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Meet the Press Rights student partners

Thanks to JEA member Bryan Farley, you can see the kick-off of the Scholastic Press Rights Commission Student Partners project. His blog, “More Than Kids: Understanding People Through Photography,” includes links to photos of the group’s booth at the Portland convention. Three of the high school students able to attend the convention were Ted Noelker…

Fight for the right distributes flyer

Supporters of the Fight for the Right to Write are currently distributing flyers within their community. The group’s Facebook page reports more about the flyers and about T-shirts the group has for sale. Their page also has contact information for those wishing to be involved and an order form for T-shirts. The group has a…

Playing in the court of public opinion

Students and friends of student media in Washington’s Puyallup school district are ready to take the next step in their fight against prior review since a jury declared they had not invaded students’ privacy and the school had no liability in a story about oral sex. Their next fight will be in the court of…

Paper carries more information on Puyallup decision

The News Tribune today reported more information about a jury’s decision that student journalists did not invade the privacy of four other students or negligently publish their names. The story also notes some jury members told the school’s lawyer that the jury believed in freedom of expression and that the story concerned matters of concern…

Jury finds for school district in Puyallup case

The News Tribune is reporting the jury found for the Puyallup school district. The story indicates more information coming tomorrow.

Puyallup case goes to jury

For an update on the Puyallup, Washington, “oral sex coverage,” go to this SPLC Newsflash. The SPLC reports the judge in the case “issued a confusing ruling in which she determined that The Jagwire was a “limited public forum,” but said that it was nevertheless subject to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1988 Hazelwood ruling, which allows school…

Music Use: Just what IS legal?

That’s what Student Press Law Center executive director Frank LoMonte will discuss in the Webinar “It’s Not YourTube or Your Music.” Thanks to the Radio and Television Digital News Association, you can register now to be part of the discussion Friday, April 23 at 2 p.m. EDT. LoMonte will cover what you and your students…

Next steps

This week, at the JEA/NSPA convention in Portland, the press rights commission has taken several initiatives: • Involving, for the first time 45words, its student partners group • Designing a working definition of prior review and prior restraint of scholastic media • Participating in a Skype discussion with a lawyer about a Washington State case…

JEA board defines prior review

The JEA Board of Directors passed the following definition of prior review at its meeting April 15: Prior review occurs when anyone not on the publication/media staff requires that he or she be allowed to read, view or approve student material before distribution, airing or publication. Prior restraint occurs when someone not on the publication/media…

Today’s the day

Today’s the day a group of Student Partners will meet face to face for the first time. Today they will meet students and advisers at a booth in the Portland Convention Center and begin to connect in person with students just like them, working hard at their schools around the country to tell important stories…

Test-takers’ tweets

Studying for tests is rarely enjoyable, but the JEA Certification Commission is trying to make CJE (and even perhaps MJE) review as painless as possible. In fact, content will be coming your way 140 characters at a time. That’s right. Twitter is the commission’s new study tool. Beginning this week, specific info or links to…

Support the Unique Learning Student Media Provides

By working as a team producing school publications, students learn practical lessons in communication and in civic responsibility. They write for an audience of their peers instead of for their teachers. They research by interview rather than just by internet developing people skills not taught in other classes. They develop critical thinking skills, learn to…