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
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.
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.