FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative (SPFI) defends free press on campus by advocating for the rights of student journalists at colleges and universities across the country and offers helpful resources on student press censorship and information on the role of student media. If you face censorship, call 717-734-SPFI (7734) for guidance, resources, and answers to your legal questions.
FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative offers helpful resources to student journalists at colleges and universities on subjects like press freedom, the First Amendment, libel and defamation, privacy law, and intellectual property. These resources also include student press censorship red flags to look out for and information on the role of student media.
SPFI's clickable guide to common media law and First Amendment questions. Learn more about topics like defamation and privacy law. If your college or university administration is pressuring your student publication in relation to content, FIREmay be able to help.
Student journalists across the country are concerned about threats of administrative censorship against them and their publications.
Colleges are more obsessed with ‘protecting the brand’ than they’ve ever been before. The result? An epidemic of student media censorship.
Indiana University former Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush
Indiana University abruptly fired Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush after he refused to enforce unconstitutional content restrictions on the student paper the Indiana Daily Student, and the very next day ordered the newspaper to halt print publication.
Take Action: Tell Indiana University it cant fire a free press
Joining our student newspaper gave me a voice, and unfortunately it’s going to take a lawsuit for the university to listen to it.
When Haskell Indian Nations University silenced student journalist Jared Nally, FIREintervened.
VIDEO: FIRElaunches Student Press Freedom Initiative for student journalists
Libel? Privacy? Intellectual property? When you’re producing a publication, there are so many legal risks to keep in mind. But don’t fear! We’ll go over tips and tricks for reviewing your own content to keep you out of the courtroom and in the newsroom.
The FIREStudent Network is a coalition of students who recognize the importance of advancing civil liberties on their campuses. Join the movement to make college campuses across the country places where students like you can speak freely.
Libel? Privacy? Intellectual property? For student journalists producing a publication, there are so many legal risks to keep in mind. But don’t fear! We’ll go over tips and tricks for conducting a self-directed prepublication review, that is, how to analyze your own content to keep you out of the courtroom and in the newsroom.
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