Student journalists speak up for Missouri bill that would shield them from censorship
JEFFERSON CITY -- Opioids, race and politics are some of the topics Kirkwood High School senior Camille Baker has led coverage of as her school newspaper’s editor in chief.
She’s lucky enough to have the support of her school’s leaders. But she realizes her peers across the state may not have the same freedom.
On Wednesday, she testified before a Missouri House committee in support of a bill that would prohibit a school’s administration from censoring student journalists.
The Cronkite New Voices Act, named after historic anchor Walter Cronkite, a Missouri native, would prohibit school districts or administrations from censoring student journalists at public high schools and higher education institutions unless the content is deemed libelous, an invasion of privacy, incites violence, violates school policies or is disruptive.
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