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FIRST VOICES
Little things mean a lot at the Newseum
Indianapolis Star column
by Warren Watson
J-Ideas Director Warren Watson blogs regularly for the Indianapolis Star. Here are his latest offerings:
Landmark First Amendment Research
with School Principals launched at Ball State
Ball State’s First Amendment institute has launched a landmark research project with 5,000 high school principals nationwide.
J-Ideas, a 5-year-old effort to support student journalism and First Amendment awareness, is reaching out to 5,000 principals to gauge their knowledge level and support for the First Amendment of the Constitution. The research coincides with Sunshine Week, a national effort to support Freedom of Information, an important principle of the First Amendment. <more>
-Campus free-speech thrives
-Ignoramcer in Palin, Dowd free-speech remarks
-Plainfield pays respect to First Amendment
-Banned Books Week
-Palin-tology
-Author creates First Amendment 'primer'
-New President must revive Constitution
-Traditional news misses Edwards escapade
-Protesters' rights fenced off
-Social networking pitfalls
-Bad year for traditional news gatherers
-Baseball and the First Amendment
-Principals and the First Amendment
-Remembering a crusader
-Photo ID law bad for voters
-Thoughts from the annual U.S. editors convention
-Need for print journalism remains
-Sunshine:now more than ever
-Mean-spirited fans
-Peter Jennings' legacy
-The First Amendment at the Alamo
-A New museum for news
-Author creates First Amendment 'primer'
-Unlikely First Amendment hero
-Harrison represented Hoosiers proudly
-Online course wraps for the fall
-Religious freedom for all
-Reading is FUN-damental
-Nothing negative
-Blogs grow in influence, but beware of anonymity
-Parent rides the bench after blog posting
-Student journalist's actions serves profession poorly
-Examining free speech online
-Remembering the courageous Elijah Parish Lovejoy
-First Amendment protects unpopular speech, too
Student journalists scoop professional press
By Gerry Appel
In an era where student journalists are often criticized for poor decision-making, one student newspaper should receive praise after scooping its professional counterparts. <more>
-Principal wrong in pulling paper
Mile high with the First Amendment...
By Randy Swikle
We were north of the Mile High City near the Rocky Mountains. The principals were voluntarily descending—not from the tall peaks but from their position abutting the summit of school hierarchy. When they reached level ground, we could see each other more clearly. And clear sight leads to insight. <more >
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Hazelwood: conflict continues 20 years later
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No court decision has had a greater impact upon scholastic journalism than the 1988 Supreme Court Case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. This decision put censorship power into the hands of principals, who often misuse and abuse this power, mistakenly believing that they can censor for any reason. Richard Just, the deputy editor of the New Republic, shares his thoughts with the Washington Post on the twentieth anniversary of Hazelwood.
Related:
-Read a column by Professor Paola Banchero at the University of Alaska Anchorage
-Read about L.A. Youth, a student written newspaper created after the Hazelwood decision
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My View: Warren Watson
Caught on YouTube: Assault on free speech
Published in the Indianapolis Star: January 17, 2008
The Bill of Rights, the legacy of our Founding Fathers, ran smack dab into cyberspace the other night in Muncie.
The culprit: the First Amendment. The surprising venue: YouTube, the popular video-sharing site. The result: an ongoing debate about political speech in the Muncie City Council and allegations that local lawmakers trampled on the First Amendment rights of a well-meaning citizen.
>>Full Story
>>Retailer says he 'just wanted to ask a simple question'
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J-Ideas Q&As
J-Ideas continues to conduct a series of interviews with journalism and education experts. Here are the first three interviews.
>>Senator Leland Yee, California state Senate
>>Evans "Bryant" Branigan, North Central High School
>>Brant Houston, Knight chair in Investigative reporting
>>Alex Capogna, student filmmaker
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Study: First Amendment still in peril |
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First Amendment research update included students, teachers, parents
Miami, Fla. – Three years after a groundbreaking survey of high school students showed that nearly three-fourths of them don’t know how they feel about the First Amendment or take it for granted, not much has changed.
Despite the increase in First Amendment classes from 2004 through 2006, 74 percent of students do not appreciate the First Amendment, this year’s “Future of the First Amendment’’ survey showed.
