Press freedom threatened at Colorado high school newspaper, West Slope students warn

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Current and former students at the school newspaper serving Grand Junction High are concerned about the sidelining of a media adviser and are worried about censorship and threats to press freedom.

About three weeks ago, the Orange & Black Newspaper reported that its adviser, Steve Fox, was “facing reassignment by administration.”

The move, wrote student reporter Mason Strippel, raised questions about “adviser independence, student press freedom, and the balance between administration and student media at Grand Junction High School.”

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