INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC: Student Press Freedom Day highlights importance of censorship-free student journalism

At the start of every spring semester student journalists and advocates like the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) celebrate Student Press Freedom Day. This year that date is Feb. 26. The 2021 theme is “Journalism Against the Odds” and this years’ highlighted topics include:

• Journalism in the Time of COVID
• Reckoning with Racial Justice
• Elevating Civic Engagement
• Targeting and Censorship of Student Journalist

To learn more about Student Press Freedom Day, explore the graphic below.

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Infographic by The Signal Online Editor Alyssa Shotwell.

Read more: 

• Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Newspaper Censorship | TheFire.org

• New Voices Texas Advocates to Stop Censorship of Student News | WestwoodHorizon.com

• Threats to the Independence of Student Media | SPLC.org

• Censorship of Student Journalists Persists Despite their Essential Role Reporting on COVID, Protests, Racial Justice and Elections, New White Paper Finds | SPLC.org

• Freedom of the Press on Campus | UCLA’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

• Texas New Voices bill times out, will be reintroduced in 2021 | SPLC.org

• The First Amendment and student media | PrincipalsGuide.org

• Threats to the Independence of Student Media | AAUP.org

• Student Press Freedom Day | SPLC.org

• Legislation | NewVoicesTX.com

• HB422 | Capitol.Texas.gov