Two high school students recently co-authored a commentary advocating for greater First Amendment protections for scholastic journalists in Georgia. The piece by Sudarshan Prasanna, a senior editor of The Lakeview Post at Lakeview High School, and Ciara Whimbush, editor-in-chief of The Chant at North Cobb High School, was published earlier this month in the Georgia Recorder, an independent non-profit news organization.
“The student journalists of Georgia need a free press to engage with and report on the world around them. By raising awareness for student press freedom and championing New Voices legislation, Georgia can usher in a brighter era for journalism and young people’s First Amendment rights for years to come,” they wrote. Read the full article here.