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Indiana Gazette
April 1, 2018
Frank LoMonte, former executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C., and current director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, where he is a faculty member in its journalism department. He is an attorney and a former award-winningÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 30, 2018
Photojournalists nationwide supported Mazur, sparking the #IAmAnthony hashtag on Twitter. Now, Mazur — a student at the University of Dallas — is taking the battle to court. With the expertise of a volunteer attorney in Texas recruited by the Student Press Law Center, a federal lawsuit was filed on behalfÃâà...
Reporter Newspapers
March 27, 2018
Several civil liberties groups, including the Reason Foundation, the Student Press Law Center and a religious freedom project at Emory University School of Law filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to take the case, saying the lower court's decision risked making basic rights unenforceable. Emory LawÃâà...
WikiTribune
March 23, 2018
But, ironically, if I take that same political message to the editorial page, the school probably can stop me,” says Frank Lomonte, director of Brechner Center, a Florida freedom of information think tank and for 22 years executive director of the nonprofit Student Press Law Center (SPLC). “Everyone knowsÃâà...
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
March 22, 2018
The bill stems from the New Voices movement, which was started by the Student Press Law Center, an organization that works to give young people the right to gather information and share ideas. The bill would give student journalists in New York state more control over their publications — schoolÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 22, 2018
Among those attending the signing ceremony was Mike Hiestand, the Student Press Law Center's senior legal counsel. He was among those who strategized for the bill over the years. New Voices is a student-powered movement to give student journalists protection from censorship. With Washington, NewÃâà...
University of Florida
March 15, 2018
The Brechner Center is led by Frank LoMonte, a nationally known media lawyer and former executive director of the Student Press Law Center. He was named director of the Brechner Center in 2017. The Brechner First Amendment Center is headed by Professor Clay Calvert, Ph.D., the Brechner EminentÃâà...
ithaca.com
March 14, 2018
While the First Amendment has, often successfully, proved the rule of the land for all of us, countless student journalists have faced numerous battles for their right to free speech over the years, prompting organizations like the Student Press Law Center to begin actively lobbying for laws to be passed toÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 2, 2018
“If they cut the newspaper, there would be significant negative attention.” SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofit defending the rights ofÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 2, 2018
"The general rule is that if you have a government body that is part of the chain of decision-making in allocating money, that becomes an open meeting," said Frank LoMonte senior legal fellow for the Student Press Law Center. "Kansas law, like most state laws, says that if you have any role in the decisionÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 2, 2018
“The First Amendment is only as important as those of us who carry it on.” SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofit defending the rights ofÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
March 1, 2018
“We can do better,” Smith said, “I think about it, and I'm like, 'this is what we did wrong. This is what we need to do next year.'” SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legalÃâà...
Peninsula Daily News
February 28, 2018
Mike Hiestand, attorney and legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center, said the bill would turn back the clock on the Hazelwood decision to the less-strict Tinker standard. That standard arose from a U.S. Supreme Court case in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1969, Tinker v. Des Moines, and says that in orderÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
February 27, 2018
Washington, D.C. — As students lead walk outs and actions across the nation to demand an end to gun violence, the Student Press Law Center — the nation's only legal services organization dedicated solely to protecting the First Amendment rights of student journalists — is launching an expanded hotlineÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
February 27, 2018
Every day, the Student Press Law Center is receiving inquiries from student media, asking about how to cover the walk-outs going on now, and planning for the March for Our Lives rallies across the country on March 24 and national walk-out on April 20, the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.
Student Press Law Center
February 16, 2018
The SPLC reached out to the PR offices at Harvard, Santa Clara, and the University of North Carolina in October to request interviews, and followed up in November after receiving no response. As of February 2018, they still have not replied. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is aÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
February 15, 2018
What kinds of questions should student journalists be asking in their communities? The Student Press Law Center teamed up with Education Writers Association to offer reporters context to the debate over DACA, a program President Obama created to temporarily shield young people brought to the U.S.Ãâà...
Student Press Law Center
February 8, 2018
Senior Legal Counsel for the Student Press Law Center Mike Hiestand sees HB1 as potentially disastrous for student journalists. "This is really the nuclear option for public records." He added, "[HB1 is] going to create a real barrier. Student directories are a bread and butter reporting tool." "This is info thatÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
February 7, 2018
... the people that you work with on a day-to-day basis.” SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofit defending the rights of student journalists.
Student Press Law Center
February 5, 2018
New Voices legislation is currently pending in six other states and has been passed in 13 states. SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofitÃâà...
The Seattle Times
December 31, 1999
The Student Press Law Center commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Hazelwood decision with a state-by-state campaign to change the law. Congratulations to the students who have testified so eloquently over the years. They leave a tremendous legacy to future newspaper editors and broadcastersÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
December 31, 1999
"The best part is definitely all the Twitter notifications," said junior Maya Wilson, the features editor at The Wilson Beacon. SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal andÃâà...
Reporter Newspapers
December 31, 1999
Sandy Springs are the Reason Foundation, a prominent libertarian think tank; the Student Press Law Center, which defends student journalists; the DKT Liberty Project, a Washington, D.C.-based civil liberties group; and a “Restoring Religious Freedom Project” at Emory University School of Law.
Student Press Law Center
December 31, 1999
Join here. SPLC staff writer Gabriel Greschler can be reached by email or at (202) 974-6318. He is on Twitter @ggreschler. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofit defending the rights of student journalists. Sign up for our free Weekly News Roundup.
Student Press Law Center
December 31, 1999
“It would be easy to use as an excuse for censorship,” Schrier said. SPLC staff writer Taylor Potter can be reached by email or at (202) 478-1926. He is on Twitter @wmtaylorpotter. Want more stories like this? The Student Press Law Center is a legal and educational nonprofit defending the rights of studentÃâà...
Kansas City Star (blog)
December 31, 1999
The first journalists on the scene at the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., were there for every terrifying shot. After all, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High is their school. As a former student stormed the halls, firing an AR-15, the newspaper teacher's classroom became a refuge, sheltering 163 students and sixÃâà...
