High School Journalism: Breaking The Barriers

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Term Paper Title	High School Journalism: Breaking The Barriers
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High School Journalism: Breaking The Barriers

High School Journalism: Breaking the Barriers



     Throughout the many trials and tribulations of the adolescent years teenagers try to find many different ways to express themselves and discover who they are.  There are different forms of expression including music, art, fashion, and, of course, writing.  Whether it is through a personal journal used to express private feelings, or through the high school publications such as the school newspaper or yearbook.  These forms of expression give teens an outlet for creativity and a sense of accomplishment.  They also teach time management skills such as meeting deadlines, and help develop a work-based environment with other.  While these publications remain important to students, school authorities continually challenge them.
     High school publications are not protected by the first amendment, therefore they are not entitled to free speech.  Controversial issues such as homosexuality, teenage pregnancy, and drug issues are forbidden in many high school newspapers because the school officials think it will hurt the schools image, or that it will influence students to make poor decisions.  If a student writes about a controversial topic anyway, then it is possible that either their article will not get published, or that the student will be punished for writing dissenting opinions without permission.
     For example, one high school journalist Mary Margaret Nussbaum came under strong personal attacks from churches and a local family values group after writing a story about the lives of gay teenagers.  The family values group took strong action to censor the newspaper by urging the state representative to strengthen not only legislation against first amendment rights in high school publications, but also against homosexuality.  While Nussbaum was merely writing the article and did not express any personal opinion in it, she still suffered consequences (McCarthy 3).  Another censorship issue came about in Connecticut when a student at Rockville High School, Chris DelVecchio, wrote an editorial stating his opinion on the mayoral candidates.  The town committee for the mayor that he spoke against complained and eventually forced the local school board to “forbid high school journalists from taking editorial positions on candidates  (Featherstone 14).”  However small these instances may seem, they still pose a larger problem of shaping a new generation of kids that are...

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