After student journalists at Utah’s Herriman High School wrote a story about the firing of a teacher for ill-advised texting of a female student, they found their story in The Telegraph censored by the school’s administration. The students then published the story on an independent website called The Telegram. The administration refused requests to restore the article on the Telegraph website. (Student Press Law Center, January 24, 2018, by Gabriel Greschler)
The students asked the district to restore their power to publish stories of importance to the student body. The school district contends they have the right to see that articles in the school newspaper are informative, accurate, and appropriate. Under the Supreme Court decision, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, school administrators can censor student publications in support of educational goals. (The Salt Lake Tribune, January 25, 2018, by Benjamin Wood)