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Fact-check your story. If you don’t, you put your high school newspaper’s credibility on the line.
Just ask YouTube dancing phenomenon Matt Harding about his experience when featured in the New York Times. In the newspaper that… Read more
“Realize your responsibility. As journalists, you will shape what people learn about the world.”
Jan Leach, assistant professor at Kent State University, offered that advice and more to high school students at Poynter this summer. She urged students to… Read more
Consider the journalistic and storytelling possibilities inherent in video games. What a fabulously interactive way to better understand a topic, by experiencing it in a game or simulation. And what an interesting environment in which to consider… Read more
Poynter is running a contest to find, just for fun and enlightenment, a six-word motto for journalism. Winner gets a copy of Poynter faculty member Roy Peter Clark’s excellent book, “Writing Tools: 50 Essential
Strategies for Every… Read more
Watch this 10-minute video and learn some quick facts about copyright law. The YouTube video describes the definition of copyright, what things can be copyrighted and fair use of a copyright. The video is done in a comical… Read more
Do you know what rights are given to you by the First Amendment? As a journalist, it’s important to know. A NewsU course, First Amendment for the High School Journalist, explains everything from what you can and… Read more
The news industry is more troubled than it was a year ago, and the problems are different from what was expected. So begins the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s 2008 State of the Media report.
The report lists… Read more
Five editors in chief worked together to lead a staff of more than 50 at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Adviser Tom Gayda wrote the article “Teamwork key to staff unity” in the Adviser Update by the… Read more
Student editors enjoy a rare and privileged role that combines leadership and journalism. You’re guiding a journalistic enterprise that serves your school community, and you’re doing it by leading a staff of schoolmates. Big responsibility, especially considering it might be… Read more