News or Noise? Media Map - National Walkouts

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that local black students wonder why the problem of gun violence in their community hasn't attracted the same attention as the shooting in Florida.

A black columnist at the Inquirer sympathizes with black Philadelphians who have mixed feelings about the walkouts, but says she backs this protest because "change has to start somewhere."

This issue of the South Florida Sun Sentinel provides local coverage of student demonstrations at the Parkland, Fla., high school where a gunman killed 17 and at nearby schools.

The local newspaper serving Parkland, Fla., discusses how area schools spent March 14, 2018, honoring the 17 members of their community killed the previous month.

The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal writes that the student walkouts against gun violence on March 14, 2018, made "us proud to be Americans."

The Gazette reports that several Colorado high school students were told to remove a swear word from their signs opposing the gun control message of a nationwide school walkout on March 14.

The Tattler highlights three ways students at their Maryland school experienced National Walkout Day, from protesting in downtown Washington to marching outside their school to doing nothing.

Tim Kaine draws parallels between the student walkouts in 2018 and the Children's Crusade of 1963. He notes that those who opposed the latter are now condemned as being on the wrong side of history.

In this op-ed, Julie Gunlock argues that it is an inappropriate use of tax dollars for public schools to accommodate student participation in National Walkout Day, given its political goals.

The Campanile, a high school newspaper in California, describes how their students coordinated with nearby schools to protest gun violence on National Walkout Day.

Daniella Scoleri tweeted out these Snapchat videos of her school participating in the National School Walkout on March 14.

Justin Blackman was the only student at his school to participate in the National School Walkout on March 14. He documented the experience by posting this video on his Twitter account.