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Friday, March 23, 2007 2:04 PM

Sex, students, free speech -- and a VERY special offer

Something tells me I wouldn't have lasted very long as a high school newspaper adviser in East Allen County, Ind., and Danbury, Texas, where school administrators are aghast that budding journalists would want to cover issues of sexuality. Apparently,
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:28 PM

Indy educators outfoxed by j-savvy students

I'm cheering for students at Woodlan Junior-Senior High School, who are publishing a newspaper on the Web rather than honor a prior-restraint edict issued recently by the school's principal. (For background, see the (Fort Wayne Ind.) Journal Gazette.)
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Monday, March 19, 2007 1:59 AM

Keeping my arrogance in check

To be SPJ's president is to agree to have your e-mail inbox pummeled every day. I try to stay on top of the deluge, but tonight, I got side-tracked by a simple and poignant request from David Hughey of San Angelo, Texas, father of Iraq War deserter
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:08 PM

Expect diarrhea

OK, so I needed an eye-catching headline to encourage you to check out this important announcement: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is offering two people a chance-of-a-lifetime trip to Africa. He'll choose
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Monday, March 12, 2007 8:27 PM

Sunshine Week: This year's a biggie!

I wrote this column for Sunshine Week and am incredibly grateful to the dozens of newspaper editors who have agreed to run it this week on their Op/Ed pages. The column appeared today in The Denver Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. Plenty more will follow
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:56 PM

Illinois coming to its senses?!

Thank goodness the Illinois legislature is considering the College Campus Press Act, which would bestow "public forum" status on student-produced campus media at state-supported institutions. Consider reading the bill. If this thing passes, it could
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:45 PM

Kill the Kyl Amendment!

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) appears to be determined to criminalize the leaking -- and publishing -- of classified information. The Senate could vote as early as this week on what amounts to a backdoor approach to an official secrets act. Here's some brief
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