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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…
Ethics workshop offers videos, lesson plans
by Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE When Kent State University and The Poynter Institute team up for their annual ethics workshop, they don’t forget high school journalism teachers and students who can’t come to Ohio for a day of top speakers and plenty of exploration into some aspect of media ethics. Again this year, with…
Prepare for Free Speech Week,
Oct. 17-23
Free Speech Week (FSW) runs Oct. 17-23, and JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Committee (SPRC) urges you to honor this cornerstone of democracy by participating either through activities shared by Free Speech Week, ones the SPRC developed or by ones your and your students created. Free Speech Week (FSW) is a yearly event to raise public awareness of the importance of free…
Showcase principles of Constitution Day,
apply for this year’s FAPFA Awards
Constitution Day focused student journalists on power of free expression for scholastic media. Your students can continue to recognize the importance of First Amendment practices and policies – and be recognized for it – by applying for this year’s FAPFA award. This First Amendment Press Freedom Award recognizes high schools that actively support, teach and protect First Amendment rights and responsibilities…
The importance of student free expression
and widespread information on legislation
As journalism teachers, we know our students learn more when they make publication choices. Prior review or restraint does not teach students to produce higher quality journalism. As journalism teachers, we know the only way to teach students to take responsibility for their decisions is to give them the responsibility to make those decisions freely….
Apply for First Amendment recognition
with FAFPA Award
Constitution Day participation can be a time to focus student journalists a on recognition for First Amendment practices and policies as well as civic engagement. For instance, the FAPFA award. This First Amendment Press Freedom Award recognizes high schools that actively support, teach and protect First Amendment rights and responsibilities of students and teachers. The recognition…
Student free expression resources
Comments from an administrator on the importance of student free expression SPRC Foundations package (mission, policy, ethics, manual) JEA Adviser Code of Ethics Press Rights Minute Seeking to cure the Hazelwood Blues Constitution Day lessons and activities
Free expression sample press release
Sample press release Another option for letting your various communities know about the benefits of free expression legislation is to create a press release to media, civic groups, school board and others. Rather than trying to create a cookie-cutter press release version, we thought we would create a model sample where points from our legislative…
Introduction to 2016 Constitution Day materials … and more
Constitution Day lessons, activities and related materials In preparation for Constitution Day 2016, several members of the Scholastic Press Rights Committee (SPRC), a committee of the Journalism Education Association, created lesson plans specific for the event. We suggest celebrating Sept. 16 since the official Constitution Day is Saturday this year. We created these lessons to help celebrate…