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A copyright lesson for scholastic online media? (and maybe those not online)
An editor created a firestorm of comment Nov.4, according to multiple sources, by claiming material on the Internet is public domain. Time to go back to basic law … and ethics. According to multiple sources, including Romenesko and Gawker, the editor of Cooks Source magazine told Monica Gaudio an article she wrote five years ago…
Your own First Amendment poster
Get your downloadable, free, First Amendment poster at HSJ.ORG.
45Words t-shirts and more
JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission’s Student Partners have been cooking up some great ideas for what they’re going to be doing at the national convention next week in Kansas City. We hope you’ll help support their endeavors in a couple of different ways. They’ve got some amazing things planned: • 45words t-shirts Those at the…
Copyright mistakes, one more time
For another good look at what constitutes common copyright errors, look at the latest 10,000 Words by Mark S. Luckie. A tip of the Tweet to Poynter’s Ellyn Angelotti.
Teacher does not have First Amendment rights over curriculum
In today’s issue of NSBA LEGAL CLIP, you can read the National School Board’s take on the issue of teachers not having First Amendment rights in choices of materials and curriculum design. We are living in a dangerous time. Evans-Marshall v. Board of Education of the Tipp City Exempted Village School District, No. 09-3775 (6th…
Save your high school newspaper
A re-Tweet from Cheryl Pell of Michigan State University caught my attention today. Pell highlighted an MSU student’s blog called New Media Shift and written by a former high school journalist, Erica Shekell of Howell, Michican. Shekell urged others to write letters in support of their student newspapers. Why? Because student newspapers in particular –…
Only the beginning of an important discussion
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Executive Director Ed Sullivan graciously agreed to share his comments from a listserv discussion about the recent Sixth Circuit court decision that teachers have no Teacher speech rights on school curriculum. You can find those comments on the CSJblog. His comments parallel another listserv discussion by Fellows of a ASNE Reynolds 2010 Institute:…
In journalism today, where does one role end and another begin?
In the wake of NPR’s firing of Juan Williams, questions emerge over the mixing of roles in new media and create confusion for journalists as well as communities. In short, as some say in coverage since Williams’ firing, what kinds of speech will be OK in the future and what does the incident say about…
Issues for possible discussion
Journalistically, it is been an interesting week for discussion issues. Two commercial issues and one scholastic event come to mind. • In Missouri, according to a SPLC News Flash, a school confiscated a student’s photos of an event in which a student was injured, would not allow the photographer to publish in print or online any…
Looking to meet your needs
Concerns bounced around the JEA listserv this week: • Who owns the copyright of student media work? • How to best answer ethical concerns about controversial stories? • What should a class in editorial leadership contain? • How do student media handle requests not to picture some students? Questions like these prompted JEA’s Scholastic Press…
Advice for your administrators: Student media CAN equal solid learning
Part 2 Achieving the most positive educational experience for everyone involved – students, advisers, administrators and community – is really simple. And it does not involve control or stripping the educational value of student media. Here are some suggestions: • Hiring the most qualified educator to teach and advise your scholastic media or helping one without…
Making a list…
The Center for Scholastic Journalism’s Candace Bowen, in response to a request on the JEA listserv, started a “wish list“ for administrators that would make student staffs’ lives easier and more effective. We would encourage you to check out that list and add to it.