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Let the education start here
The Feb. 11 posting on CODEWORDS, the Society of Professional Journalists Ethics Committee blog, calls for “massive public education” about what constitutes “real news” and why such content is necessary for “an effective democracy.” Author Paul LaRocque points out the “period of change” media are now experiencing will not be over soon. But now is…
He called it ‘accidental plagiarism’
Gerald Posner’s resignation from The Daily Beast offers a good lesson about plagiarism. What happens when a journalist has LOTS and LOTS of notes and a tight deadline? Is it possible to forget which words are someone else’s and which are yours? More details and links about this appear on “A lesson in ‘accidental plagiarism’”…
Stopping prior review one fight at a time
Marie Miller, publications adviser in Fauquier County, Virginia, posted this to the JEA listserv today. With censorship and prior review constantly in the news, we thought her points should be repeated to show prior review can be prevented short of court battles. Information about Miller’s situation can be found on the SPLC site and earlier…
Establishing protocol terminology
How do you handle disagreement with administrators, especially if prior review or restraint are involved? One way might be to establish a protocol, a process of discussing the situation with all stakeholders. An early step in developing that a meaningful processw is to agree on definitions. We think the following terms need to be defined,…
Join the discussion over protocols for scholastic media
Join the discussion over Twitter and the Five Freedoms Network On February 8-9, 2010, the McCormick Freedom Project and the Illinois Press Foundation will convene a group of crucial stakeholders from across the state and country with the goal of creating a protocol that will serve as a national model for scholastic journalism. The conference…
RTDNA posts online, social media guidelines
Building on its code of ethics, RTDNA released online and social media guidelines Feb. 3. Those with online sites and who use social media might look at RTDNA’s for suggestions and comparison with their practices.
Reasonable Forecasts
According to Kelley R. Taylor, Esq., in the February issue of Principal Leadership, “Courts recognize that principals are the best judges of what will disrupt their schools, but they still must provide evidence that their decisions are based on fact.” The article discusses the A. M. v. Cash case (October 2009 – U. S. Court…
Will online term papers survive a copyright challenge?
Is selling term papers online a violation of copyright laws? In case you missed the story in today’s USA Today, a U.S. district judge in Illinois has ordered the owner of R2C2 Inc. a Web-based company in Carbondale, Illinois, to stop selling term papers unless he can prove he has permission from the papers’ authors….
Just what are they teaching?
When members of the Churchill County Education Association in Fallon, Nev. thought an article in the high school student newspaper made a teacher look bad, their reaction wasn’t very educationally sound: They wanted administrators to censor the publication. Lauren MacLean’s article in The Flash covered a controversy over audition tapes for the state honor choir…
Facebook post results in student expulsion
Do school officials have the right to punish students for postings they make online from their home computers? Whether they have the right or not, they are doing it, especially for posts students make on their Facebook accounts. The Nashville Tennessean newspaper reported yesterday that administrators had expelled a student at Martin Luther King Jr….
Follow along with the Nebraska legislation for free expression
Those interested in a bit of real life government in action can follow the introduction of the Nebraska free expression legislation on Twitter at #LB898. Follow along and see what is happening compared to legislation efforts in other states by comparing Nebraska’s bill with those of other states by using the SPLC library. Nebraska’s bill…
Nebraskan free expression bill gets public hearing Tuesday
According to a news flash from the Student Press Law Center , Nebraska Sen. Ken Haar’s student freedom of expression bill, LB 898, will get a public hearing Tuesday. The SPLC reports the proposed bill would prevent schools from restricting speech unless it is defamatory, obscene or otherwise unprotected by the First Amendment. Here is link…