Not 'Fake News:' National Award Celebrates Tenacious New York City High School Journalists Whose Reporting Forced School Leadership Change
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 17 -- The Student Press Law Center issued the following news release:
For its intensive coverage of the combative tenure of an interim principal whose reign sparked a campus sit-in and petitions, The Classic at Townsend Harris High School is the recipient of the Student Press Law Center's 2017 Courage in Student Journalism Award.
"These stories were maligned as "fake news" by the subject of these stories and her supporters," said . . .
For its intensive coverage of the combative tenure of an interim principal whose reign sparked a campus sit-in and petitions, The Classic at Townsend Harris High School is the recipient of the Student Press Law Center's 2017 Courage in Student Journalism Award.
"These stories were maligned as "fake news" by the subject of these stories and her supporters," said . . .