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Tag: Courage Awards Revisited

Draudt-Véjares revisits Wooster Blade’s legacy for student press freedom

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November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 Julia Gentin

For this profile, former SPLC intern Julia Gentin spoke with the former editor-in-chief of the Wooster High School Blade in honor of the publication’s 2004 Courage in Student Journalism Award.

Tagged Courage Awards Revisited, recent-news

Past winner: ‘The Epitaph was the wrong paper to pick on’

“There are many times when you have a choice to speak up or say nothing, and it’s often easier to say nothing out of fear or perceived repercussions. When you have that support early on to stand up for what you believe, it gives you a backbone when it matters.”
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October 23, 2025November 4, 2025 Julia Gentin

For this first-person profile, former SPLC intern Julia Gentin spoke with members of The Homestead Epitaph in honor of their 1988 Scholastic Press Freedom Award.

Tagged Courage Awards Revisited, recent-news

Crain: Reporting ‘taught me the power of my own voice’

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October 9, 2025November 4, 2025 Julia Gentin

We catch up with Abbey Crain, a former reporter at the University of Alabama’s The Crimson White who won the 2013 College Press Freedom Award.

Tagged Courage Awards Revisited, recent-news

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