddy Binford-Ross puts on swim goggles, a pink helmet with “press” written on all four sides, a...

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🧵High school students in Texas are fighting back against censorship of an editorial critiquing the school searching students' cars for drugs. Student Press Law Center attorneys say the story was well written and legally clean.
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How the Trump campaign is weaponizing libel and threatening the First Amendment.
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How The Trump Campaign Is Weaponizing Libel And Threatening The First Amendment

Trump aims to harass and intimidate the media.

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⚠️CENSORSHIP ALERT: Nebraska high school shuts down award-winning Student paper after principal & school board criticize LGBTQIA+ content.
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brb crying 🥺😭😭 We just surprised @TheBattOnline with the 2022 Student Press Freedom Award, and look at the reaction in the room at #MediaFest22 !! Keep up the fight, Battalion! You’ve got an amazing community supporting you.
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The Student Press Law Center condemns in the strongest terms the suspension of Georgia high school students for posting photos of their crowded school during COVID-19.
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@SamHarrisOrg @m3anderthal @brigadam @WSJ Hi. Tagged wrong SPLC.
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Five things student journalists covering @AMarch4OurLives rallies across the country tomorrow need to know: #1 Don’t cross the line between reporting and advocating. You are there to witness and report.
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@JoshFishPhoto @TheBattOnline We’re on it. Please keep tagging us anytime you see censorship! SPLC is here to help. Student journalists of all ages can contact our legal hotline here:
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Student Press Law Center Legal Hotline

Our legal team is committed to helping you find the answers you need to address your student-media-related legal questions and concerns.

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Journalists should not be arrested for doing their job. All of us are better informed when they can undertake their constitutionally protected duty without fear for their personal safety or wellbeing. @dartmouth
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Last night, two of The Dartmouth’s journalists were arrested while reporting on campus protests. Dartmouth: help drop the charges.
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While their classmates marched, student reporters worked to put their own unique perspectives on covering #MarchForOurLives .
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🧵 Good news out of California! The Student Press Law Center welcomes the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision today to drop disciplinary proceedings against @adrianachavira for refusing to censor her students’ work.
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A win for student press freedom! LAUSD withdraws disciplinary action

The Student Press Law Center welcomes the LAUSD's decision to drop unlawful disciplinary action against CA adviser Adriana Chavira.

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FERPA and HIPAA do not prevent colleges from disclosing numerical information about coronavirus outbreaks. Student journalists, keep fighting for access to that information!
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Universities can’t use privacy laws to withhold data on coronavirus outbreaks, experts say

“We’re really nervous, anxious and scared,” a University of Alabama professor said after faculty were emailed not to share information about infections on campus.

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Huge congratulations to former director @FrankLoMonte on the announcement of an Ethics In Journalism award in his name. #collegemedia17
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2/ The administration did not have a valid reason to censor the piece. As our attorney Mike Hiestand put it: "The First Amendment makes clear that public school officials can’t censor otherwise lawful student speech simply because they think it makes the school look bad."
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This is really the best case scenario when you hear "libel suit." #collegemedia17
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YOUR story can make a real difference!📣👏 The best way to make people care about #studentpressfreedom is to tell them why it's important to you. Join us Jan. 12 to learn some advocacy techniques and practice telling your unique story with your peers:
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Whether you’re covering "March For Our Lives," a walk-out, or some other form of protest, make sure you know your legal rights:
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We're thankful for @CedarBluePrints for their investigative reporting, which held community leaders accountable. Check out more about the coverage that earned them our Courage in Student Journalism Award for 2019:
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If it weren't for these meddling kids ... @SPLC 's 2019 Courage in Student #Journalism Award winners uncovered lies by a local school board member.
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. @UNAFlorAla at the University of North Alabama published a story that upset their administrators. Two weeks later, the provost rewrote the adviser’s job description, making him ineligible for the position.
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University of North Alabama President addresses censure over ousted student media adviser - Student...

