Concerned with protecting the First Amendment rights of high school and college journalists, this focused journal issue analyzes libel law and the question of liability in the student press. Covering such broad topics as ethics, courts, censorship, administration, student government, and libel, the journal articles (1) question journalism as a…

The First Amendment rights provided to journalists--freedom of speech and of the press--are fundamental beliefs held by Americans. What students learn in the government class, however, may not be what they learn as editors-in-chief of student newspapers. U.S. schools are being charged with the censorship of student publications at an…

A faculty adviser to the student newspaper at Loyola College, a small Catholic liberal arts college in Maryland, encountered difficulties concerning First Amendment rights. Previous efforts to establish guidelines for the student press by factions in the administration had failed, and the student newspaper has been able to solidify its First…