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Our Constitution is “America’s Best Idea”

Posted by on Oct 1, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism | 0 comments

My husband and I have been watching the PBS special entitled “Our National Parks, America’s Best Idea.”   Obviously, they are not...

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Let’s play a game? Who is the editor? And why?

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

Recent events in a Virginia school system could lead to a new game: Who is the editor? Over the summer school officials made the principal...

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The worst legal problem in scholastic media

Posted by on Sep 27, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

“What’s the legal problem you fear the most?” That’s always the first writing assignment for JMC47003, the...

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Thoughts on the future of scholastic journalism

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

What skills will citizens need in a future that requires deciphering information and communicating effectively? How can schools and their...

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National Punctuation Day: Commas combat censorship

Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

It may not seem like National Punctuation Day has much to do with press rights, but before dismissing it as just a lot of dots and dashes...

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What Values? We ask again, and point to ethics lesson plans that could lead to answers

Posted by on Sep 19, 2009 in Blog, Ethical Issues, Hazelwood, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

We continue to raise  the question, borrowed partially from a recent ethics workshop at Kent State University: What Values? What value is...

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