12/10/2018 UPDATE: The President of the University of North Alabama, Kenneth Kitts, called College Media Association’s censure an “effort to conflate an academic decision… with an attack on the First...

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Help us defend student journalists and their advisers. Please include the Student Press Law Center in your year-end donations.
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SPLC regularly tracks newspaper thefts, and this year 13 separate incidents were reported. More than 8,500 copies of student newspapers were stolen or trashed.
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"Anytime that [our principal] sees an opportunity to shut us down in any sort of way, he will take it," said a @ENO_PHS staff writer.
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After months of criticism and bad press, Texas high school reverses prior review policy, allows...

Eagle Nation Online will not be subject to prior review in the upcoming school year. 

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A high school student suspended for not standing during pledge of allegiance has sued the principal.
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A High School Student Suspended For Not Standing During Pledge Of Allegiance Sued The Principal

India Landry, 17, chose to sit during the pledge 200 times prior to being sent home, according to the lawsuit.

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"We tried emailing him, we tried calling him, we tried leaving him hand-written notes...None of it worked." @UF President ghosted @TheAlligator staff and they deserve better. Say it with us: Student journalists have the right to report on public officials.
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Paging Dr. Sasse… - The Independent Florida Alligator

Ever since Ben Sasse, a former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, took office, there’s been a president-sized hole left in much of the UF community. 

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This student journalist won a Pulitzer. AND she found out about it while sitting in class. Just wow.
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17 national journalism, education and First Amendment groups join Student Press Law Center to ask Prosper (Texas) High School to stop censoring student journalism.
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This high school journalist exposed that her school district was disproportionately suspending black students in huge numbers. Another great example of why a free student press is so important.
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A High School Journalist Dug Into Suspensions of Black Students. What She Found Won an Award....

Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos, the co-executive editor of The Little Hawk school newspaper in Iowa, won a Robert F. Kennedy human rights award for her work.

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Congrats to our former director, @FrankLoMonte on receiving the Alicia Calzada First Amendment Award from @NPPA He has fought continually for journalists' (and students') 1A rights as head of the Student Press Law Center and now with the Brechner Center.
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The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed New Voices legislation today restricting the censorship of student journalists, and the bill applies to both high school and college student journalists!
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Student journalists @WWU are holding a press conference Thursday at 10 a.m. PT to explain why they're filing a lawsuit against the university for blocking access to sexual misconduct records. SPLC attorney Mike Hiestand will be with the journalists.
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(Thread) As @dailytarheel points out, schools should not be using FERPA to withhold the number of COVID-19 cases on campus. That information does not personally identify which students tested positive. It's also crucial information for public safety.
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EDITORIAL: "Clusterfuck (n) : a complex and utterly disordered and mismanaged situation." Via @DTHOpinion :
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has made its decision on the student speech case Mahanoy Area School District v. BL. We will update you throughout the day with analysis and what this means for student journalists. You can read the Court's opinion here:
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5/ Yearbook censorship poses a deep threat to not only student press freedom, but to our archival record of a historic time in American schools. And, unfortunately, Lyman is not the only case.
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Breaking down yearbook censorship in 2022 - Student Press Law Center

Yearbooks are an important form of student journalism, especially now. Here's how to spot yearbook censorship, and how to push back.

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We've partnered with the folks @Newseum to create the Student Front Pages Project, which highlights the #RealNews student journalists produce by displaying their front pages outside of the Newseum in the nation's capital. See how you can join:
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We are deeply concerned about the unusual and harmful measures to restrict student journalists covering #BlackburnTakeover reported by The Hilltop. We will continue to support and stay in contact with The Hilltop’s student journalists.
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4/ SPLC republished the censored editorial in full on our site. Give it a read!
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Censored Editorial: Students, not suspects - Student Press Law Center

The Student Press Law Center is republishing this censored editorial in full after Texas High School removed it.

