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High School Students, Teachers
Experience Student Media Censorship
More than 25 years after the Supreme Court limited First Amendment protections for high school student journalists, a survey of students and media advisers attending a national scholastic journalism convention indicates censorship is a fact of life in many schools. Of the 5,506 students and teachers who attended the National High School Journalism Convention in…
Temper social media rights
with journalistic responsibility
By Tom Gayda I am a First Amendment fighter. I have long stood by supporting people’s rights to say and do what they want. But then came social media. There is a fine line between what is right and what is wrong sometimes. Sadly, with the never-ending onslaught of posts, likes and tweets, the notion…
Six schools earn First Amendment
Press Freedom Award
A committee with representatives from the Journalism Education Association, National Scholastic Press Association and Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2014 First Amendment Press Freedom Award. The award recognizes high schools that actively support, teach and protect First Amendment rights and responsibilities of students and teachers,…
Student free speech vs. adviser job security?
“But what do you do if what they want to publish may cause a problem?” Rachel asked, a little furrow of a frown between her eyes. She and the other 16 education majors in Kent State’s Teaching High School Journalism course had heard all about the value of a free press from Knight Chair in…
Does your mother love you: Get three sources;
Is the Verification Handbook useful: Check it out
As scholastic media and their advisers move more to online media and use more social media as a reporting tool, verification remains a critical issue. Enter the Verification Handbook, a product of Poynter’s Craig Silverman and American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Merrill Perlman. Subtitled “A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage” it…
Students Tackle Coverage of Rape Culture
Fourth in a series of articles about student journalism that makes a difference Jane Blystone, MJE Covering a taboo topic like “rape culture” can be very daunting to any journalist. However the scholastic journalists at Palo Alto High School did not let the culture of silence deter them from telling covering this story that their…
Press Rights Minute
Press Rights Minute is a new Scholastic Press Rights Commission service that offers quick and authoritative 60-second audio support for advisers, students and administrators on key journalistic issues. [pullquote]The link to all the links is https://soundcloud.com/scholastic-press-rights[/pullquote] Commission member Sarah Nichols created the concept and commission members, students and others completed segments in the series. We created…
The Changing Internet: Why you should talk Net Neutrality with your students
By Megan Fromm, CJE Between deadlines, snow days and standardized testing, we all know there isn’t much time for “extra.” Those extra lessons you wish you had time to teach, those extra teachable moments you wish you had time to organize. But this week, carve out 20 extra minutes to sit with your students and…
Be proud of each trip you take to publish student media
by Stan Zoller Several years ago I was having a conversation with my neighbor, also a teacher. Our conversation covered the usual teacher stuff – students, administrators, curriculum, union contracts – and course loads. It was while we discussing the classes we taught, he pronounced that “well, anyone can teach journalism.” So much for good…
Handle yearbook copyright issues
before you find the book for sale online
by John Bowen Because advisers raised this issue on JEA’s listserv before Christmas break, we thought now would be the perfect time to address the issue. Students and advisers unhappy with various groups who buy and sell school yearbooks online, with no funds going to the student media, have several steps to consider if they…
Three story ideas worthy of student media exploration
Looking for stories that enable your students to make a significant difference? Here are three possibilities for localization and expansion: • Should schools monitor students’ social media sites http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/12/23/schools-monitor-media-400/2/ This article raises the issue whether software can or should be expected to determine if students’ postings can be considered cyberbullying. The article seems to raise…
New research shows administrators know more about the First Amendment
but don’t fully grasp it
A researcher at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, surveyed public high school administrators about their First Amendment knowledge this fall and discovered that administrators may, in fact, know more than they think about the First Amendment. However, Audrey Wagstaff Cunningham, assistant professor, said when tested on their knowledge of specific attributes, the majority did not…