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Georgia student journalists walk out over content control. Are there lessons for scholastic journalists as well?
Student editors at the Red & Black, independent student newspaper of the University of Georgia, resigned this week to protest what they called concerns about the loss of student’s editorial authority. Might their situations be similar to scholastic media where advisers or administrators make decisions and dictate direction? Without trying to dictate the direction of…
The Social Media Toolbox
Expanding your student media into social media this year? The Social Media Toolbox might have the right tools.
Start the year by promoting journalism skills,
not just defending your programs
by Fern Valentine Sadly, many journalism advisers are having to defend their programs in an educational environment that concentrates on basic skills that are needed to pass national or state tests. However, employers interviewed across the country are looking for applied skills that they say are not found in most high school or even college…
Clicking ‘like’ on Facebook
By HL Hall Clicking “like” on Facebook is not protected by the First Amendment, according to U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson’s April 30 ruling in Bland v. Roberts in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia. Deciding what clicking “like” means played a role in Jackson’s decision in a case involving six individuals who said…
The importance of context: A lesson on ethics and editing
Last week, NBC officials bore the brunt of an outraged public when the Today Show played a poorly edited 9-1-1 tape from the Trayvon Martin shooting investigation. The tape, some argued, unfairly portrayed Zimmerman as racist. This lesson explores the ethics of proper editing as well as the journalistic mandate that context never be sacrificed…
Op/Ed Writing With An Ethics Twist: An In-Class Lesson
By Megan Fromm This lesson was inspired by the recent Twitterfest regarding Kansas high school student Emma Sullivan’s tweet about the governor during a trip to the capital. The lesson will take 30+ minutes, and students will need their own paper and pencil. Here are some links for background information on the incident, which will…
Worth noting
Those looking for guidelines to prepare state groups to pass free expression legislation now have a draft document package to work with. The Scholastic Press Rights Commission has completed a draft version of its Blueprint for Success: Promoting Scholastic Right Rights Legislation, and makes that information available in time for the JEA/NSPA Seattle convention. The…
Worth noting
Those looking for guidelines to prepare state groups to pass free expression legislation now have a draft document package to work with. The Scholastic Press Rights Commission has completed a draft version of its Blueprint for Success: Promoting Scholastic Right Rights Legislation, and makes that information available in time for the JEA/NSPA Seattle convention. The…
Social Media Toolbox available to help those
considering, and using, social media in journalism
Marina Hendricks, a member of JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission, has developed a “Social Media Toolbox” for use by student journalists and their advisers. The toolbox, available at hendricksproject.wordpress.com, features 16 lessons on social media plus related resources. The lessons can be used as a unit or individually, depending on the needs of students, advisers and school publication…
Need help with censorship issues? Press the Panic Button!
Those looking for guidelines to prepare state groups to pass free expression legislation now have a draft document package to work with. The Scholastic Press Rights Commission has completed a draft version of its Blueprint for Success: Promoting Scholastic Right Rights Legislation, and makes that information available in time for the JEA/NSPA Seattle convention. The…
National School Board Association Tag Cloud
Today, I received the NSBA Legal Clips online and noticed that the tag cloud for their website was very interesting. As you can see here, the biggest item is First Amendment, even larger that the JEA SPRC tag cloud. Says something about their concern about First Amendment rights issues.
Need help with censorship issues?
Press the Panic Button!
JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission (SPRC) has set up a uniform process to help advisers – and students – who seek advice about handing censorship or other legal issues. The Panic Button. The Panic Button is an online reporting tool to collect information from those experiencing some type of censorship. When an adviser or student uses…