With the promised spread of federal agents to additional cities to protect federal buildings, student media will likely join protestors and commercial media in the streets. Police and federal agents have, several times, injured not only protestors but also student media and those from commercial media groups. To help student reporters and visual reporters better…

When information changes rapidly, give the public balance and verification to act on by Stan Zoller, MJE During the onslaught of media coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing reporters have been doing is meticulously checking the facts surrounding the outbreak, especially data emanating from the White House. Student journalists need to follow the same…

by Lindsay Coppens, The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, Mass. Scholastic journalists, like all journalists, need to be skeptical. Not only of news they read and of sources they interview, but of themselves. Journalists should question everything, including each other.  If student journalists aren’t willing to take a hard look with a discerning eye…

by Susan McNulty, CJE The Stampede and The Hoofbeat adviser J.W. Mitchell High School, Trinity, Florida Yesterday, my newspaper staff distributed the February issue of The Hoofbeat to the 2000+ students at our school. According to the staff, the issue was well received by the student body, based on the most reliable measure of teenage…