Like many journalistic Web sites, the HiLite Online allows readers to comment on stories. The process of how we post those comments and what legal ramifications, if any, staffs assume that post those comments

How should professional journalists deal with their Tweets, Facebook entries and Blogs?  When do you run photo or videos from outside sources? What can a journalist write on a personal blog? The Radio Television Digital

Those thinking about expanding their student media outreach need to keep three concepts in mind:  three Ps of online legal issues. Policy When you design editorial guidelines for your digital media, create them as equivalents with

Do you need permission to run photographs in your print news publication? No? Then you don’t need it for online pictures either. Student journalists have every right to publish online photos they would otherwise

The law as it applies to scholastic news Web sites comes down to one guideline: The courts make no distinction between print publications and their online counterparts. So many shareholders will tell you the law