The importance of staff edits:
critical thinking, leadership QT 38
Student editors are busy. In addition to leading their staffs, making publication decisions and helping reporters, they are likely also...
Read MoreChoosing topics for editorials QT37
The best and most effective staff editorials are those that tackle an important topic and then give audiences a reason and a way to...
Read MoreFAPFA deadline Dec. 15
Five days. 120 hours. 45words. That’s the time left to submit your Round 1 application for the First Amendment Press Freedom Award...
Read MoreThe perks of being a wallflower:
How a school district escaped a lawsuit
by fostering an independent student press QT36
Quick Tips: Student First Amendment Rights Yeo v. Town of Lexington (1997) in the First Circuit Court of Appeals by Jan Ewell Because...
Read MoreWhen sources don’t respond QT35
Guideline: The publication staff will provide every reasonable opportunity for sources to respond to a request for an interview. Students...
Read MoreMaking a case for press freedom
in private schools
by Kristin Taylor, CJE Private school students do not have First Amendment protections, but that doesn’t mean they have no options. In...
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