Episode Notes

After defining the terms "prior review," "prior restraint" and "self-censorship," Archer School for Girls journalism adviser Kristin Taylor interviews Archer's Upper School Director Gretchen Warner and student editor-in-chief Anna Brodsky about the relationship between this private school's free student press and its administration.

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Episode 5 - 50 Years of Tinker with Mark Goodman

This episode celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines decision. Kent State University Knight Chair Mark Goodman explains the importance of the Tinker case and high school students share what Tinker means to them.

Check out the Student Press Law Center's brand-new website at SPLC.org and follow them online at @SPLC.

Contact the Scholastic Press Rights Committee at www.jeasprc.org at any time, and find us on Twitter at @jeapressrights; learn more about New Voices at NewVoicesUS.com.

Episode 4 - SPLC 101 with Hadar Harris

The Student Press Law Center is an invaluable resource for student journalists and advisers nationwide. In this first of a series of conversations with SPLC Executive Director Hadar Harris, we explore the mission and work of the SPLC and learn about their staff and resources, including their network of volunteer lawyers who stand ready to assist students facing censorship.

Check out the Student Press Law Center's brand-new website at SPLC.org and follow them online at @SPLC.

Contact the Scholastic Press Rights Committee at www.jeasprc.org at any time, and find us on Twitter at @jeapressrights; learn more about New Voices at NewVoicesUS.com.

Episode 3 - Kathy Schrier - NV Washington

It was a long fight, but it was worth it: on March 21, 2018, Governor Jay Inslee, surrounded by two dozen student journalists and advisers, signed Washington's New Voices bill into law.

One of the members of the Washington coalition was Kathy Schrier, former adviser and current executive director of the Washington Journalism Education Association. In this episode, she takes a look back at Washington's successful campaign, and the resilience and persistence that it took to protect the scholastic press freedoms of student journalists in the state.

Contact the Scholastic Press Rights Committee at www.jeasprc.org at any time, and find us on Twitter at @jeapressrights; learn more about New Voices at NewVoicesUS.com.

Episode 2 - New Voices with Steve Listopad

In this first chapter of a multi-episode primer on New Voices, we talk with Steve Listopad, now of Henderson State University, about the beginnings of New Voices. We start where it did - in North Dakota, back in 2013.

Contact the Scholastic Press Rights Committee at www.jeasprc.org at any time, and find us on Twitter at @jeapressrights; learn more about New Voices at NewVoicesUS.com.

Episode 1 - Neha Madhira

In this first episode of "Conversations...," we talk with senior editor-in-chief Neha Madhira of Prosper High School (Texas), who faced censorship and prior review from her principal last year as an editor with Eagle Nation Online. Now an advocate for New Voices Texas (@VoicesTexas), Madhira shares her experience and advice for student journalists who may be facing the same struggles in their own publicaton labs. Contact the Scholastic Press Rights Committee at www.jeasprc.org at any time, and find us on Twitter at @jeapressrights; learn more about New Voices at NewVoicesUS.com.