Ben Shapiro is a first-year at Northwestern University. In high school, he served as the editor-in-chief of The Spoke, Conestoga High School’s student newspaper, and worked closely with the Student Press Law Center throughout his tenure. Shapiro is active with Pennsylvania’s New Voices movement. While interning at SPLC this summer, he reflected on the censorship he faced as a student journalist and why it was worth fighting.
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Pa. school board considers policy to prior review top high school journalism program
Student journalists in Pennsylvania are contesting a proposed policy they believe would force censorship of their award-winning student newspaper.
Pa. high schooler wins JEA Journalist of the Year award
The Journalism Education Association announced high school senior Henry Rome as the winner of the Journalist of the Year scholarship at its spring convention in Phoenix this April.