JEA Scholastic Press Rights Committee

Registration for the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Philadelphia is open! We’re looking forward to offering some great press rights sessions and hope to see you there!

Join us Nov. 7-10 in Philadelphia for the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention. The convention offers hundreds of instructional sessions from industry professionals and educators, on-site contests and award presentations, publication exchanges, networking events, scholastic journalism-centered trade show and more. Early bird pricing ends Sept. 26. Registration closes Oct. 17. https://fall.journalismconvention.org/

Congratulations to the SPRC’s own Stan Zoller on this well deserved honor! Thank you, Stan, for your service to scholastic journalism and student press rights, your hard work and dedication on behalf of journalism students and their advisers!

Thank you again also to Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE, John Bowen, MJE, and Tom Eveslage, who are long-time crusaders for student press rights, for this generous endowment!

JEA names Stan Zoller recipient of the the inaugural Candace and John Bowen Adviser First Amendment Leadership Award for actively supporting, defending and fighting for student journalists and their advisers.
Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2024/08/21/zoller-named-inaugural-first-amendment-leadership-award-recipient/

If you’re looking for a way to mix it up this school year, consider inviting the SPLC into your classroom to speak to your students about media law!

Educators, we want to meet your students over Zoom! Through SPLC in the Classroom, you can invite one of our legal experts to speak virtually about a media law topic of your choice. Schedule your session now! https://splc.org/speakers/

With some schools already back in session and others enjoying the last few precious weeks of summer, the JEASPRC is here with a great new resource created by Tripp Robbins, who worked with Student Press Law Center to develop a Student Media Law Shorts Series on YouTube.

This series of bite-sized videos serves as an introduction to topics in student media law and ethics. They can be used as part of a curriculum or just on a need-to-know basis. They're concise and dense, so you may want to pause them to digest some points. They are not sequential, so start with the topic you're interested in!

TOPIC LIST:
1st Amendment Basics
Anonymous Sources
Building Bridges
Copyright Basics
Covering Protests, Pt 1
Covering Protests, Pt. 2
Creative Commons
Defamation
Fair Use
FERPA
Hate Speech
Hazelwood Decision
New Voices Laws
Off the Record
Open Records Requests
Policy Manuals
Prior Review/Restraint
Privacy
Shield Laws
Staff Manuals
Takedown Requests
Tinker Decision

If you have requests for future video topics, let us know in Comments. We'll create more as needed!

Student Media Law Shorts Series WORK IN PROGRESS This series of bite-sized videos is a very much in draft form (Feb. 2024). They will become a series for the Scholastic Press Rights Committ...

In his editorial, JEA member Josh Davis makes a case for why dialogue, not censorship, is necessary.

It’s time for open dialogue, not slogans or censorship Teens in our community have been viewing violent images of the war in Gaza for almost a year now.

Those interested in joining the Student Press Law Center, Freedom from Religion and other organizations to advocate for the bill can contact Sen. Durbin as well as their legislators to encourage them to act now to support .

Find contact information below 👇

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Sen. Durbin should advance the PRESS Act before time runs out Floyd Abrams, Marion County Record, 121 others endorse federal shield bill

Censorship Alert! Please see our joint statement with the Student Press Law Center in support of the Glenbrook South High school yearbook staff.

SPLC, SPRC express support for Illinois yearbook criticized for Gaza war quote - Student Press Law Center Ahead of a board meeting tonight for Glenbrook Township High School District 225, the Student Press Law Center and the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Committee sent a letter affirming the student journalists’ role in reflecting various viewpoints among the student bod...

As the end of the school year approaches and brings those last newspaper issues, final broadcasts and spring yearbook deliveries, remember that JEASPRC is here to help.

If facing a censorship issue, JEA advisers and their students can tap the panic button below to submit an online form about their situation. We’ll assist you quickly and notify others in your state who can help.

This outreach is a direct result of Journalism Education Association’s Adviser Assistance Program and is designed to combat censorship issues advisers and students might face.

https://jeasprc.org/panic-button/

Panic Button If you are a journalism teacher, student media adviser or scholastic media/journalism student who needs assistance concerning censorship issues, use the panic button above to generate an online for…

Want to recognize a brave student journalist who embodies student press freedom? The Student Press Law Center has two awards to help you do so! Deadline is May 31. More details below 👇

Student Press Freedom Awards - Student Press Law Center Each year since 1984, the Student Press Law Center presents competitive awards to recognize exceptional efforts of high school and college journalists in fighting for student press freedom and in telling important stories of their communities. Nominations for both awards are open now through May 31,...

Calling all student journalists! There is still time to enter the contest to design the Scholastic Journalism Week poster for 2025 illustrating the Power of the Press. More details below👇

Contest deadline extended to June 1. JEA seeks to feature a student design on a commemorative poster promoting Scholastic Journalism Week. Enter a 17x22-inch vertical poster design that illustrates the 2025 Scholastic Journalism Week theme: Power of the Press. https://jea.org/wp/scholastic-journalism-week-poster-contest/

🎉Minnesota becomes the 18th state to enact New Voices legislation! Congratulations to the Journalism Educators of Minnesota and all the advocates who worked with the Student Press Law Center to see it through!

LAW OF THE LAND. Gov. Walz signed an education bill today that declares a student journalist’s right to determine content in student media, and protects student media advisers as they defend student First Amendment rights and teach professional standards of journalism.

The Student Press Law Center offers an excellent opportunity for students to engage in advocacy and learn how to help enact !

Apply Now: New Voices Student Leaders Institute - Student Press Law Center The New Voices Student Leaders Institute is a free program for students to develop their organizing skills and grow as leaders within the New Voices movement.