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Constitution Day 2012 lessons

Posted by on Aug 22, 2012 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Constitution Day Lesson Plans for Sept. 17, 2012 The Scholastic Press Rights Commission works to provide information and resources on...

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Georgia student journalists walk out over content control. Are there lessons for scholastic journalists as well?

Posted by on Aug 17, 2012 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Student editors at the Red & Black, independent student newspaper of the University of Georgia, resigned this week to protest what...

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Start the year by promoting journalism skills,
not just defending your programs

Posted by on Aug 13, 2012 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

by Fern Valentine Sadly, many journalism advisers are having to defend their programs in an educational environment that concentrates on...

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Clicking ‘like’ on Facebook

Posted by on May 5, 2012 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

By HL Hall Clicking “like” on Facebook is not protected by the First Amendment, according to U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson’s April...

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The importance of context: A lesson on ethics and editing

Posted by on Apr 15, 2012 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Last week, NBC officials bore the brunt of an outraged public when the Today Show played a poorly edited 9-1-1 tape from the Trayvon...

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Op/Ed Writing With An Ethics Twist: An In-Class Lesson

Posted by on Apr 11, 2012 in Blog, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

By Megan Fromm This lesson was inspired by the recent Twitterfest regarding Kansas high school student Emma Sullivan’s tweet about the...

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