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Winter 2006 Report Modified Internet.Indd INSIDE: Subpoena Power: Georgia high school uses sheriff to uncover student bloggers, Page 7 Student Press Law Center EPORT R Winter 2006-07 VOL. XXVIII, NO. 1 Orientation Blues Special issues alarm college administrators Page 21 ALSO INSIDE: native american tribal colleges have history of press freedom issues, page 1 AND: advocates say california’s supreme court gave private school leonard law death sentence, page 2 Student Press Law Center EPORT INSIDE R Winter 2006-07 VOL. XXVIII, NO. 1 FEATURES PUBLICATIONS FELLOW: Scott Sternberg Theft on the rise Newspaper thefts reported to the REPORTERS: Marnette Federis, April Hale, Karla Yeh Student Press Law Center almost double from previous years.. .. CONTRIBUTORS: Adam Goldstein COVER ART: Jack Dickason Probing policies High schools around the country imple- SENIOR CONTRIBUTING ARTIST: Melissa Malisia (rmali@ frontiernet.net) ment Internet use policies that regulate students’ Web use at home CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: Hope Donovan (jetcake@gmail. and at school................................................................................ com), Bob Gandy ([email protected]), Danny “Om” Jean Jacques ([email protected]), Jim Brandetsas Calling for backup A Georgia high school uses a sub- poena to track down local MySpacers ......................................... Dangerous Minds Texas libel lawsuit suggests student Th e Student Press Law Center Report (ISSN 0160-3825), bloggers may not be well versed on libel issues. ...................... 10 published three times each year by the Student Press Law Center, summarizes current cases and controversies involving the rights Opening Up California court decision makes school records of the student press. Th e SPLC Report is researched, written and more open to journalists. ........................................................ 1 produced by journalism interns and SPLC staff . Th e Student Press Law Center Report, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, Going online Winter 2006-07, is published by the Student Press Law Center A college student newspaper makes the jump Inc., 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209- to the Web full-time and has its funding cut. ......................... 1 2275, (703) 807-1904. Copyright © 2006 Student Press Law Center. All rights reserved. Yearly subscriptions to the SPLC Native tongue Native American tribal college student Report are $15. Contributions are tax-deductible. A membership newspapers struggle to overcome censorship. ......................... 1 form appears on page 39. Orientation issues College administrators are more sensitive to newspaper content when parents are on campus for orientation. ............................................................................. 21 Banding together Student publications around the nation run editorial in support of ousted USC editor. ........... 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mark Goodman DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: Abbie Gibbs leonard’s law LEGAL CONSULTANT: Mike Hiestand California’s private college free speech ATTORNEY ADVOCATE: Adam Goldstein statute now has gaping hole, advocates say ............................. 2 OUTREACH COORDINATOR: Sam Wilder Religion and speech Are school administrators overly sensitive to religious speech? ................................................... 2 CORPORATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Javier J. Aldape � Hoy, Chicago, Ill. Naming Names Identifying minors raises legal questions. A.J. Bauer � University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas See the SPLC’s answers. .......................................................... Jerry Ceppos � Knight Ridder (retired), San Jose, Calif. Shawn Chen � National Journal’s Technology Daily, Washington, D.C. Virginia Edwards � Education Week, Bethesda, Md. Angela Filo � Eastside College Prepatory School, East Palo Alto, Calif. BRIEFS Robert Garcia � ABC News Radio, Washington, D.C. Richard Goehler, Esq. � Frost Brown Todd LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio Access ..................................................................................1 Mark Goodman, Esq. � Student Press Law Center, Arlington, Va. College Censorship .........................................................2 Kathleen Kirby, Esq. � Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, D.C. Tonda Rush, Esq. � American PressWorks Inc., Arlington, Va. High School Censorship ................................................0 Cedric D. Scott, Esq. � Jackson Walker LLP, Houston, Texas legislation, libel and confi dentiality ........................2 Rosalind Stark � Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (retired), Washington, D.C. Advisers ............................................................................... Mark Stodder � Dolan Media, Minneapolis, Minn. Mark