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Read
Tara's
Editorial
2002
- 2003 Award Criteria
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| The Oregon ACLU and the Greater Oregon
Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists have awarded the
2003 Student Press Freedom Award to Westview High School student Tara
Watson. Tara's editorial on book banning in schools highlights the lack of
understanding created by efforts to hide uncomfortable subject matter by banning
books. Tara argues that school is the ideal structured arena for discussion of the
real world issues and emotions contained in
these books.
Tara says of her editorial, "When I heard
about Derry Jackson and his complaints about Huck Finn, I decided that I wanted
to research the subject further and put in my two cents on the subject. Because
many of the arguments supporting book banning are very personal and emotional, I
tried to keep my arguments as objective and logical as possible."
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This fall, 17 year old Tara will be a senior at
Westview High School, writing and editing for Westview's newspaper,
The Prowl. Tara will also be part of the school's student government this
year.
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