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How do you know you're doing journalism right?

2013-02-08 00:08:41.996311+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Just 'cause high school principals need to know that shenanigans have repercussions: Principal Shirley McNichols of Bear Creek High School pulls student paper over front page article talking about campus safety policies:

"I feel like their reason (for confiscating the paper) because it would incite student panic is unreasonable," said [Bruin Voice Editor-in-Chief Justine] Chang. "I think (administrators) were embarrassed by how they are portrayed in the article."

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#Comment Re: made: 2013-02-08 20:19:43.687217+00 by: Dan Lyke

Oh, right, like any school administrator has yet to reach a mid 1990s level of technological sophistication...

#Comment Re: made: 2013-02-08 20:09:43.666594+00 by: hananc

When I read this my first thought was "School newspaper? Isn't print dead? Come on!"