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Yesterday, FIRElaunched our new , a national effort to eliminate unconstitutional speech codes through targeted First Amendment lawsuits. Within minutes of the announcement, major media outlets were spreading the word, and over the past 24 hours, the nation’s top newspapers have reported on this big step in the fight for free speech on campus. Here is some of yesterday’s and today’s news coverage of Stand Up For Speech and the four lawsuits FIREbrought yesterday with the help of law firm Davis Wright Tremaine:

• The New York Times, “,” Jennifer Medina
• The Wall Street Journal, Best of the Web Today: “,” James Taranto
• USA Today, “,” Mary Beth Marklein and Hoai-Tran Bui
• Los Angeles Times, “,” “,” Teresa Watanabe
• The Washington Post, ,” Robert Shibley
• Chicago Tribune, “,” Juan Perez Jr.
• Washington Examiner, “,” Michael Barone
• Reason, “,” Robby Soave
• The Chronicle of Higher Education, “,” Sara Jerde
• Inside Higher Ed, “,” Jake New
• The Huffington Post, “,” Tyler Kingkade

FIRE President Greg Lukianoff also shared his powerful from yesterday’s National Press Club conference in The Huffington Post. We’ll have a video of the event up on our website soon. And if you missed it, be sure to check out our , in which Modesto Junior College student Robert Van Tuinen talks about his experience filing suit after MJC staff stopped him from handing out copies of the Constitution on Constitution Day last year.

If you’re a student and you’ve been censored by your college and university, FIREwants to help! Email us at standup@thefire.org and visit the to learn more about the project.

FIRE applauds the student-plaintiffs who have already joined us in standing up for speech on campus—these brave students are doing a service not just for students at their colleges, but for students across the country.

Check back to The Torch for more updates, and help spread the word by tweeting #standup4speech.