This session explores legal and ethical issues surrounding scholastic yearbook censorship, highlighting key cases that reveal how administrative control affects student expression and commemoration of their experiences. Attendees will gain insight into First Amendment implications, legal cases where content sparked controversy or litigation, and strategies for protecting student voices in yearbook journalism or for mitigating risk.
20251114T110020251114T1145America/ChicagoYearbook censorship: Issues and casesThis session explores legal and ethical issues surrounding scholastic yearbook censorship, highlighting key cases that reveal how administrative control affects student expression and commemoration of their experiences. Attendees will gain insight into First Amendment implications, legal cases where content sparked controversy or litigation, and strategies for protecting student voices in yearbook journalism or for mitigating risk.Ryman Studio 1/2JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Conventionamber@jea.org
