Can the Elements of Journalism help replace prior review?
As we’ve tried to emphasize in the last several posts, prior review is not a valid or workable educational practice. It betrays the...
Read MoreMove over, Michael Myers. There’s a new slasher in town.
It really must be the season of the witch. The Student Press Law Center today tweeted yearbook censorship in a Summerville, Georgia, high...
Read MoreOct. 30 review extends the scary season
An Oct. 30 news flash from the Student Press Law Center scares me. And Halloween is past. A Nebraska principal prior reviewed an student...
Read MoreSelf-censorship is scariest of all
All week I’ve heard plans for creepy costume parties, haunted house visits and horror film marathons. But as Halloween weekend...
Read MoreTattoos: Save your ink, student journalists
One of the few academic studies of body art, “Tattoos and Body Piercings in the United States: A National Data Set,” shows 24...
Read MoreFor those who support prior review…
… When will it end? At least three more recent situations should make one think about the educational validity of prior review: •...
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