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Why society needs New Voices legislation

Arizona Gov. Ducey shows why we need journalists who question those in power by Lori Keekley, MJE The idea any New Voices bill would result in students being unsupervised or teachers not mentoring students is preposterous. That’s the excuse Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey gave for vetoing the Arizona New Voices legislation. The New Voices bill…

Teaching grit for citizenship —
why we must empower, not shield students

by Kristin Taylor. The Archer School, Los Angeles, CA Teachers, advisers and administrators want to help our students. We want to give them the tools to succeed, but we also sometimes want to protect them — to shield them from harsh truths and difficult situations. If we want students to value citizenship, however, we must…

Do we have the right to erase the past?
The take-down conundrum leads to debate

by Lindsay Coppens, Adviser of The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA Should what is posted about us (comments, articles, photos, videos) online be under our control? Should what we publish or submit for publication online be under our control despite who owns and controls the website? Do people have the right to demand…

A presidential tweet that can hit home

by Stan Zoller, MJE It was, for all practical purposes, just another tweet from the commander in chief. “…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???” At face value you can say ‘well, it’s just Trump being Trump.” But…

New Voices: Learning the lessons

by Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE There’s good news . . . and then there’s news when it comes to New Voices bills to protect student journalists. First, the exciting part. Chris Evans, from the University of Vermont and chairman of College Media Association’s First Amendment Advocacy, posted Friday, May 5 on the New Voices USA…

Quick Tips…because you asked

by John Bowen Because of questions asked on JEA’s listserv this week, the Scholastic Press Rights Committee reposts information and guidelines from earlier content ownership and takedown guidelines. To repost links to these materials, we will use a new format, Quick Tips, designed to respond to questions, offer suggestions and provide resources so advisers and students can…

Five ways we can help you

by Lori Keekley May 1, Loyalty Day. Too-many-days-left-to-count-down-the-end-of-the-school-year day … No matter what it is, here are five ways JEA’s SPRC can help you (and your students) now. 1. We’re here for you. Whether it’s to study for an upcoming CJE or MJE exam or to help research in a case of censorship, we work…

Loyalty Day is May 1.
Let’s reaffirm OUR principles

by John Bowen Loyalty Day is Monday, May 1. First observed in 1921 because of threats from subversive influence, it has been a legally designated holiday since 1958 and observed by every president since then, reports Esquire. President Donald Trump said its purpose, according to Mic, was to protect against those who would do the United…

JEA statement on student free expression
in a vibrant and flourishing democracy

The Journalism Education Association, at its board meeting in Seattle Washington April 6, unanimously passed the following statement: To address current negativity toward news media in general and misunderstanding of its roles in a democracy, the Journalism Education Association reiterates its principles and practices that nourish a lifelong commitment for a vibrant and flourishing democracy….

International Fact-Checking Day
is just the beginning

by Candace Perkins Bowen It should be every day, but it hasn’t been. Do we always check that information we see and read is real? What are fake news, “alternative facts” or propaganda? How do we spot it? Fake news has been around in many forms and for many years – from supermarket tabloids to “War…

Student reporting faces ‘fake news’ charges
as it tries to bring light to hiring process

Sunshine Week celebrates use of public records Reporting done by a repeat recipient of scholastic journalism’s First Amendment Press Freedom Award faces charges of “fake news”as it tries to gather information about the private hiring process of a new principal. According to a New York Times article, “Students working on the school newspaper, The Classic, filed a Freedom of…

Mark Schlefer and the
Federal Freedom of Information Act

by Nancy A. Olson, CJE Mark Schlefer helped to make history. Schlefer was one of the three lawyers who drafted the legislation that became the federal Freedom of Information Act, and he helped to guide it through Congress to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s desk. Johnson signed the bill into law on July 4, 1966, to…