What to know before you go

Before you head out to cover a protest, please check out our guide for covering protests. We have created checklists with helpful tips for reporters before, during and after the protest. In addition, the Student Press Law Center — with the help of our nationwide network of volunteer attorneys — will operate a Rapid Response Hotline on June 11 to provide free legal assistance to student media in responding to situations that might arise.

If you are a student journalist and run into problems while covering a March for Our Lives event, you can call (202) 785-5450. If you have a non-urgent media law question or need help before or after June 11, please contact our regular hotline.

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Last chance to apply!

Today is the last day to apply for the New Voices Student Leader Institute. This one of a kind program is designed to help students improve their leadership and organizing skills, develop their role as leaders within the New Voices movement, and identify a strategy that could be instrumental in your state’s New Voices efforts.

The Institute will run from July 11-21, and participants should expect to participate from Monday – Thursday from 1pm-4pm Eastern/10am-1pm Pacific time.

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Yearbooks are forever - ask the ancient Greeks!

Congratulations to everyone getting their yearbooks out into the world. Know that your yearbook is a part of history - even if sits in storage for 130 years! Check out this ancient Greek yearbook, literally written in stone!

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