Archive for 'Law & Ethics'
Blogging Rights and Responsibilities
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Michael Hernandez.
Tweet With all of the talk recently about PIPA and SOPA legislation clamping down on a free internet, it’s a good time to review our rights as online student journalists as well as our responsibilities. Both laws aim to restrict copyright violations with comprehensive rules about what can and can’t be published/downloaded online. The criticism [...]
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Facebook Groups: Tips and Reasons Not To Outlaw Them
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by Jonathan Rogers.
Tweet With the possibility of new legislation in Missouri and other states forbidding Facebook interaction with students I wanted to take a stand on why I believe they should not be outlawed. A Facebook group for The Little Hawk has become an invaluable resource over the last year for students to communicate, debate story ideas, [...]
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Secrets of a Successful Broadcast Journalism Program
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Michael Hernandez.
Tweet The challenges of establishing and maintaining a broadcast journalism program are numerous. How do you generate story ideas? What do you say to students who want to produce a comedy show? How do you grade students? What are the best cameras and editing systems to use and how many will you need? And then [...]
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[Handout] Online Ethical Guidelines for Student Media
Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
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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We’ve Posted Our “Guide to Moving Online”
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet After more than 300 posts to the site, we decided it was time to compile some of them into a guide to help advisers and staffs with their journeys online. So, we created a “Guide to Moving Online.” You will find everything from Planning and Social Media to Comment and Publicity advice. The committee [...]
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Sample Combined Editorial Policy for High School Student Media
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet This is the sample combined editorial policy referenced in this previous post. This is a sample of an combined media editorial policy to be used as a starting point for scholastic journalism staffs. The policy combines newspaper, yearbook, web and broadcast mediums into one policy. The combined media policy was created by Aaron Manfull, [...]
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Schools should consider collapsing multiple editorial policies into one media policy
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet As scholastic media staffs begin integrating the web into their everyday routine, it’s becoming more and more evident that to be most effective, school programs should not be seen as individual mediums, but as a media program. As a result, editorial policies should begin to follow this shift in thinking. Instead of having a [...]
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RTDNA releases Social Media and Blogging Guidelines
Posted on 09. Jun, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet Carol Knopes posted a message on the RTDNF High School Journalism Project Teacher Listserv earlier this week pointing people to RTDNA’s Social Media and Blogging Guidelines. It’s a really nice piece that is made to print and use in a classroom (or newsroom obviously) for one great lesson on ethics. The guidelines are broken [...]
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What to do if your district won’t let you host your website yourself
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Jim Streisel.
Tweet An adviser I taught at a recent multimedia workshop last year emailed me with a plea for help. Here’s what she wrote: “My district is making me shut our WordPress site down. Apparently our district policy states that we aren’t allowed to use sites outside of our own servers. (I didn’t know about this [...]
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