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What our tech-savvy kids don’t know

by Candace Bowen, MJE They may be digital natives with instincts that allow them to use the latest app and easily share photos and video on social media platforms, but when it comes to evaluating information they access on the web, those from middle school through college aren’t nearly as knowledgeable as some might think….

Signing on as FAPFA candidate makes powerful symbolic statement

Confession: For the past 10 days, I’ve spent a good chunk of time glued to media coverage of President-elect Trump, reading about his meetings with prospective leaders and reports of cabinet appointments, cries against Hamilton and SNL on Twitter and updates about the on-again, off-again New York Times meeting. My nervousness mounts as we transition…

Worthy of your attention

The following links could be sparks for coverage by student media, newsvalues for class discussion in your communities and/or journalism lessons. Check out this Society of Professional Journalists’ resolutions: • In support of enhanced protections for student journalists • First Amendment Press Freedom Award deadline for school recognition coming up Dec. 1. This is Round 1 qualification to be eligible for…

Lori Keekley, in Dow Jones speech,
promotes SPRC services

by Lori Keekley Thanks to all of you who were at Nov. 12’s Dow Jones Newsfund’s Journalism Teacher of the Year speech. Here are the links I promised. If you weren’t there, these are great reminders of several important items available from the SPRC: • SPRC members are reintroducing the Making a Difference campaign. This…

‘Rope. Tree. Journalist’ T-shirt message
shakes teacher to her core

by Michelle Turner, 2016 National Broadcast Teacher of the Year Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required. The recent viral photo of a man in Minnesota donning such a T-shirt was yet another moment in 2016 that my jaw went wide open and I had to pick it off the proverbial floor. I do not know…

10 resources to strengthen
your journalism program: FSW

Solid reporting makes arguments for free expression in student media easier. Here are 10 articles journalism teachers and advisers can build from to put newsthinking into their journalism programs. How to do good journalism between now and election day http://www.poynter.org/2016/how-to-do-good-journalism-between-now-and-election-day/431978/ The key here is how to apply important points to all reporting, even after the…

Determine content ownership ahead of time: FSW

Recent discussions on the Journalism Education Association listserv focused on who owns the copyright of content produced for student media This group of links and other material should offer informed choices to advisers and students . Back to school checklist: Who owns what? Who owns the copyright to work created by a student journalist? It’s a…

Free speech?
Protests and the national anthem: FSW lesson

Title Analyzing and creating meaningful discussion about free speech issues over protests during the national anthem Description Discussion on whether refusing to stand during the national anthem is an acceptable and effective form of protest have grown in recent months. This lesson enables students an opportunity to research and clarify their views as they share them…

Facing takedown demands: Free Speech Week

A recent article by the Poynter Institute’s Rick Edmonds brings to light free speech choices journalists sometimes have to make. At issue are Takedown Demands. Scholastic media are not – and will not be – exempt from challenges raised by them. Free Speech Week is a good time to check out the topic and formalize…

In plain view from public places: Photojournalists and free speech

What can and cannot be photographed continues to fall under question, bringing attention to photojournalists and igniting important First Amendment conversations. As part of other Free Speech Week lessons and activities, teachers may use this opportunity to incorporate key readings and discussion geared toward visual storytellers. For starters, journalism students paying attention to current events likely caught…

Just This Once: FSW lesson 2

The American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee released “The Speaker … A Film About Freedom” in 1977. The film, in its original form, comes with a discussion guide. Today, the website for it has the discussion guide and links to coverage about the film and other pertinent articles. Controversial in 1977, the film today hits at…

Free Speech Week lesson:
What does the First Amendment protect

Lesson: What does the First Amendment protect? Description: This lesson takes a look at the freedoms the First Amendment to the Constitution protects and explores what these mean to students. Objectives: Students will understand more about their rights. Students will see how the First Amendment applies to them. Students will learn the First Amendment. Common…