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Looks like every student at #collegemedia19 showed up to see Marty Baron’s keynote!
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3/ The student staff of Tiger Times released a press release on May 3, explaining their side of the story and their determination to fight this censorship until the school allows them to republish the editorial in full.
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Thrilled to introduce new @SPLC Executive Director Hadar Harris:
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"Colleges should begin requiring every student to take a journalism course before they graduate."
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Opinion: Journalism course should be required of college students

I have worked in student media for all four years of my undergraduate experience, and as a mass communication major, I have learned the important role the news media plays

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. @PeppGraphic arrived at the scene of a helicopter crash and started live tweeting updates to their audience. Then, they found out one of the victims was former L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant. They covered it just like any other breaking news story from the start: with care and accuracy.
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Pepperdine Graphic reporters were on the scene @CityofCalabasas covering the crash that killed Kobe Bryant and 8 others. Read our story by @karlwinter23 @aust1nhall @kyledotmccabe
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You've probably seen quite a few editorials today defending press freedom in the wake of President Trump's anti-media attacks. Student publications have also been subjected to calls of “fake news," so many wrote editorials. Here are a few.
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Boom! Is student journalism "real" enough for ya? It just ended this principal's career.
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A former college editor asks: Why haven't major media outlets made a serious effort to work with student media?
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Censorship of student journalism must stop
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Censorship of student journalism must stop

We’re lucky here at The Standard.

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Many more people work in campus newsrooms than professional ones. Your donations help keep their presses free.
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When college and high school journalists need defending, these lawyers swoop in. For free. ... My column on @splc
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Vermont journalism students fight and win a battle for their First Amendment rights after administrators ordered paper to remove a story and created a new, restrictive student media policy.
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5 simple things Bob Woodward does in his interviewing that you can do, too
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5 simple things Bob Woodward does in his interviewing that you can do, too

Few hard and fast rules exist in journalism, but one I would bet the house on is this: If Bob Woodward says something works, it probably does. Woodward first came to national prominence in 1972 whe…

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SPLC is thrilled to announce our Courage in Student Journalism Award goes to Burlington, Vermont high school editors @BHSRegister who successfully fought censorship.
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NEWS RELEASE: Courage in Student Journalism Award” goes to Burlington, Vermont high school editors...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 23, 2019 Contact: Diana Mitsu Klos, director of engagement (202) 728-7267/ [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Students from Burlington, Vermont who broke a story about...

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Another big win for student press freedom! The New Jersey legislature just passed a New Voices law, which will protect the rights of student journalists and advisers in the state.
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New Jersey passes law protecting student press freedom - Student Press Law Center

SPLC commends the New Jersey legislature for passing A 169/S 108, legislation to restore and protect the press freedom of New Jersey’s student journalists.

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Their schools canceled classes because of the coronavirus outbreak, but these student journalists are still reporting. Their goal? Keep their classmates up to date on the pandemic, but try to prevent panic and dispel rumors.
Coronavirus: Classes canceled, coverage continues - Student Press Law Center

Editor’s note: Check out the Student Press Law Center’s guide to covering the coronavirus pandemic for resources and tips to help with your reporting.  Daniel Albert, editor-in-chief of The Clipper...

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4/ Lyman yearbook staff are fighting back against this censorship. If you find yourself in a similar situation, we hope you will too. Remember, SPLC is here to help!
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Student Press Law Center Legal Hotline

Our legal team is committed to helping you find the answers you need to address your student-media-related legal questions and concerns.