Witherspoon � Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Organizations for purposes of identifi cation only A MESSAGE FROM THE SPLC SPLC announces additions to free high school online resources The Student Press Law Center is pleased The Libel Law presentation includes the online quiz allows users to assess their to announce new additions to our Web site true-to-life examples and ends with a list of general understanding of student press law especially for high school teachers and stu- practical suggestions to help student jour- as well as a more detailed understanding of dent media advisers as well as student jour- nalists avoid common libel traps. seven specific topics: access law, libel, copy- nalists: two new Media Law Presentations The Invasion of Privacy Law presenta- right law, press freedom, cyberlaw, invasion and an expansion of the Test Your Knowl- tion addresses four categories of privacy in- of privacy and reporter’s privilege. edge of Student Press Law online quiz. vasion and uses examples and images to as- Both the SPLC Media Law Presentations SPLC Media Law Presentations are sist young journalists in determining where and the Test Your Knowledge of Student Press computer slide shows that help student lines are drawn when confronting privacy Law are linked from our Resource Center journalists better understand media law. questions. page: http://www.splc.org/resource.asp. They can be downloaded for free from the Test Your Knowledge of Student Press Law They can also be found by going direct- SPLC Web site and come with a narrative is another Web-based tool for helping stu- ly to: http://www.splc.org/presentations script. Presentations covering the subjects dent journalists better understand media or http://www.splc.org/hspresslawtest. Libel Law and Privacy Invasion join Press law. Through a series of multiple-choice Both features were made possible by a Law Primer, Press Freedom and Copyright questions based on situations similar to generous grant from the Newspaper Asso- Law. those confronted by young news gatherers, ciation of America Foundation. CORRECTIONS — In the story “Rays of Hope Amid Dying 32 of the Fall 2006 SPLC Report failed to in May” on page 41 of the Fall 2006 SPLC Legislation” on page 8 of the Fall 2006 include the full name and title of Jim Ewert, Report, Rebecca Contreras’ name was SPLC Report, Michigan state Sen. Michael legal counsel for the California Newspaper misspelled. Switalski’s name was misspelled. Publishers Association. — In the story “Newspaper containing — In the story “Settlement reached between — In the story “Student government’s religious cartoons stolen twice” on page 42 of military academy and student’s parents” on funding cuts jeopardize paper’s future” on the Fall 2006 SPLC Report, Cathy Stablein’s page 24 of the Fall 2006 SPLC Report, Col. page 40 of the Fall 2006 SPLC Report, Rich name was misspelled. Wheeler L. Baker had the wrong middle Ritterbusch’s name was misspelled. initial listed. — In the story “Two students named in — The story “California Dreaming” on page connection with campus newspaper taking The SPLC regrets the errors. REPORT STAFF April Hale, fall 2006 Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Intern, graduated from the University of New Mexico in May Scott Sternberg, Publications Fellow, 2006 with a degree in print journalism. She graduated from Louisiana State University’s is a member of the Navajo tribe and a 2002 Manship School of Mass Communication in graduate of the American Indian Journalism May 2006 with a degree in print journalism. Institute, a Freedom Forum program. She has While at LSU, he was the editor in chief of the interned at the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, student newspaper, The Daily Reveille, where S.D. and the Navajo Times in Window Rock, he led coverage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ariz. Hale also is an active member of the Na- Katrina. Sternberg interned and freelanced for tive American Journalists Association. Hale The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La., and covered high school censorship, advertising and several other publications in Louisiana. high school adviser cases for the Report. Marnette Federis, fall 2006 Scripps How- Karla Yeh, fall 2006 Student Press Law ard Foundation Journalism Intern, is a May Center Journalism Intern, graduated from Col- 2006 graduate of University of California, gate University in May 2006, where she majored San Diego with a degree in Literature/Writ- in English and film and media studies. Yeh is ing. While in college, Federis worked for The currently a graduate student at Northwestern Guardian, UCSD’s student paper, as an edi- University. At Colgate, she wrote for the school tor for the news and focus sections. She also newspaper, The Maroon News, and presented for worked as a freelance writer for the East County Colgate Television. Yeh has participated in sev- Californian,
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