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A student and a high school principal who fought attempts to censor students' news stories have been named the first recipients of the Courage in Student Journalism Awards.

The Newseum, a museum of the newspaper and broadcasting industries based in Arlington, Va., will present the awards annually to school officials and student journalists who have championed the rights of the student press.

Dan Vagasky , 15, then an 8th grader at Otsego Middle School in Otsego, Mich., was selected for his stand against censorship of his school paper, the Bulldog Express .

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