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The hits never stop coming

Scholastic journalism’s focus this year is and should be on the 25th anniversary of Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier and the issues it helped spawn, from outright censorship to elimination of programs and teachers.Next year brings two notable anniversaries, both of on the results of censorship and other issues that limited – and continue to limit –…

Ethical decisions are important,
sometimes carry a cost

by Jeff Kocur I am encouraged by the stories of some former students who have encountered ethical dilemmas at their college newspapers. One of my former students resigned as managing editor at a college newspaper on the East Coast after he said he watched his editor-in-chief repeatedly breach standard journalistic ethics in gathering and reporting…

The Ides of March

by Ellen Austin What is it about March? Even Shakespeare noticed it, putting the soothsayer’s warning out to Caesar about the time span that begins this week. So the bad news from the early Ides of March rolls in … I read with great surprise and shock this weekend the news that a well-known and professionally recognized…

Fitting the puzzle pieces together

This week’s blogpost is a puzzle of sorts. What do the following have in common? • 8 ways a landmark Supreme Court ruling has changed student journalism? • Scholastic journalism: Skills for the 21st Century (and two related pieces in the magazine) • Brennan students petition to reinstate lesbian couple’s yearbook photo They should remind us…

Ethics by any other name: Why process is more important than verbiage

By Megan Fromm This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining some of the greatest thinkers and doers in scholastic journalism at Kent State University to revise and update Quill & Scroll’s Principal’s Guide to Scholastic Journalism. For two intense days, we sat roundtable and edited—line by line, word by word— the entire publication. During…

Showcasing journalism’s energies..standing out in a crowd

An amazing number of advisers and students celebrated their creativity and willingness to engage in the viral potential of the Harlem Shake and Gangnam Style crazes recently. True student work should be celebrated and encouraged. But wouldn’t it be nice – and appropriate – if journalism programs, no matter their platforms, would jumpstart journalistic excellence…

New lessons on fairness, crisis coverage,
media literacy and more for NIE Week

March 4-8 marks Newspaper In Education Week, the annual celebration of newspapers as a classroom resource across a variety of subjects. This year, the American Press Institute and the Newseum have teamed up to deliver a new, three-unit curriculum with six lessons aligned to Common Core State Standards. Lessons focus on the following topics: Newspapers…

Impressed by the FAPFA winners? Show everyone your forum status, too

Impressed by the First Amendment Press Freedom Award schools? We are. We would bet, though, there are more student media out there that would qualify as forums. So, between now and next fall when the next FAPFA deadline comes around, let others know of your forum status by applying to be recognized this Scholastic Journalism…

Four Missouri Schools Earn Press Freedom Award

Perhaps it is fitting these four schools are this year’s recipients of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award. After all, it is the 25th anniversary of the Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier decision, and Hazelwood East, it can be argued, sits in their backyards. In Missouri. Even without a state law to support them, four St. Louis-area…

Celebrate Scholastic Journalism Week
with lesson plan gifts for others

by Candace Bowen It’s time to celebrate! Feb. 17-23 is Scholastic Journalism Week. Did your staff make 45 cookies, each with one word from the First Amendment on it? Wear staff t-shirts? Sign the TAO pledge? That’s great, but celebrations also need gifts and how about some for your colleagues, the other teachers down the…

Tweet25- Paying the cost of Hazelwood

Tweet-25 Information coherence and civic engagement cannot develop under Hazelwood. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/payingthecost/ by John Bowen Information coherence is at the core of democracy. Information coherence allows those in a democracy to compare, digest and use information. With it, communities can make informed and intelligent decisions. Without it, communities falter. Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel in The…

Tweet 26: Now it’s your turn. What is the Hazelwood Cure?

After 25 days of Hazelwood, what would you like to see jlsm organizations address? How are YOU able to help? #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet-26-now-its-your-turn-what-is-the-hazelwood-cure What are your thoughts and experiences. What would you like to see journalism organizations address and why. What are you willing to commit to? It will take all of us. We would love…