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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…
Editorial policy sets forum status,
decision-making standard and more
Editorial policy What is it/definition: Designed to provide legal framework for student media, editorial policies come in two forms, school-board level and media-level. In case of conflicts, a school-board policy usually will take precedence. Absent a policy, practice can help determine freedom of expression status. Typical content of an editorial policy can include: Level of…
Choosing the right forum can be a make-or-break decision
Forums protect your expression, audience’s right to know What is/definitions Forums come in three types – closed, limited and public/open – and how they are interpreted can make the difference between being censored, reviewed and restrained or being a place of learning citizenship and free expression Important items of note The three types of…
Introducing a staff manual package to build a foundation for journalistic responsibility
Mission, editorial policy, ethical guidelines and public forum strengthen the classic media staff manual Four concepts drive the creation of journalistic approaches: mission statement, editorial policy, ethical guidelines and staff manual process. Together, the four comprise a package of complementary principles we call the Foundation of Journalism, often known as a staff manual. Through our…
Mission sets the path for content, decisions
Mission statement What is it/definition: A mission statement is a concise, philosophical statement of purpose and goals for student media. It establishes the ethical and practical concepts by which the student media should be expected to operate and why students do what they do. Important items of note: We strongly believe mission statements should be…
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….