SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to expand the rights of student journalists in Utah while protecting their advisers from liability failed to move forward this week. Student media advisers could also not be disciplined for protecting students’ work under the policies in the bill. “It wasn’t very awesome.”Similar student press freedom laws have been enacted in 18 other states, according to the Student Press Law Center, a nonpartisan legal organization that advocates for making schools “more welcoming places for student voices.”But multiple Utah lawmakers expressed concerns about the proposal. Rep. Karen Peterson, R-Clinton, noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has outlined a difference between student and professional journalists. “There is power in what the students can say,” added Maryann Christensen, executive director of Utah Legislative Watch, who opposed the bill.