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SPLC is deeply concerned by the free speech restrictions against students at North Paulding High School. Read our letter, signed by 28 orgs and individuals nationwide, to the principal, district superintendent and school board.
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Today's the day! 🤩 May your #StudentPressFreedom Day celebrations and advocacy be #powerfullypersistent . Tell us: What does student journalism mean to you? What's the story you'd tell if no one could stop you? Learn more:
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3/ We know it's because of the "Don't Say Gay" spread because the students called SPLC's legal hotline and reported administrators wanted them to cover the spread with stickers.
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Every journalist knows the frustration of not hearing back from potential sources vital to a story. @propublica shares lessons about building trust and developing sources for stories people may not want to talk about.
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The Student Press Law Center condemns in the strongest terms the arrest of CNN journalist Omar Jimenez and his crew in Minneapolis during a live broadcast early this morning, Friday, May 29. Read our full statement here:
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"My students and I would have been silenced without the Student Press Law Center's help." Please read and share this letter from Lori Oglesbee-Petter
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High school reporter caught bus drivers running stop signs and provoked reforms. Real enough journalism for ya?
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Student journalist's graduation gift to high school: an exposé on bus safety

'Ricky Reports' documented how many vehicles ignored stops signs as they departed schools in Lower Merion district

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We've given the censored story a permanent home:
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Censored story: Athletes transfers in question - Student Press Law Center

Har-Ber Herald spent months investigating football players who transferred school, possibly breaking district policy.

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Fellow journalists, educators and lovers of student journalism, here is the story that has been taken down by admins at @HarBerWildcats in Arkansas and resulted in suspension of newspaper. Please, for these young journalists, share, share, share! @SPLC
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Student journalists are journalists. Denying them press credentials and cutting off access is unacceptable.
PantherNOW will no longer cover FIU Football - PantherNOW

Dalton Tevlin/Sports Director We would have loved to use this space for a preview of the upcoming football season, instead, we decided to voice our...

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Penn State student journalist @Jake_Aferiat51 talked to us about dealing with trolls and harassment after he wrote an op-ed criticizing @barstoolsports .
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📢 Student journos: It's a good time to read up on when the police can search your newsroom (short answer: almost never)
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Can police search our newsroom? - Student Press Law Center

Q: Can the police or campus security search our newsroom to get unpublished photos, notes or videos? A: Almost never. The federal Privacy Protection Act makes it illegal for law enforcement officers...

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Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones | via @sherman_news , @SamarahBailey , @RachelMipro and @TimVCarpenter #ksleg
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Every 👏 student 👏 deserves 👏 access 👏 to 👏 journalism 👏 education 👏 Student journalism is frequently undervalued and underfunded. That's part of why we created Year of the Student Journalist.
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Teacher in Fayette, Mississippi, asks for funds to bring #journalism to her high school students!
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CENSORSHIP ALERT: The Student Press Law Center calls for the full reinstatement of California high school journalism educator Adriana Chavira with pay.
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Thanks to @NewseumInst , we’ll have a table at the D.C. @AMarch4OurLives to help student journalists who need legal help. Any student journo who needs help across the country can contact us via our legal request form:
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@bluedgal @EmilyGorcenski @ACLU Tagged wrong SPLC
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Recommended watching: @washingtonpost made a 20-minute documentary about the @EagleEyeMSD student journalists who reported on the Parkland shooting while dealing with their own grief.
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2/ The yearbook students worked so hard on their book, which was supposed to be released today. The Lyman Journalism Instagram posted a screenshot from the principal announcing the yearbook distribution and signing would be "postponed" without acknowledging why.
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6/ Last year, an Arkansas high school administrator ripped out pages of the yearbook because it featured a completely factual timeline of current events like the deaths of George Floyd and RBG.
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Censorship of Arkansas Yearbook gets national media coverage: NPR, AP and Jerry Springer

The Student Press Law Center condemns the overt censorship of the yearbook by administrators at Bigelow High School in Arkansas.

