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Tweet24: You can Make a Difference. Show everyone how.

Don’t give up. Change happens slowly. Cures don’t work overnight. You can make a difference. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet24-you-can-make-a-difference-show-everyone-how In 1988, because of the first outbreak of the Hazelwood malaise, JEA published its first collection of student journalists making a difference through their reporting. In 2012, we committed ourselves to updating the project, hoping to show student…

Marshmallow fluff: What learning looks like in Hazelwood’s world

by Candace Bowen Hazelwood stories: Jan. 14, 1988. As I walked through the main office of St. Charles (Ill.) High School, my principal waved me into his office. “Did you hear that Supreme Court decision?” he said. I didn’t need to ask which one – the whole scholastic journalism community had been worried about Hazelwood v….

Tweet23: Social media use requires legal, ethical guides

Social media can be daunting. Know how journalism standards, legal and ethical principles apply. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet23-social-media-use-requires-legal-ethical-guides Social media are merely other tools in the arsenal of journalism. Social media offer student journalists much in the way of new approaches and coverage possibilities, but like all “new” communication tools of the past they also bring fear…

Student journalists can ward off prior review, Hazelwood with TAO pledge

Student journalists can ward off prior review, Hazelwood by taking TAO pledge #25Hzlwd http://jeasprc.org/tao-pledge/ ‎ by Kathy Schrier Hazelwood stories: Student journalists who take the TAO of Journalism Pledge, promise to be “Transparent, Accountable and Open” in their practice of journalism. Upon taking the pledge, they may post the TAO of Journalism Seal with their masthead….

Educate others about journalism’s role, skills for our future

Tweet-22 Educate others about journalism’s role, skills for our future. #25HZLWD http://www.jeasprc.org/tweet22-educate-others Journalism and democracy were born together. Democracy cannot long exist without an active and professional journalism program. But today’s journalistic role has changed. We can no longer just deliver information. We must make sense of the world and also help citizens make sense of…

Lessons on ‘things we did not want them to know’ result in successful action against censors

by Gloria Olman Hazelwood stories: Twenty-five years before the Hazelwood Supreme Court decision, I was defending students’ right to publish on topics from a teacher strike to locker searches and letters to the editor. “I will defend your right to publish all the way to the Supreme Court, but it will be on a serious matter,…

Tweet20: Don’t fight censorship alone: Share with others

Report censorship and share your stories about the legal and ethical problems you face. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet20-dont-fight-censorship-alone-share-with-others Those who face censorship or restraints on their ability to publish factual, truthful and accurate information should know they are not alone. The SPLC has its legal assistance network, the Journalism Education Association has its Panic Button and its…

Hazelwood is everyone’s problem

by Carrie Faust Hazelwood stories: Since the Supreme Court voted to limit the rights of scholastic journalists with the Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier decision in 1988, Colorado – and six other states – have enacted legislation to ensure the rights of students in those states would not be affected. Ideally, because some state laws can trump…

Eager to learn, students find Hazewlood as inspiration, provocation to ‘ruffle feathers’

by Don Bott Hazelwood stories: My favorite part of teaching Journalism 1-2, the beginning class made up mostly of freshmen, is the unit on press law and ethics. Up until that point, we focus mostly on writing for various pages. A few in the class by this point are beginning to grasp the power of…

Tweet19: Practice sensitivity in your reporting

Practicing sensitivity is essential. Examine your approach to covering difficult topics. #25HZLWD http://tinyurl.com/a9w8szq How do we, as today’s information consumers, sift through the rumors, the gossip, the failed memories, the spin and try to capture something as accurately as possible? How can we overcome our own limits of perception, our biases, our experience and come to…

Blog12: Out of adversity, strength: Hazelwood leads to thoughtful passage of Iowa free expression law

by Jack Kennedy Hazelwood stories: Random thoughts about the Hazelwood decision: I was aware of this court case as it developed, unlike the Tinker case. I had been a high school sophomore when the protests in Des Moines were going on in December of 1963. I was 100 miles away, but may as well have been…

Tweet18: Develop, follow code of ethics

Develop a strong code of ethics, and follow it daily in planning all coverage. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet18-develop-follow-code-of-ethics No matter which media platform you use, ethics will play a daily role in your decision making. Rushworth Kidder in “How Good People Make Tough Choices” says ethics is a “right versus right” process. “Right versus wrong” situations are…