High School Debate Championship 3.11.2022

For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship.

Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday forum. This gives the debaters the opportunity to compete-not only for the judges and the audience in the room-but also for our radio and television audiences.

Debate Topic: In a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy.

Debaters:
Jeremy Battle, Student, University School
Ella Jewell, Student, Kenston High School

Judges:
Artis A. Arnold III, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Huntington National Bank, and City Club board member
Jason Habig, debate coach at Hathaway Brown
Corinne Lashley, debate coach at Chagrin Falls High School