![IJEA Blog: Weve come a long way in Illinois scholastic journalism, but theres still a long way to go](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IllinoisNewVoices-900x591.jpg)
IJEA Blog: We’ve come a long way in Illinois scholastic journalism, but there’s still a long way to go
Stan Zoller, MJE, IJEA Board Member
• December 21, 2016
![BREAKING NEWS: Speech Rights of Student Journalists bill is law!](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-29-at-4.53.08-PM-900x472.png)
BREAKING NEWS: Speech Rights of Student Journalists bill is law!
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• July 29, 2016
HB 5902: A Twitter Retrospective
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• June 28, 2016
![UPDATE: HB 5902 is on governors desk](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-28-at-8.31.50-AM.png)
UPDATE: HB 5902 is on governor’s desk
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• June 28, 2016
![House, Senate concur; HB5902 is headed to governor](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0624-720x900.jpg)
House, Senate concur; HB5902 is headed to governor
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• June 1, 2016
![Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act (HB 5902) unanimously approved by full Senate](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-voices-banner.jpg)
Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act (HB 5902) unanimously approved by full Senate
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• May 28, 2016
![Speech Rights bill heads to Illinois Senate committee](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-voices.jpg)
Speech Rights bill heads to Illinois Senate committee
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• May 6, 2016
![Destination360.com](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Illinois-State-Captial.jpg)
Debrief: Behind the scenes of the student press freedom bill in the House
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• April 19, 2016
![Illinois Review](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/6a00d834515c5469e201b7c81d7d7f970b.jpg)
BREAKING NEWS: HB 5902 passes in the House!
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• April 18, 2016
![Journalism students from throughout Illinois stand with Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) in Springfield on April 6. The bill to protect student journalists free speech rights was unanimously voted through committee that day.](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Students-with-Rep.-Guzzardi-900x675.jpg)
Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act moves on to Illinois House
By Amanda Bright, IJEA Co-Secretary and Region 5 Board Member
• April 7, 2016
Bill preventing censorship of high school journalists introduced in Illinois House
By Dave Porreca, IJEA Website Editor
• February 18, 2016
![A screenshot of the headline and graphic of The Wilson Beacons editorial against prior review as it appeared online Aug. 31, 2015. Graphic by Ellice Ellis of The Wilson Beacon.](https://illinoisjea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beacon-900x610.jpg)
Students land a blow against prior review
By Dave Porreca, IJEA Website Editor
• August 31, 2015
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