Comments on: Highschool Newspaper Tells Censorship to SuckIt

By: Jean Murray

Jean Murray — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:59:05 +0000

I taught a Mass Media course for a while and it’s my understanding that “free press” rights don’t necessarily apply to student newspapers. Isn’t it the right of the school superintendent to not publish something? What am I missing here?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:15:33 +0000

@Tom, i definitely agree.. I am just surprised that the students weren’t going to the web already.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:25:40 +0000

Clearly, I’m biased. I’m the co-founder and owner of School Newspapers Online. Mary Jo has it exactly right. The story here isn’t that the school moved the news reporting online but that the students – independent of the school – are practicing the craft of journalism online.

Most of our clients are schools rather than an independent group of students. For schools, online publishing is cost effective, and it prepares students for the future of news reporting, which is clearly online.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:04:48 +0000

I think the angle to the story isn’t that the school took the newspaper online – it’s that the STUDENTS did. Much like those of us from a different generation took things underground.

While the method of delivery may be different, to me the significance is that the students have options to deliver the message to their constituency rather than be shut down for not complying with censorship.

Freedom of the press is alive and well in Minneapolis – although perhaps the superintendent wishes it were otherwise.

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High School Students Fight Censorship By Taking To The Web | NewsTechZilla — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:44:50 +0000

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