Press Rights
JEA stands firmly behind student journalists’ press freedom. Where journalism students delve into the impact of such events as the invasion of the Capitol Jan. 6 and issues stemming from it, they create community engagement and understanding of journalistic responsibility, roles and values. Where the same students make final decisions of content without prior review and restraint, democracy’s ideals flourish and expand. We denounce all efforts to stifle student journalists, and we stand in solidarity with advisers who support them.
Press Rights Quick Links
Prior Review | Law-Ethics Manual | Key Cases | What Are Ethics | Tools of Truth
The hits never stop coming
Scholastic journalism’s focus this year is and should be on the 25th anniversary of Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier and the issues it helped spawn, from outright censorship to elimination of programs and teachers.Next year brings two notable anniversaries, both of on the results of censorship and other issues that limited – and continue to limit –…
Ethical decisions are important,
sometimes carry a cost
by Jeff Kocur I am encouraged by the stories of some former students who have encountered ethical dilemmas at their college newspapers. One of my former students resigned as managing editor at a college newspaper on the East Coast after he said he watched his editor-in-chief repeatedly breach standard journalistic ethics in gathering and reporting…
The Ides of March
by Ellen Austin What is it about March? Even Shakespeare noticed it, putting the soothsayer’s warning out to Caesar about the time span that begins this week. So the bad news from the early Ides of March rolls in … I read with great surprise and shock this weekend the news that a well-known and professionally recognized…
Fitting the puzzle pieces together
This week’s blogpost is a puzzle of sorts. What do the following have in common? • 8 ways a landmark Supreme Court ruling has changed student journalism? • Scholastic journalism: Skills for the 21st Century (and two related pieces in the magazine) • Brennan students petition to reinstate lesbian couple’s yearbook photo They should remind us…
Need help with a censorship issue? You found it.
If you are a JEA member or students of a JEA member who need assistance concerning censorship issues, use the panic button below to generate an online form to explain your situation. This will go to a Scholastic Press Rights Committee member who will assist you quickly and notify others in your state so they can offer assistance. This outreach capability is a direct result of JEA’s Adviser Assistance Program and is designed to combat censorship issues advisers and students might face.