Publisher

Hoofbeatonline is the official student-produced medium of news and information published by journalism students. Hoofbeatonline has been established as a designated public forum for student editors to inform and educate their readers as well as for the discussion of issues of concern to their audience. It will not be reviewed by school officials prior to publication or distribution. Advisers coach and discuss content during the writing process. Because school officials do not engage in prior review, and the content of the Hoofbeatonline is determined by and reflects only the views of the student staff and not school officials or the school itself, its student editorial board and responsible student staff members assume complete legal and financial liability for the content of the publication. Electronic media (including online, broadcast and podcast media) produced by Hoofbeatonline students are entitled to the same protections–and subjected to the same freedoms and responsibilities–a media produced for print publication. As such, they will not be subject to prior review. Hoofbeatonline and its staff are protected by and bound to the principles of the First Amendment and other protections and limitations afforded by the Constitution and the various laws and court decisions implementing those principles. Hoofbeatonline will not publish any material determined by student editors or the student editorial board to be unprotected, that is, material that is libelous, obscene, materially disruptive of the school process, an unwarranted invasion of privacy, a violation of copyright or a promotion of products or services unlawful (illegal) as to minors, as defined by state or federal law. - See more at: http://www.hoofbeatonline.net/about/#sthash.5wVIi7pG.dpuf