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Tweet5: Decision-making content control
rests with students, rooted in professional standards
Have a journalistic purpose in mind for every story you write/propose. Don’t write stories to be sensational. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/decision-students/ Those who want to control student media often point to incomplete, biased or sensational treatment of stories. It really does not matter if the topic is controversial in nature. What does matter is that students, no matter…
High school students, teachers
report student media censorship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Twenty-five years after the Supreme Court limited First Amendment protections for high school student journalists, a survey of students and media advisers attending a national journalism convention suggests that censorship in their schools is a common occurrence. Of the 4,540 students and teachers who attended the National High School Journalism Convention in…
Anniversary provides opportunity to thank, educate decision-makers
While next week’s 25th anniversary of the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier decision isn’t something to celebrate in a traditional sense, it does offer the opportunity for pause and reflection. And in some cases, it gives us the chance to say thanks. Thank you to the principals, school board members and decision-makers out there supporting student journalists…
Tweet3: Strong editorial polices
speed you to the Hazelwood cure
Develop strong editorial policies that protect students, administrators and community. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/tweet-3-strong-polices-speed-to-hazelwood-cure/ Once you have established yourselves as forums, the next step is to design clear and concise policies that protect student final decision-making for your media, and that help protect the school system and community from harm. The best policy can protect you from many…
Tweet2: Choosing your forum status is like choosing the best medicine
Which forum? Best prescription to cure Hazelwood is open forum for student expression. http://jeasprc.org/choosing-forum…-best-medicine/ #25HZLWD Establishing your student media as open forums for student expression – not closed or limited forums – can make a huge difference in developing a cure of Hazelwood. The best forum is like preventative medicine. The worst is like being exposed…
Seeking to cure the Hazelwood Blues
Weighted down by the Hazelwood blues? Try these resources. #25HZLWD http://jeasprc.org/seekingcure One way to commemorate Hazelwood’s 25th anniversary is to take steps to control its effects. Here are our recommendations for an Action Plan to begin to find a cure for Hazelwood. Additionally, check out the SPLC’s 5 simple steps you can make sure Hazelwood never turns 50. Below the Action…
A Teacher’s Kit for curing Hazelwood
by Megan Fromm January 13, 2013, we commemorate a bittersweet milestone in scholastic publications history: the 1988 Supreme Court ruling in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. This decision institutionalized censorship in most public schools in America, and our students have been publishing in its shadow ever since. This month, JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission seeks to re-engage teachers, students, administrators and…
Hazelwood: Time to assess its impact
on educational process, civic engagement
by Randy Swikle Former JEA Illinois state director On the 25th anniversary (Jan. 13) of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier decision, the high school student press in America is at risk. Instead of engaging students in the functions of American journalism, some school authorities want to relegate student news media to…
Hazelwood anniversary a good opportunity
for reflective thought, appropriate action
With Jan. 13, the 25th anniversary of the Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier decision, less than two weeks away, now is a good time to begin to plan how you and your students will note the event. The Student Press Law Center has created two ways: • One is a website that will provide resources, “horror stories” and…
Students, the First Amendment and the Supreme Court
by Jan Ewell Permission granted to use at will for non-commercial purposes The Bill of Rights and Schools The First Amendment, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, became the law of the land in 1791, but 216 years later in 2007 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in Morse v. Frederick, “As…
Tweet2: Choosing your forum status is like choosing the best medicine
Which forum? Best prescription to cure Hazelwood is open forum for student expression. http://jeasprc.org/choosing-forum…-best-medicine/ #25HZLWD Establishing your student media as open forums for student expression – not closed or limited forums – can make a huge difference in developing a cure of Hazelwood. The best forum is like preventative medicine. The worst is like being exposed…
Start your new year with a call to action: Hazelwood anniversary looms
by Megan Fromm Yes, students, there is a Grinch. And its name is Hazelwood. On January 13, 2013 student journalists and advisers across the country will (begrudgingly) commemorate 25 years of Hazelwood censorship. In the hopes of inspiring change, dialogue and ultimately greater scholastic press freedom for all students, SPRC is finalizing its 25th Anniversary…