High school students and speech

What kinds of free speech and press rights should high school students have? Lots of censorship issues arise, as students try to learn and practice journalism and administrators try to rein in kids.
What do you think of the balance? How responsible can high school students be? How irresponsible? What subjects should be taboo?

College media innovation

TA Melissa Tully adds this to our conversation. What is the future of student journalism? Are you working for the Herald or Cardinal? How do you get over the hurdles?

Student paper censorship

From a 202er:

Hi Katy,

I realize this is a little outdated, but this Chicago Tribune article delves into a topic you touched on in last Monday's lecture. This Illinois high school teacher was forced out of her position as advisor to her school's paper because of her decision to allow a column with profanity (and a student's thoughts on smoking and dealing pot).
Parents and the administration were outraged, yet her staff, both current and alums, back her fully. According to the article and the students, she did amazing things for the paper, so did she deserve to be fired?

High on sourcing

Check out this piece on marijuana availability from the student newspaper at Tulane. Let's open a discussion on credibility and anonymous sourcing. Is this piece believable? What might have improved it? Do your experiences on this campus jibe with the reporting here? What would you expect of your student newspapers in a similar situation?

Student Journalists Drawing Fire

What happens when a journalist at a student newspaper says something people don't like:
1. David McSwane in Colorado almost lost his job for running an editorial that said, "F*** Bush"
2. a student newspaper in Arizona is apologizing for a cartoon many called anti-semitic
3. you read earlier about shenanigans in Connecticut and Florida
What responsibility do student journalists have? What is offensive? What should a public university do to rein in student news organizations? Should things be different at a private university? How well are you served by the Badger Herald and Daily Cardinal? Do they ever offend you? What avenues do you have to respond?

Discussion Arena

A 202-er sent this link in after reading about the offensive rape story in the Central Connecticut State University student paper that's posted to our discussion arena. The paper ran a comic strip that has again raised concerns:
NEW BRITAIN - The campus newspaper at Central Connecticut State University, which came under fire earlier this year for printing a satirical article extolling the virtues of rape, is the target of angry protests again after it printed a comic strip this week that made reference to locking a teenage Hispanic girl in a closet and urinating on her.
Check out the whole story.
What responsibilities do student editors have? Should university administration have the power to oust editors or writers? How do the papers here work (by the way, we're the only campus in the country with two daily student newspapers)? What recourse would you have if they published something that offended you? Should you have any recourse at all?