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Hillary Davis, SPLC’s New Voices Advocacy and Campaign Organizer, sits down and walks us through the New Voices movement in 2020. Find out what’s happening in your state and how you can get involved. Full Transcript Joe Severino: In January, state legislatures across the country will meet for the start of their 2020 lawmaking sessions,…… Continue reading New Voices 2020 preview
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FERPA is a hassle. Schools constantly misuse it. Student journalists are consistently frustrated by it. So we spoke to four current and former student journalists about how they fought their school on FERPA misuse, and how you can too. Transcript: Joe Severino: When student journalists want to dig deeper into what’s happening behind the scenes…… Continue reading When schools misused privacy laws, these student journalists fought back
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Ginny Bixby: Access to public records can be the key to great journalism, especially at a public university. By examining public records, student journalists gain information about a school’s operations and hold school officials accountable for their actions. For student journalists at Florida State University in Tallahassee, covering the athletics department is about to become…… Continue reading PODCAST: What the privatization of Florida State University’s athletics department will mean for journalists
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Cory Dawson: If you take a close look at any tuition breakdown, you’ll almost always see some money put aside for a student fee, or an activity fee, or a club fee — but they almost always mean pretty much the same thing. This money goes to student government so they can distribute it to…… Continue reading PODCAST: When are student newspaper budget cuts unconstitutional?
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Cory Dawson: Since 1988, student reporters have lived under a Supreme Court ruling that gives school administrators vast control over what goes into their school’s newspapers. Since then, students, advocates and media advisers have worked to put press freedoms for student journalists into law by passing New Voices laws in 14 states. These laws protect…… Continue reading PODCAST: New Voices advocates talk struggles and successes
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Madison Dudley: For many, working as a collegiate student journalist means going unpaid or underpaid. The work experience is considered payment enough and the experience is often a pre-requisite to landing an internship or full-time job in journalism. But the financial reality for student journalists has changed over the last 20 years, especially in the…… Continue reading December 2018: What effect does paying student journalists have on the composition of a newsroom?
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Madison Dudley: The 2018 midterm elections are November 6 and student media organizations across the country are contemplating whether or not to endorse political candidates. Opinions are split. Some publications don’t want to persuade the votes of their audience or be seen as biased because of endorsements. Some argue that the 2016 presidential election showed…… Continue reading October 2018: Should student media endorse political candidates?
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When students accuse administrators of censorship it puts advisers in a sticky situation. Many want to help their students but can’t because of their status as a school employee. employee. Student newsrooms are also being financially squeezed by the emergence of copyright traps, where a photo grabbed online in violation of copyright can cost student…… Continue reading SEPTEMBER 2018: LEGAL TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR
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Hiring processes for university administrators are becoming more secretive and harder to cover. Some state laws allow schools to keep the names of candidates confidential until the very end of the process. This raises concerns about transparency and leaves students, faculty and staff in the dark. This month SPLC reporter Monica Kast talks to student…… Continue reading AUGUST 2018: REPORTING ON SECRET HIRING OF ADMINISTRATORS
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Sexual assault is one of the hardest topics to report on, but also one of the most consequential. On this month's podcast, we talk with students and legal experts about how to find and use records to cover this issue. “The System” by Indiana Daily Student: http://bit.ly/2L8ebUf “How universities do, and don't, inform the public…… Continue reading July 2018: Reporting on sexual assault
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Howard University erupted in turmoil after an anonymous Medium article revealed evidence of a massive, nine-year embezzlement scandal in which six Howard University financial aid employees stole one million dollars through skimming money off student grants. We sat down with the Jazmin Goodwin, the editor-in-chief of Howard’s student paper, The Hilltop to talk about how her staff covered the scandal and resulting protests.
The Hilltop: bit.ly/2s6Iuyi
Exclusive interview with Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick: bit.ly/2Lp9DVL
The Longest student sit-in in Howard’s history comes to an end: bit.ly/2GHXVSV
Howard University erupted in turmoil after an anonymous Medium article revealed evidence of a massive, nine-year embezzlement scandal in which six Howard University financial aid employees stole one million dollars through skimming money off student grants. We sat down with the Jazmin Goodwin, the editor-in-chief of Howard’s student paper, The Hilltop to talk about how…… Continue reading June 2018: Covering Howardgate
Student Press Law Center reporters Gabriel Greschler and Taylor Potter spent the last few months working on two stories detailing the issues student reporters face when covering both sexual assault and concussions. In this month’s podcast, the two talk about their experiences and takeaways from their reporting.
Sexual assault story.
Concussions story.
Student Press Law Center reporters Gabriel Greschler and Taylor Potter spent the last few months working on two stories detailing the issues student reporters face when covering both sexual assault and concussions. In this month’s podcast, the two talk about their experiences and takeaways from their reporting. Sexual assault story. Concussions story.Hello everyone, this is…… Continue reading May 2018: SPLC reporters talk about reporting on concussions, sexual assault
Three experts joined the Student Press Law Center and the Education Writers Association for a webinar on understanding how to report on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. The Chronicle of Higher Education Senior Writer Katherine Mangan, Education Week staff writer Corey Mitchell and immigration lawyer Dina Francesca Haynes explained some story angles and resources student journalists can use to cover the possible DACA repeal.
Three experts joined the Student Press Law Center and the Education Writers Association for a webinar on understanding how to report on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. The Chronicle of Higher Education Senior Writer Katherine Mangan, Education Week staff writer Corey Mitchell and immigration lawyer Dina Francesca Haynes explained some story…… Continue reading March 2018: Experts share tools and ideas for reporting on DACA
We speak with Richard "Dick" Prince about his origins as a reporter, going up against the Washington Post in the 1970s, and why newsrooms need to become more diverse. Prince’s column is at journal-isms.com. He also writes for theroot.com.
Long-form story about the Metro Seven: bit.ly/2s8CSUd
Yes, it’s a huge deal to have a black journalist run the New York Times, Quartz article by Prince: bit.ly/2IXMQCa
What stagnant diversity means for America's newsrooms, PBS Newshour interview with Prince: to.pbs.org/2x8u46k
How Diverse Are US Newsrooms?, American Society of News Editors: bit.ly/2KQcoyz
We speak with Richard "Dick" Prince about his origins as a reporter, going up against the Washington Post in the 1970s, and why newsrooms need to become more diverse. Prince’s column is at journal-isms.com. He also writes for theroot.com. Long-form story about the Metro Seven: bit.ly/2s8CSUd Yes, it’s a huge deal to have a black…… Continue reading February 2018 Podcast: Richard “Dick” Prince on the need for newsroom diversity
We speak with Trevor Timm, a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit which works to protect journalists and their sources by offering free, open source digital security tools.
Further reading on the incident where Harvard searched through student deans' email accounts to find the source of a leak to the press (and update)
SPLC coverage an incident illustrating the dangers of relying on a school server: "Embattled high school newspaper loses a year's worth of archived stories after school officials shut down website"
SecureDrop website
Signal website
Secure The News website
Prior SPLC coverage of internet filters
Got an idea for who next month's guest should be? Send it to sbreslow@splc.org.
We speak with Trevor Timm, a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit which works to protect journalists and their sources by offering free, open source digital security tools. Further reading on the incident where Harvard searched through student deans' email accounts to find the source of a…… Continue reading October 2017 Podcast: Freedom of the Press Foundation Executive Director Trevor Timm talks digital security for student journalists
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