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First came the press release from the SPLC
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PRESS RELEASE: Kentucky Student Editors, Tennessee Adviser Recognized …
PRESS RELEASE: Kentucky Student Editors, Tennessee Adviser Recognized for Journalistic Courage September 18, 2012. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE …0
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Then this tweet from Glenn Greenwald …
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Love this story: high school students censored from writing about gay issues, start their own newspaper, win award http://is.gd/Po4t6q0
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… which led to a lot of retweets and new tweets:
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Pupils in Kentucky banned from writing about homosexuality in school newspaper, so publish their own. They win award. http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=24470
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Congrats to The Red Pen (duPont Manual High School) for winning the 2012 Courage in Student Journalism Award: http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=24470
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These student journalists, deep in Red America, are truly making a difference. What have you done lately? 🙂 http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=24470
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Quite phenomenal journalism and courage from American high school students. Read and be inspired: http://www.splc.org/news/newsflash.asp?id=2447id=2378 (via @rupertneate)0
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@ggreenwald The Red Pen story is truly inspiring! You must feel so honored that they traveled to see and interview you – awesome stuff. 🙂0
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Censored Students fight back and self publish newspaper w/ Gay issues winning National award for courage http://bit.ly/QmBrJy #LGBT ❤0
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Check out the winner of the SPLC Courage in Student Journalism award, The Red Pen (expat/”underground” @ duPont Manual) http://www.theredpen.org0
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duPont Manual HS independent newspaper, The Red Pen, won @Splc’s 2012 Courage in Student Journalism Award http://ow.ly/dNLhu #Louisville0
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Then Greenwald mentioned the students in his Guardian column:
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Various matters: cyberwar, last gasps, and hate speech
“Whereas, in the interest of democracy and honest expression, responsible students ought to have a voice unrestricted by external co…0
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And the Human Rights Campaign also brought it up on their blog:
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Students Win Journalism Award for Defense of LGBT Voices
The new independent newspaper, The Red Pen, has refused to shy away from controversial topics such as homosexuality and transgender issue…0
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From Classroom to Newsroom 
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