From impactful and essential journalism to banding together in support of peers fighting for press freedom... 2025 was a big year for courageous student journalists! We hope you get to rest and recharge for another year of bold journalism and press freedom advocacy. SPLC will reopen Jan. 5. 💙

Student Press Law Center Executive Director Gary Green and the entire team thank you for being part of the SPLC community! With your support, we are here to ensure student journalists have the courage, tools and legal protection they need to raise their voices. Thank you!

An SPLC analysis found that many school districts in Iowa and West Virginia fail to fully comply with their New Voices laws, leaving student journalists vulnerable to censorship. 👉 Learn more about the findings and how we're addressing them: https://loom.ly/UrreBPA

Student journalism is journalism. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...

Protect student journalism today with a donation to SPLC! ➡️ https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor of The Retrograde at UT Dallas, is one of thousands of students who have needed our support in fighting for #studentpressfreedom. Every gift through Dec. 31 will be matched!

It's inspiring to see an outpouring of support for the Alabama student magazines to continue — in an independent form — into the spring semester. https://loom.ly/Z3n3mqA Of course, UA should never have closed the magazines. Stay up-to-date with the latest via our UA Tracker: https://loom.ly/0H2mNIw

🧵 Congrats again to the 2025 winners and finalists of the Student Freedom of Information and Courage in Student Journalism Awards. We’re inspired by their brave pursuit of transparency and their fight for #StudentPressFreedom. Learn more about their incredible stories here: loom.ly/CIYL9m0

Defending student press freedom starts with giving students an understanding of their rights and the confidence to speak up. Your support for SPLC enables us to provide legal support and resources to students like James year-round. Your donation today will go twice as far: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc

Two NJ high school juniors say if they can make a difference in their school, then every student can. They share how they convinced their school district to update its student media policy to protect student journalists and advisers. ➡️ https://loom.ly/qf5U4Rg

Student journalists are journalists. These unnecessary credentialing requirements often exclude students and other journalists with an interest in breaking news, and it's time to drop them, Oakland Police Department. https://loom.ly/kj3Z6FA

Viewpoint discrimination is off-limits. If other student publications are similarly facing illegal suspension, please contact our Legal Hotline: splc.org/legalhelp/

SPLC's Mike Hiestand tells @insidehighered.com, “That looks a lot like viewpoint discrimination to me, which the Supreme Court has said repeatedly is off-limits." https://loom.ly/Tylr9K0

Have you visited the SPLC Store? Check out all the styles and products at splc.org/store This week (Dec. 2-7), all #studentpressfreedom swag is 20% off, and a portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services!

It's #GivingTuesday, and we need your help to defend the rights of student journalists. Our services are free, so we rely on donations from supporters like you to empower students to speak truth to power and to make a difference in their communities. Consider making a gift: https://loom.ly/9wuleJY

The Dartmouth editor Charlotte Hampton says student journalists "feel like everything is on fire." Your support for SPLC this #GivingTuesday will go TWICE as far in ensuring students like Charlotte are never silenced — no matter how loud the censors grow. 🔗 https://loom.ly/9wuleJY

As we head toward #GivingTuesday, free speech icon Mary Beth Tinker reminds us why SPLC is more important than ever. Your generous support will help us defend and advance the rights of student journalists in 2026. Give now: https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc

The SPLC Store has the perfect gift for the student journalist, educator or #StudentPressFreedom supporter in your life. Save 30% on $70+ orders this weekend! A portion of your purchase supports SPLC's free legal services. https://splc.org/store#StudentPressFreedom💙

Thank you for your support of student journalists, educators and #StudentPressFreedom this year. Together, we're building a world where student journalists are respected, aware of their rights and protected by law to express themselves as members of a healthy democratic society. Happy holidays!

The fall student media conventions are always a great way to close out the year. To everyone we connected with, thank you! Our team led 30+ legal sessions for more than 1,050 students and educators. Their energy and determination always inspire us. The future of press freedom is in capable hands!

Congrats to our Courage in Student Journalism Award winners! ☝️ The journalists published investigative work. 🚫 Admins responded by requiring approval for certain stories. 🗣️ The students fought back with an advocacy campaign. And they’re still fighting. Learn more: https://loom.ly/EujbL4c

Ever feel like government officials overestimate how long it will take to respond to your public records request? This person proved it by obtaining the emails about his original request: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...

Student journalists are more important than ever. And with your help, we're here to provide them the legal help they need. Help us support more students with a gift today! ➡️ https://loom.ly/NZg-qlc Your donation this giving season will go twice as far thanks to a matching gift!

Congratulations to Isabelle Leofanti, winner of our Student Freedom of Information Award with the Brechner FOI Project. As the 1st student in her school’s history known to file an Illinois #FOIA request, she demonstrated remarkable curiosity and tenacity. 🔎 https://loom.ly/_Dw45z4

The University of Central Oklahoma provides yet another example of student journalists stepping up when admins fail to protect a free press. The Independent View details the retaliation and censorship that led a team of student journalists to launch the new outlet: https://loom.ly/OChCvbA

Unnecessary credentialing requirements for government news conferences often have the effect of illegally excluding student journalists and other journalists with an interest in breaking news. As they did here.

A nice look from @knightfoundation.org at how legal support helps journalists do their best work, with shoutouts for @rcfp.org, @splc.org, @facoalition.bsky.social, and more.

