Reflections 2

This week I read about student press laws. I learned about the problems to do with laws regarding what students can and cannot write about and publish in a school setting. Both the article and podcast I looked into gave me insight as to what students are being oppressed with a ruling made in 1988 mentioned in both New Voices 2020 preview and Student Press Freedom Day — Jan. 29, 2020.

In the podcast it went into depth about a movement called New Voices that wishes to undo the damage done in the 1988 Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ruling. Currently 14 states have switched to the New Voices legislation and it seems that in 2020 that number will grow. The article used the same 1988 ruling to show what legislation terms were put into practice and how Student Press Freedom Day could help push the New Voices agenda into better lighting.

I never realized how oppressed student journalists are until I read in depth about it and what actions are being done to give them more freedom in writing about what they are passionate about.