‘First Amendment Tour’ debuts in Pittsburg

August 29, 2010 • Jeff Browne/KSPA Executive Director  
Filed under 1st Amendment

KSPA’s first stop in the 2010 “First Amendment Tour” set a high standard both in terms of audience participation and host-school hospitality. University of Kansas journalism professors Malcolm Gibson, Pam Fine and I greeted more than 100 students, three administrators, one school board... Read more »

Nevada judge rules in favor of student newspaper’s investigation

August 11, 2010  
Filed under 1st Amendment, Uncategorized

Student-journalists at Churchill County High School in Nevada successfully fought off a libel suit this week using any journalist’s best defense: the truth. A CCHS music teacher had sought $10,000 from the school district, the principal and the newspaper adviser because of a story in the student... Read more »

Student Press Law Explained

February 8, 2010  
Filed under 1st Amendment

The First Amendment is critical for any journalist in the United States, but through the years the rights of the First Amendment have dramatically changed for student journalists. Two U.S. Supreme Court cases have shifted these rights for public school students across the nation, and Kansas has additional... Read more »