JEA Scholastic Press Rights Committee

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...

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

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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 👇

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