Whitney High Student Media celebrates First Amendment Press Freedom Award
Staff of Whitney High Student Media gathers with a cake celebrating the First Amendment Press Freedom Award. Photo by Britney Flint
During a video produced during their fourth period advanced media class, Whitney High Student Media members share why the First Amendment matters to them.
The staff learned Feb. 17 that they were named recipients of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award from the Journalism Education Association for the third consecutive year. Eleven schools across the country earned the honor for 2017, including two others from California.
Editors will accept the award at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle.
![On the stage, Daniel Bozinovski and Rachel Treto play their part as Tom and Hannah in the show “The Cast List”. The show was about a group of students who were told about their cast list for the play “Romeo and Juliet.” The Theater I students were in preparation for their first showcase of the year. Students went over their lines during all of their class for the past two months. “[We put in] a lot of rehearsal, practicing lines, making sure you have everything memorized and making sure you are ready to go in and not forget anything,” Nathan Weeks said. Photo by Megan Kubas.](https://www.whitneyupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4085-600x396.jpg)