What power does writing (especially for a school paper) give you?

Writing for the school paper allows me to express my freedom of speech. Here, i learned that I can express myself freely, knowing that there are people out there that will want to read I write. Freedom of speech is a very powerful thing to have because I can talk about anything without people trying to harass me about it. I also like the idea that I'm reporting the truth to people. This is also very important because people want to know the truth and some people just needs to know the truth. Like always, with power comes responsibilty. Even though i have freedom of speech and able to report the news, I have to make sure that the whole truth is told. If I don't takes these privelages seriously, maybe my rights won't be worth as much.