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WE DID IT!!! New Voices legislation has passed in Vermont! #CureHazelwood @NewVoicesUSA
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In Parkland, journalism students take on role of reporter and survivor
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1/ Reminder that student journalists do very real, very important work before, during and in the aftermath of natural disasters
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Good morning from the Supreme Court!! We’re here with high schoolers to tour. But first, selfies!
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Some highlights from the HUGE influx of support on Twitter today. We're so proud of the turnout for #StudentPressFreedom Day. What a great start to Year of the Student Journalist!
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SPLC staunchly defends the right of student journalists to cover protests in your communities. Here's our updated guide with reminders of your rights, practical coverage tips and advice. Be safe and do good journalism!
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Hey look, a young reporter (12-years-old!!) practicing ethical, quality journalism:
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NOTE TO READERS: A lot of people are guessing my whether I am pro-wall or against the wall. I don't believe it is professional for a journalist to share political opinions. I think reporting should be about facts. Thank you for reading.
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THANK YOU @TahanieNYC for joining us in the rain at the Stand Up for Speech rally and advocating for the passage of New York’s Student Journalist Free Speech Act!
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Student journalists and their advisers - we've got your back.
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Student Press Law Center Legal Hotline

Our legal team is committed to helping you find the answers you need to address your student-media-related legal questions and concerns.

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A high school newspaper was suspended for publishing an investigation into football players' transfers. “They are like ‘well you raised an uproar, we’re going to try and silence you,'" the 17-year-old editor-in-chief said.
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This story is a classic case of censorship of student media: ✅ Prior review by authorities ✅ Censoring any stories that aren't "positive" or "uplifting" ✅ Banning student editorials ✅ Not renewing the contract of a highly-qualified journalism educator
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After months of criticism and bad press, Texas high school reverses prior review policy, allows...

Eagle Nation Online will not be subject to prior review in the upcoming school year. 

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Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have arrived at #MarchForOurLivesdc
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"In the Trump era, student journalists are more important than ever before." We couldn't agree more, @TeenVogue
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I Covered a Trump Rally as a Student Journalist. This Is What I Learned.

"We must train ourselves to keep future Trumpian leaders in check."

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Press freedom bill for student journalists advances
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Press freedom bill for student journalists advances

House Bill 1016 passed out of the House Education Committee by a 9-2 vote.

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As we remember the tragic Parkland shooting, let's also take a moment to acknowledge the crucial work of student journalists, including the staff of @EagleEyeMSD , who continue to cover gun violence, school shootings and student protests:
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North Carolina student reporters were kicked out of an “open” student government meeting, and they're not having it.
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10/ Side note: the irony of this coming to light the same afternoon as the Pulitzer Prize announcements is not lost on us.
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Shout out to high school adviser Kathi Duffel, for standing up for herself and her students' First Amendment rights. She also knew to call SPLC at the first sign of censorship, and we helped her connect with a local attorney.
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The woman who tried to sting the @washingtonpost ? She also lied to SPLC reporter @GoodellEmily
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The woman who tried to sting The Washington Post also lied to me - Student Press Law Center

I am writing this in the hopes that all reporters, not just those who are in the early years of their career like me, can learn from my experience.

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🎉Hawaii is officially the 16th New Voices state! 🎉 HUGE congratulations to the advocates who worked so hard to pass the Hawaii Student Journalism Protection Act. The law will protect student journalists and advisers against censorship and retaliation.
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Hawaii Restores and Protects Student Press Freedom

SPLC congratulates the State of Hawaii on the signing of HB1848, the “Hawaii Student Journalism Protection Act."

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Happy holidays from the Student Press Law Center.
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Millard Public Schools Board Chair Mike Kennedy and Superintendent James Sutfin will carry this shame for their entire careers.
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The Pawprint says good-bye with a hope for a MPS policy change, a cure for Hazelwood, & a thank you.. @SPLC @Sulliview @nhsjc @NHSPA @NSPA
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Congratulations @catecharron and @idsnews , recipients of our 2022 Reveille Seven College Press Freedom Award, for your outstanding reporting which made a positive impact on your community and campus. We’re so proud to recognize your incredible work!
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