A digest of coverage of journalists’ rights and legal issues.

Gay-rights article stirs debate over student freedoms

Leann Frola Mar. 26, 2007 11:41 am

By Rebecca Neal
The Indianapolis Star
March 26, 2007

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Amy Sorrell figured the articles on teen pregnancy, teen motherhood and sexually transmitted diseases would be controversial, so she submitted them to her principal before publishing.
   

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Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007

Student press bill moves on to Washington state senate

Leann Frola Mar. 13, 2007 2:24 pm

By J-Ideas
www.jideas.org
March 13, 2007

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 The Washington state House of Representatives early Tuesday morning passed a comprehensive bill guaranteeing press rights for the state’s high school and college students.

House Bill 1307, passed by a 58-37

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Thursday, Mar. 01, 2007

Hope for federal shield law fades

Leann Frola Mar. 1, 2007 11:18 am

By Matthew Taylor
Adjunct professor of journalism and mass communication
at Mount St. Mary’s University
The (Baltimore) Sun
Feb. 28, 2007

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As a journalism professor, I’ve learned many lessons from the trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

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Pressing Standards: Student Journalist Schools Administration Censors

Leann Frola Mar. 1, 2007 10:12 am

By Jason Simms
the Stranger
Feb. 28, 2007

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If not for the savvy student editor of the Lake Stevens High School Valhalla, 18-year-old senior Alec Bertholet (rhymes with Chevrolet), the student paper would have

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Indiana high school students now subject to prior review

Leann Frola Mar. 1, 2007 10:04 am

By Erica Hudock
Student Press Law Center
Feb. 28, 2007

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Students met with a school official Monday to discuss the controversy over an opinion article on societal attitudes about homosexuality published in an East Allen County

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Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007

Central Connecticut president announces details of committee reviewing student editorial process

Leann Frola Feb. 28, 2007 4:13 pm

By Brian Hudson
Student Press Law Center
Feb. 27, 2007

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After community outcry over a satirical newspaper article advocating rape, the president of Central Connecticut State University has created a committee that review will the publication’s

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Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007

Penn State radio station fighting new administration-appointed adviser

Leann Frola Feb. 27, 2007 12:54 pm

By Jared Taylor
Student Press Law Center
Feb. 14, 2007

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For its student radio station to receive much-needed financial support from the university, administrators at Pennsylvania State University have said they want to appoint a financial adviser

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SPLC argues for protection of off-campus student speech

Leann Frola Feb. 27, 2007 12:48 pm

Student Press Law Center
Press Release
Feb. 21, 2007

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The Student Press Law Center and four other free expression advocacy organizations this week filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that a case to

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Student’s gay rights editorial brings oversight

Leann Frola Feb. 27, 2007 12:40 pm

The Associated Press
Feb. 22, 2007

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A high school principal wants to tighten control of the student newspaper after a sophomore wrote an editorial advocating tolerance for gay people.

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Missouri administrators deny newspaper’s request to intervene in funding dispute

Leann Frola Feb. 27, 2007 12:29 pm

By Brian Hudson
Student Press Law Center
Feb. 21, 2007

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The administration at the University of Missouri at Rolla announced Monday that it did not find any evidence of censorship when the school’s student government voted

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