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ACLU challenges schools to remove anti-gay filters on Internet

E-School News posted an article today about the ACLU’s challenges/letters yesterday to schools who use anti-gay filters on school websites. States included Michigan, Kansas and Missouri. Check it out at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/699ye9c

Separating news from views: Does social media need a new player? Part 3

Determining what communities want and need in social media coverage seems to have generated a new media role: community manager. According to information in a March 21, 2011, article by Ben LaMothe, Why Newspapers Need Community Managers on the 10000 words blog, the term may offer a way to brand online news coverage. LaMothe cites the…

Links to information about Overland Scout situation

Those interested in the censorship issue at Overland High in Colorado can follow the events by checking the sites below: NEW LINKS: — As school backpedals, Colorado students still fighting newspaper censorship — Overland high school newspaper threatened with closure to survive after ACLU complaint — Colorado High School newspaper to shut down, principal didn’t like…

Incorporating ethical guidelines into social media use: Part 2

In the first part of this series, Marina Hendricks, a commission member and student in a social role of the media class, talked about how scholastic media might create tools in the growing use of social media. Now, others in the class offer additional comments and suggestions. This piece will suggest guidelines – and hopefully…

Developing standards for social media use in your student media: Part 1

by Marina Hendricks, SPRC commissioner For “Social Role of the Mass Media,” a Kent State University online graduate course, John Bowen asked us to draft a position paper on social media as a tool for student journalists. I found it easier to think through the assignment by approaching it as a hypothetical letter from an…

Reaching out: Informing the community about key principles of journalism

by Marina Hendricks, SPRC member Recently, I drafted the following plan for student journalists to use to educate their communities about the role of school publications as forums for public criticism and compromise. I did so as part of my ongoing work for “Social Role of the Mass Media,” a Kent State University online graduate…

Arcata High School (AHS) student’s lawsuit against the Northern Humboldt Union High School District (NHUSD) can proceed

Another step forward for student First Amendment rights: Arcata High School (AHS) student’s lawsuit against the Northern Humboldt Union High School District (NHUSD) is given green light to proceed to court. See the rest of the response from the National School Board Association Legal Clips at http://tinyurl.com/4faz2wr

Foundations for Scholastic Journalism

Late last year, the Scholastic Press Rights Commission asked JEA members and others what clear statements about legal and ethical issues they would like to see compiled in one easy-to-access place. From their responses the Commission created these 11 Foundations for Scholastic Journalism, in downloadable PDF form below, the first installment of our series. Foundations…

California students win right to sue

Yes, students in California can file suit for restriction of t-shirts they wanted to wear on Cinco de Mayo. See the NSPA Legal Briefs interpretation of the issue. http://tinyurl.com/5vdhoax

#SJW11: Take the TAO pledge today

Today is the day to join other scholastic media across the nation as they take the TAO Pledge – a promise to your audience, your administrators and yourselves – that you will be transparent about who you are as student media, that you will be accountable for your mistakes and open to other points of…

#SJW11: A conversation about prior review

by Marina Hendricks and Lori King Students in “Social Role of the Mass Media,” a Kent State University online graduate course this semester, recently considered arguments for and against prior review. We decided to approach the assignment as an imaginary conversation between a student editor and a principal. The result is a template that journalism…

#SJW11: Blog posts from advisers, pros on important topics

I teach an master’s level online course called Social Role of the Media which examines social responsibility of scholastic media. The course is based around the book Elements of Journalism and the 1947 Hutchins Commission’s call for media to maintain a “social role” as one of its main goals. I require each of the students,…