Legal and Ethical Issues
of Special Interest to Scholastic Journalism
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation's
guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures
and communities, to defend and preserve the individual rights
and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by
the Constitution and laws of the United States.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the
press and promote press freedom around the world.
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This site is designed to be an evolving resource for those
interested in legal issues concerning cyberspace.
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The Freedom Forum, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonpartisan,
international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech
and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on
four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment issues,
newsroom diversity and world press freedom. Their Web site
includes extensive information on freedom of the press.
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This is a reference and research library in the University
of Missouri School of Journalism. They serve the general public
and the media on questions about access to government documents
and information.
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As part of the NFOIC's continued efforts to support citizen
access to government information, the Freedom of Information
Resource Web project provides a comprehensive guide to obtaining
information guaranteed under state and federal open meetings
and open records laws. Regularly updated and maintained, these
pages contain descriptions and links for FOI publications,
contacts, legislation and current events.
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This page consists of a lesson showing students about prior
review and freedom of speech.
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This site is put together by the Legal Information Institute
operated from Cornell Law School. The page includes information
about the First Amendment of the Constitution dealing with
freedom of the press and speech.
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The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded
in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations,
including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional,
labor and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that
freedom of thought, inquiry and expression must be defended,
we work to educate our own members and the public at large
about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them.
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OYEZ project takes its name from the phrase by which the
Marshal of the Court calls the courtroom to order. This is
a page on case law organized and run through Northwestern
University.
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Paul Lester, a professor at the University of California-Fullerton,
is an expert in photojournalism and ethics and the author
of university texts in the field. His site at UC-Fullerton
contains links for students interested in visual communication,
ethics, photojournalism, and new media. It also contains information
from his visual communication courses.
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A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal
help to journalists and news organizations since 1970. This
committee's primary mission remains serving working journalists
— 2,000 of them every year. And since its founding, no
reporter has ever paid for the Committee's help in defending
First Amendment rights. This is the incarnation of the founders'
vision and the Committee's proudest achievement.
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The Student Press Law Center is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to providing legal help and information to the student
media and journalism educators. A free and uncensored press
is vital to American democracy. As a watchdog of the government,
a source of information for the public and a forum for the
expression of a wide range of views, it plays a fundamental
role in our notion of liberty.
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Student Press Review online is a part of Columbia Scholastic
Press Association. This site provides current news about journalism
issues in the news. Stories may cover copyright, freedom
of information, and especially problems student journalists
might encounter.
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The Copyright Office is proud to be part of a long tradition
of promoting progress of the arts and protection for the works
of authors. Their homepage has been created with the desire
to serve the copyright community of creators and users, as
well as the general public. Here you will find all their key
publications; links to the copyright law and to the homepages
of other copyright-related organizations; news of what the
office is doing, including Congressional testimony and press
releases; their latest regulations; link to our online copyright
records since 1978; and much more.
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