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[Handout] Online Ethical Guidelines for Student Media

[Handout] Online Ethical Guidelines for Student Media

Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by .

Tweet   As student media staffs explore digital media to gather information, tell stories, promote their work and handle comments, they will encounter ethical questions both familiar and unique. For that reason, members of JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission and Digital Media Committee developed guidelines to provide insight to ethical questions students might use as [...]

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5 Takeaways From the ONA Conference by Poynter’s Tenore

5 Takeaways From the ONA Conference by Poynter’s Tenore

Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by .

Tweet If you’re a regular user of JEADigitalMedia.org and a leader in your school newspaper’s online efforts, take heart. The news from the Online News Association conference makes your career prospects look enticing. Poynter’s Mallary Jean Tenore covered the gathering, described as “the conference where journalism doesn’t know it’s supposed to be dead.” She brought [...]

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Promote your site with Facebook: 8 key steps

Promote your site with Facebook: 8 key steps

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by .

It’s not enough to create a Facebook page for your school news site, post links to your stories and expect your fans to flock to your blog or website. For your Facebook page to help you, research shows you need to start by setting community expectations — what you expect of fans and what they can expect from you. And that’s just the beginning.

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What to Charge for Ads on Your Site

What to Charge for Ads on Your Site

Posted on 06. Aug, 2010 by .

Tweet This post on blogher.com gives good advice on figuring out how much ads on your site should cost. Two tips: Find out what blogs similar to yours are charging. Find other sites, even other school news sites, with similar traffic as yours.  Here’s a comparison from compete.com for two good sites — The A-Blast [...]

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