After Shield co-editor in chief Evie Barnard presented a guest lecture to the class about student press rights and the New Voices campaign, Mr. Anderson passes out Student Press Freedom Day arm bands to his eighth-period students who asked for them.
Friday Feb. 24
February 25, 2023
Student Press Freedom Week activities continued today as student journalists celebrated the 54th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in the case of Tinker v. Des Moines.
Members of the MacJ staff continued their presentations in A-day history classes, working to inform the student body on the history of student press freedom in America. Across campus students and faculty sported their Student Press Freedom Day armbands, paying homage to the armbands used in the Tinker case.
The Knight yearbook staff celebrated student press freedom with editor-in-chief Charlie Partheymuller signing the New Voices Texas publication pledge.
Presentations covered the details of precedent court cases that have affected students’ rights to a free press and the New Voices movement. Students also learned about specific instances of student press censorship in Texas, including an instance that occurred at McCallum back in 1997.
The Knight yearbook staff celebrated student press freedom with editor-in-chief Charlie Partheymuller signing the New Voices Texas publication pledge, adding the Knight to the list of student publications in Texas that stand with the New Voices movement.
The Shield online we co-managing editors celebrated at lunchtime after the NSPA associate director Gary Lundgren announced the Shield as one of 24 national Online Pacemaker Award finalists.
As the week comes to a close, all of us here at MacJournalism would like to thank the members of the McCallum community who have shown up and shown out with their support of a free student press. To learn more about student press censorship and the New Voices movement, visit the Student Press Law Center website.
