Wooster decision clarifies censorship guidelines

Posted on February 26th, 2003 by imarcw

By Mike Hiestand
You can’t always tell who wins from the score.
The high school press recently won a major legal victory – but only if you knew what to look for.
Late last year, officials at Wooster High School in Wooster, Ohio, confiscated the entire press run of the student newspaper, the Blade, after the paper ran [...]

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Fair report privilege: A valuable, pitfall-laden defense

Posted on February 5th, 2003 by imarcw

By Mike Hiestand
Following their annual intrastate rivalry, quarterbacks from the two football teams got into a bar fight and were arrested. Student newspapers from both schools covered the story. Both published articles reporting that the fight started after one of the players insulted the other’s girlfriend, who was pregnant. A month later, both papers received [...]

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