Brazilian Students deprived from their speech rights

A group of students were arrested for protesting at the Senate House in Brazil. Read the complete story here, or watch this video:

Flickr removes college student Obama/Joker photo art

The increasingly popular picture of Obama with make up “a-la-Joker” was removed from the Flickr service. This story published on Read Write Read explains the details  and poses the question: copyright infrigement or political censorship? Read the story here.

Southwestern College newspaper suffers budget cut

The president of Southwestern College at Chula Vista, California has made several budget arrangements throughout the year. However, The Sun student newspaper’s faculty adviser said to the press, the budget cut to student newspaper is not necessarily just an economic issue.  Read the rest of the story here.

Thoughts on student newspaper censorship

Endless Fuel

by Astrid Viveros*

On January 2006, La Catarina, the college newspaper I worked for, was forced to stop publishing accurate, true stories that were labeled as overly critical. I naively thought Mexican media would have an instant uproar for such atrocity. We received support from a couple of local newspapers but were criticized by many others. We were portrayed in stories and articles as young troublemakers looking for attention, students trying to spoil the good name of one of Mexico’s finest universities.

However, we brushed the criticisms away and reminded ourselves we were fighting for a right cause: freedom of speech. After a couple of weeks of reaching out to national and international media, the administration caved in and we were able to publish our newspaper again. After this incident, I can proudly say that La Catarina saw some of the best work in it’s history.

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Subpoena for UCSB Student Newspaper Photos Dropped

Source: Santa Barbara Independent

Public Defender Sought Unpublished Photos From Anti-War Protest. (Continue Reading)

Wichita State in dispute with student newspaper

Source: Fort Mill Times

Officials at Wichita State University have appointed a task force to review the operations of the school’s student newspaper, claiming the Sunflower suffers from sloppy journalism. (Continue reading)

Cuban blogger wins award for journalism

By Monica Cruz
Source: The Daily O’ Collegian
Spanish newspaper El Pais awards the Pulitzer Prize equivalent for Spanish speaking journalists. The Ortega and Gasset prize in the digital category was awarded to independent blogger Yoani Sanchez. Her merit goes beyond good writing and the blog’s popularity, which registered 1.2 million hits in February. (Continue reading)

To read the winning blog click here

Are We Failing Young Journalists?

Has the newspaper industry turned its back on aspiring young journalists?

By Ken Krayeske

published in the Poynter Institute webpage on June 2006

“I didn’t realize I would end up as a journalist,” Wolinsky said. “But it absolutely contributed to my development as a professional. You need it. It gives you a real-life version of a newsroom.” (Continue reading)

Read this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners

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