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.
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Students forced to publish censored paper
Turkeys in the news tomorrow may not be just on people’s plates. Lately, some have been dressed as administrators at Stevenson High in Lincolnshire, Illinois. First, school officials’ objections held up the paper’s initial release. Then they forced journalism students to remove several stories and several pages from the latest issue. Next, administrators demanded the…
Stevenson HS journalists forced to print changed paper
Illinois: Stevenson HS student journalists forced to print administratively-changed paper Wednesday. http://tinyurl.com/yflw3mu
Fighting scholastic media censorship must start locally
They just keep on coming. Stevenson High. Timberland High. Stow-Munroe Falls High. Boonville High and others too numerous to list. And those are just some we know about. But there are countless others — the smaller, lesser known stories you hear about at workshops like the recent JEA/NSAP convention in DC. • Like the Virginia …
He said, she said, they said…
Sometimes it’s hard to know whom to believe. You hear a colleague talk about her students making all the content decisions, and then you have her kids in a workshop….and that’s not the way they tell it. You think you know who did all the work on that fantastic layout….and then someone tells you what…
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.