SPLC, NSPA urge appeals court to overturn high school censorship case

The Student Press Law Center and two national journalism organizations, including the National Scholastic Press Association, filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that upheld the censorship of a cartoon that was critical of a New York high school’s teaching methods for sex education. More details are available [...]

Courage in Student Journalism Award: Call for Entries

The Student Press Law Center and the National Scholastic Press Association are cosponsors of the Courage in Student Journalism Awards.
The two awards recognize a middle school or high school journalist and a media adviser or school administrator who have stood in support of the First Amendment. The student journalist and adviser or school administrator need [...]

Three things to do before summer

1. SUBMIT YOUR NSPA CONTEST ENTRIES AND RENEW NSPA MEMBERSHIP
Contest deadline for all individual awards, Broadcast Pacemaker and Newspaper Pacemaker is June 15. Forms are available at the Web site http://nspa.studentpress.org/ — just look for Form Central. Membership must be current as of June 15.
2. SUBMIT YOUR CRITIQUES
Make sure you send your critique in as [...]