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Tomorrow’s Nellie Bly may be working on student media today
Two high school students, participants in the Dow Jones News Fund workshop at Kent State University in 2001, interview each other for the first story they had to write. Getting an early start as a journalist was a big plus in for many women journalists, including Katie Couric, who interned at the all-news Washington, D.C. radio…
SJW: Celebrate & rejuvenate
Let the fireworks – figuratively or real – begin For now is the time of JEA’s Student Journalism Week and all it can do to further democratic ideals. For 100 years, JEA’s mission has been to support free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities for students and advisers across the country….
Class activities, lesson plan for Student Press Freedom Day
With little more than a month to plan, it’s time to think of the best way to celebrate Student Press Freedom Day, Feb. 22, 2024. For this sixth annual event, the Student Press Law Center announced its theme as “Powerfully Persistent.” Who best embodies that description? And, yet, who is most likely to have that action squashed?…
Be Bold on Student Press Freedom Day
Today is Student Press Freedom Day, a national day of action when student journalists in the United States raise awareness of the challenges they face, celebrate their contributions to their schools and communities, and take actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. The theme this year is Bold Journalism, Brave Advocacy. I can’t…