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Can the Elements of Journalism help replace prior review?

Posted by on Nov 4, 2009 in Blog, Ethical Issues, Hazelwood, Legal issues, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

As we’ve tried to emphasize in the last several posts, prior review is not a valid or workable educational practice. It betrays the...

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Move over, Michael Myers. There’s a new slasher in town.

Posted by on Nov 3, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

It really must be the season of the witch. The Student Press Law Center today tweeted yearbook censorship in a Summerville, Georgia, high...

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Oct. 30 review extends the scary season

Posted by on Nov 2, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

An Oct. 30 news flash from the Student Press Law Center scares me. And Halloween is past. A Nebraska principal prior reviewed an student...

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Self-censorship is scariest of all

Posted by on Oct 30, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

All week I’ve heard plans for creepy costume parties, haunted house visits and horror film marathons. But as Halloween weekend...

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Tattoos: Save your ink, student journalists

Posted by on Oct 28, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

One of the few academic studies of body art, “Tattoos and Body Piercings in the United States: A National Data Set,” shows 24...

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For those who support prior review…

Posted by on Oct 25, 2009 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

… 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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