Please join us in welcoming Myesha Phukan to the SPLC team as our newest Advocacy Intern! Myesha is a reporter and freshman at UC Berkeley, and she's been a #studentpressfreedom advocate since high school. We’re excited about what’s ahead!

Join us to learn the law this week at the Fall 2025 National High School Journalism Convention! Most sessions will be held in📍Media Law Central, but find all the details in the conference app! https://loom.ly/WP8I8gk

We closed out our anniversary with an event in DC last month. Check out the conversation: https://loom.ly/3c-4sts Thanks to @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social and so many more for celebrating with us!

We stand with The Stanford Daily and @thefireorg.bsky.social to defend all student journalists' right to report without fear. Hear from several of the 55 college newsrooms and student leaders about why they joined our amicus brief: https://bit.ly/4nd2t7P

Congratulations to the 2025 winners & finalists of our Courage Award! 🏆 https://loom.ly/SzbNgq4 We're proud to honor The Retrograde at UT-Dallas, alongside finalists at Central Washington University. They demonstrate the tenacity required to defend the #FirstAmendment and #studentjournalism.

Few student journalists recognize Draudt v. Wooster, but they owe a lot to the students behind the influential 2003 case. The decision laid the framework for greater protections from #censorship. Read Darcie Draudt-Véjares’ reflection on the case’s impact on her career. https://loom.ly/JlIVCow

We’re at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Fall Conference in NYC today! Staff attorney Jonathan Gaston-Falk will be leading sessions all day on media law issues, censorship and more. If you're attending, come say hi and learn the law! #StudentJournalism #studentpressfreedom

🚨NEW: IU has reversed course to allow the Indiana Daily Student to print for the rest of the school year. loom.ly/CQvO8gY We have some things to say 🧵⤵️

We, alongside the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, are proud to honor three reporters of @statenews.com with the Student Freedom of Information Award. We’re inspired by their tenacious pursuit of transparency and accountability. https://loom.ly/B-iXTF0

"The next generation is speaking up for all of our First Amendment rights." 👏 Thank you @stephruhle.bsky.social and @msnbc.com for highlighting IU's censorship and our amicus brief. As we empower student journalists to defend #pressfreedom, we are inspired every day by their courage and solidarity.

I spent more than a decade as a college media adviser and I'm grateful to have had that opportunity. When I get nostalgic about a previous career (I've had several), my new rule is to support the folks who are doing it today. So, I made a small donation to @splc.org.

Ahead of announcing our newest Courage in Student Journalism honorees, we're looking back at the incredible determination of some past award winners. This week, we’re highlighting The Homestead Epitaph, the 1988 winners who fought censorship immediately after Hazelwood. https://loom.ly/yD2jbQo

The Student Press Law Center's Gary Green spoke with @jaketapper.bsky.social @cnn.com last night about the ongoing student media censorship issues at Indiana University and how student journalism everywhere is under attack. youtu.be/ePWmW3NnHJ8

IU students and alumni deserve better than to see the IDS slowly diminished by administrative creep. Here is what the Media School must do immediately to demonstrate it's serious about building a solid future for student media: https://splc.org/2025/10/splc-statement-on-ius-student-media-task-force/

Following swift backlash to actions that undermined the @idsnews.bsky.social, IU Media School announced yesterday that a task force would "develop recommendations ensuring both the editorial independence and financial sustainability of student media at IU.” splc.org/2025/10/splc...

Join SPLC and the Center for Community News this Wednesday for a discussion on the legal challenges that college reporting programs are facing today, the rights you can exercise, and strategies for protecting your student reporters. Educators, reserve your spot: https://loom.ly/sLF1TVw

Indiana University barred its student newspaper from printing any news and fired the adviser for pushing back on censorship. However, facts aside, IU officials deny that it's censorship. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

This is an excellent brief in the Stanford Daily's lawsuit against Marco Rubio. The Trump administration insists there's no chilling effect whatsoever from targeted detentions. This brief shares the stories of student reporters and editors who fear being the next Rumeysa Ozturk or Mahmoud Khalil.

The Education Writers Association shares the Student Press Law Center’s alarm about reports by The Indiana Daily Student that Indiana University administrators interfered with its content decisions. We vigorously support First Amendment protections.

The Harvard Crimson joined 43 other college newspapers on an amicus brief filed Wednesday in support of a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s targeting of noncitizens for political speech. Samuel A. Church & Cam N. Srivastava report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Proud to help @splc.org, @collegemedia.bsky.social, Associated Collegiate Media, and 55 student newsrooms/leaders raise their voices to support @stanforddaily.com.web.brid.gy's case vs the govt over its attack on international students' 1A rights through visa revocations and deportations.

I went through something like this during my two years as the editor of my small private college student newspaper. Not quite as grave, though heading in this direction. Feathers were beyond ruffled. It didn't end well for the school. @splc.org got involved and the school backed down.

🚨 NEW: We filed an amicus brief joined by 55 student newsrooms and leaders to defend student speech rights. Learn more: https://loom.ly/_aBsitk The Stanford Daily's lawsuit challenges the use of immigration law to revoke international students' visas and deport them for protected speech.

We are alarmed that the IU Media School issued orders to interfere with content @idsnews.bsky.social & fired its adviser. These actions disregard strong 1A protections and a long-standing tradition of student editorial independence. More: https://loom.ly/dypEC6s