Swimming upstream against the wave of fake news By Paul Katula • Mar 20, 2026 Arizona students share essential strategies for discerning truth in an age of AI and social media "outrage."
Airwaves & amendments: Decoding FCC license threats By Paul Katula • Mar 15, 2026 As the FCC warns broadcasters to 'correct course' on Iran war reporting, free speech advocates are sounding the alarm on a potential 1st-Amendment crisis.
The cost of silence: Why America needs a free press By Paul Katula • Aug 26, 2025 From late-night cancellations to student newsrooms, censorship’s shadow is growing. And democracy depends on resisting it.
Kan. case pits A.I. surveillance vs. free student press By Paul Katula • Aug 20, 2025 Kansas high school reporters claim their work was censored by an AI tool. Their federal lawsuit could shape student press rights.
We support written commitment to free press By Paul Katula • May 30, 2022 Student journalists at private schools aren't technically protected by the 1st Amendment's free press clause. They can be.
Movie review: The Post By Paul Katula • Dec 23, 2017 A movie written before Donald Trump was elected president reminds me a lot of him and takes a look at a free press Scotus ruling.
Student newspaper returns to Quincy, digitally By Paul Katula • Feb 11, 2017 Welcome back to the exploratory world of high school student journalism, <em>The Q-Review</em> at Quincy HS in Illinois.
On flag-burning & a free and independent press By Paul Katula • Nov 30, 2016 Can the president throw someone out of the country for burning the flag? Can he throw someone in jail for doing that?
Bill would give student journalists more ‘freedom’ By Paul Katula • Mar 3, 2016 Legislation now under consideration in Md., IL, and a few other states would provide actual freedom of the press to student newspapers.
Sudanese woman who wore pants spared lashes By Paul Katula • Sep 6, 2009 A journalist in Sudan was found guilty of wearing pants against the Islamic dress code. She was fined, not whipped.