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Celebrate the Bill of Rights

Posted by on Dec 15, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Today is the 219th birthday of the Bill of Rights. Take time to celebrate our freedoms on this day this and every year. Support for this...

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Can compromise create an environment where freedom can thrive?

Posted by on Dec 1, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

In reviewing for a unit on media literacy for my online ethics class, I found this in the “Elements of Journalism” by Bill...

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So say we all

Posted by on Nov 21, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Rushworth M. Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, highlights an ethical process called the Potter Box in his book, How Good...

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More links to Minnesota censorship issue

Posted by on Nov 18, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

You may have already heard about the censorship issue of the Knight Errant (the publication of Benilde-St. Margaret in Minnesota). To help...

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First Amendment Press Freedom Award

Posted by on Nov 17, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

If you and your students attended the JEA/NSPA convention this past week in KC, you are aware of the courageous fight some teachers and...

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Rethinking news values

Posted by on Nov 16, 2010 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

We all emphasize the aspect of news values in our journalism programs: timeliness, conflict, consequence, proximity and more. Perhaps it...

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