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2025 Student Freedom of Information Award Winners

Michigan State University students honored for public records ‘grit’

Thursday October 30, 2025

The Student Press Law Center and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are proud to honor Michigan State University student journalists Alex Walters, Theo Scheer and Owen McCarthy with the 2025 Student Freedom of Information Award. Four other …

UFCJC Alumna and Michigan High School Student Win 2024 Student Freedom of Information Awards

Monday November 18, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Loren Miranda, B.S. Journalism 2024 and a current Professional Master’s graduate student, and Julia Roeder of The Tower at Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan are the recipients …

UFCJC Alumna Wins Student Press Law Center’s 2024 Student Freedom of Information Award

Thursday November 14, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) alumna Loren Miranda, B.S. Journalism 2024, is the recipient of the Student Press Law Center’s 2024 Student Freedom of Information Award for the Fresh Take Florida story “Panic in the …

Study: College Media Independence Threatened Without Statutory Help

Thursday November 7, 2024

A study conducted through the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications sounds the alarm on factors coalescing to restrict student journalist independence on college campuses. The …

UFCJC Doctoral Student to Serve on Student Press Law Center Online Panel

Wednesday February 7, 2024

Jessical Sparks, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student and graduate student researcher for the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, will be a panelist for the Student Press Law Center online discussion …

Brechner Student Freedom of Information Awards Honor Student Journalists Who Effect Change

Tuesday November 7, 2023

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications partnered with the Student Press Law Center to launch the 2023 Student Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards. The two inaugural …