February 27, 2025

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, will be the seventh annual Student Press Freedom Day! Student journalists and their supporters across the United States will spend the day — and all month long — raising awareness of the challenges they face, celebrating their contributions to their schools and communities, and taking actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms.

Check back here for more details as we get closer to February.

You can take action now for student press freedom! Check out these 50 ways, big and small, you can celebrate all year long:

The theme for Student Press Freedom Day 2024 was “Powerfully Persistent.”

Issues:

Know Your Rights

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Tell Your Community’s Truth

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Promote Accountability & Transparency

About the Student Press Law Center

SPLC promotes, supports and defends the First Amendment and free press rights of student journalists and their advisers. We offer a free legal hotline for student journalists as well as training, online resources and nonpartisan legislative advocacy to restore student press freedom.