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Procedures outline mission, policy, ethics to build a forum that cements the package
Staff manual procedures What is it/definition: A good staff manual provides pathways to help students to carry out their roles as journalists. Our model shares four suggested pathways for student media to study and adapt. Mission statement, editorial policy, ethical guidelines and staff manual complement each other in a way to show student participants…
Ethical guidelines suggest
best practices for your student media
Ethical guidelines What is it/definition: Ethical guidelines in journalism help guide students to make good decisions and the think critically. Because there is no right or wrong, students become ethically fit by making decisions without review, by examining possible decisions and projecting effects of their decisions. Being ethically fit also means preparing ethical decision making…
Have students learn from history
as student journalists today
by Jackie Mink As a high school student in 1968, I had friends and family members fighting in the Vietnam War. There were many protests across the country by young people against the war, but one in particular influenced student expression for the future and up to today. That protest was when a group of…
Join the SPRC for sessions in Chicago
The Scholastic Press Rights Committee is presenting a number of sessions at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Chicago. We hope to see you at one or more of them. More sessions are available on law and ethics – check out the convention program. New Voices Summit 2- 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 Randolph 1A-B,…
Working together more than just a phrase
by Stan Zoller, MJE More than a few years ago, I produced a corporate television show designed to inform the United States sales force of a major corporation about new sales, existing customer successes and general corporate information. It was also quasi motivational and one of the anchors’ walk-off lines was “Working together, we make the…
New Voices podcasts
and valuable information
Looking for information and ideas to challenge students and expand their journalistic experiences, try these first offerings. From challenging concepts to story ideas and approaches, we’ll bring you occasional packages like today’s. • We’ve launched a new podcast resource from the Scholastic Press Rights Committee — Conversations at the Schoolhouse Gate: The New Voices Podcast! Our…
Tips for reporting the year’s toughest story
by Candace Bowen, MJE It’s the story of the year, perhaps even the decade. The general topic is listed in the top 10 issues of concern for teens in almost every poll. Misunderstandings and misinformation play a big role, and adults so often don’t know how to talk about it either. This could and should…
‘Stupid teen stuff’ in student media
can alter history, shape future
by John Bowen, MJE Private jokes, misleading and fabricated information have no place in yearbook journalism. In any journalism. To simplify, in a Sept. 27 hearing about whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should become a justice on the U. S. Supreme Court, a yearbook sparked controversy years later about the meaning and truthfulness of some content….
Check out the new SPRC podcast
Looking to learn more about New Voices and the First Amendment? Check out SPRC’s first in a series of podcasts that will highlight issues of importance to empower student voices. The first installment of “Conversations at the Schoolhouse Gate” features Neha Madhira from Prosper High School (Texas) and discusses her staff’s fight through prior review…
Brett Kavanaugh’s 1983 yearbook provides teachable moments
Yearbooks are forever. We wear this statement on matching T-shirts, mail it home on marketing postcards and proudly display it on homemade posters created by dedicated publications staffs nationwide. But less than one week before National Yearbook Week 2018, the phrase takes on new significance during the hearings surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Earlier…
A new school year, a new staff – make sure your staff is well informed
by Cyndi Hyatt By now we all have fallen into the rhythm of another academic year. With the advent of new staffs, new ideas and maybe new procedures it’s also good to pause and reflect. What have you done to make sure your staff, especially the rookies, is trained in more than how to write…
Constitution Day is right time
to apply for FAPFA recognition
by Lori Keekley, MJE As advisers, we work to support student journalists on a daily basis. Taking a moment today to apply for the First Amendment Press Freedom Award is a great way to symbolically show this support.