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Looking for new topics for your staff or for lessons? Take note of these current topics and issues: • The US Supreme Court refused to hear...
Read MoreBroken Hearts and Broken Minds
by Jane Blystone Sometimes staffers are afraid to write stories about depression because the topic is too close to home, but the staffers...
Read MoreApril Fools’ negatives outweigh positives,
usually don’t fulfill techniques of satire
Fabrication? Non-credible information? Misleading direct quotes? Seeking permission to quote from sources or asking them to approve...
Read MoreFor those struggling to succeed,
don’t give up
By Kathy Schrier, MJE Scholastic Journalism Week is here, and again we acknowledge and celebrate the important role of the student media...
Read MoreHigh School Students, Teachers
Experience Student Media Censorship
More than 25 years after the Supreme Court limited First Amendment protections for high school student journalists, a survey of students...
Read MoreTemper social media rights
with journalistic responsibility
By Tom Gayda I am a First Amendment fighter. I have long stood by supporting people’s rights to say and do what they want. But then came...
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