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Key Finding 9

Student media opportunities are not universally offered in schools across the country. In fact, more than 1 in 5 schools (21 percent) offer no student media whatsoever.

"I think the number of students (and probably teachers too) who could list all of the rights afforded by the First Amendment is probably frightening."  

-Ann Akers, Associate Director
National Scholastic Media Association

Nearly a quarter of high schools in the United States do not offer any media-related extracurricular activities. This graphic shows that another 51 percent of the schools surveyed only offer one form of media, and just 28 percent offer two or more types of media.

Amount of media activities currently offered at high schools

No media-school offers no student media activities; Low-school offers one student media activity; Medium-school offers two or three student media activities; High-school offers four or more student media activities.

Looking at specific types of media, this graphic shows that student newspapers are the clear winner; 74 percent of schools offer some kind of a student paper. Other types of student media such as the Internet, television, magazine and radio do not fare nearly as well.

Currently offered

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