This is the second follow-up study funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and done by David Yalof and Ken Dautrich of the University of Connecticut. A 2004 survey, which questioned more than 112,000 students, nearly 8,000 teachers and more than 500 administrators and principals about their attitudes and knowledge about the First Amendment, was the largest of its kind.
>>Full Story
>>Gene Policinski, vice president and executive director of the First Amendment Center, comments.
>>J-Ideas hosts Constitution Day event for third straight year |
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Teamwork can create stronger
First Amendment student attitudes
Commentary by Patrick R. Phillips
Executive Director
Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Key findings of the Knight Foundation’s most recent study of student attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors related to the Constitution, the First Amendment, and news media confirm that the sharp increases in the number of students taking classes dealing with the First Amendment between 2004 and 2006 have leveled off, that high school students don’t pay much attention to Constitution Day, and that students are influenced to a much greater degree by parents than teachers when it comes to how they define, and what media they use to get, the news.
Not surprisingly, these key findings contain both good news and bad.
>>Full Story
>>related: Administrators can help, too
>>video interviews with students and parent
>>See more coverage at firstamendmentfuture.org |
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State of the First Amendment survey released
'07 survey shows Americans' views mixed on basic freedoms: nearly two-thirds say founders intended ‘Christian nation’; support rises for limits on campaign contributions.
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Related First Amendment content:
>>Education code protects Calif. student journalists--but what about advisers?
>>Oregon student expression law passes
>>Reactions
>>Oregon links
>>First Amendment hope for youth emanates from Oregon (opinion) |
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J-Ideas director honored by Indiana High School Press Association
MUNCIE, Ind. – The director of Ball State University's First Amendment advocacy organization was recently honored by the Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA).
J-Ideas director Warren Watson received the Louis Ingelhart Friends of the Student Press Award Oct. 19 from the IHSPA during its annual convention in Franklin, Ind.
Nationally recognized as a champion for the freedom of college news media, Ingelhart was professor emeritus of journalism and director emeritus of student publications at Ball State. He died earlier this year.
>>Full Story
>>Watson was also on the go in Colorado, at the Colorado State High School Press Association convention. See a photo gallery here. |
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EDAD 692 - Ball State University |
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Learn about J-Ideas' First Amendment course for principals
J-Ideas, in conjunction with Distance Learning and Teachers College at Ball State, is offering a course online for principals and administrators in fall 2007 about the First Amendment in schools and media literacy.
Why is this course important?
-Click here to read more about the class
-Click here to read detailed enrollment information
-View a sample syllabus here
-Read testimonials from former students
-Administrator Jan Roland talks on the importance of principals and the First Amendment |
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The Amendment Man |
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Former Journalism Teacher of the Year
still fighting for the First Amendment
By Hilary Powell
Reprinted from Medill Reports
Oct 17, 2007
Lugging fat file folders, a briefcase, and a freedom-fighting mission, 62-year-old Randy Swikle jokes that, judging by his job, his mid-life crisis should be now.
“I never knew retirement would be so busy,” Swikle said.
He’s just back from a conference in Colorado. Wednesday, it’s off to the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.
These days, Swikle’s a lean, muckraking, First-Amendment machine.
>>Full Story
Reprinted with permission by Medill Reports
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Indiana passes journalism standards
By Gerry Appel
Chalk up a victory for high school journalism in the Hoosier State.
Following several years of revisions—along with some sweat and tears—standards for journalism in the state of Indiana have been approved by the State Board of Education, and will take effect immediately as a stand-alone set to the English/Language Arts standards. Indiana joins Mississippi as the only states to adopt stand-alone standards for journalism.
By having standards for both teachers and students, journalism classes should become stronger, according to Jack Dvorak, the director of the High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University.
“The standards are quite good and very rigorous,” Dvorak said. “If you (teachers) follow them, then any journalism course in Indiana will be an outstanding one.”
The standards were developed primarily by members of the Indiana High School Press Association, led by Executive Director Diana Hadley.
>>Full Story
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Principals Coalitition for First Amendment |
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J-Ideas creates national organization for administrators
Ball State has formed the Principals Coalition for the First Amendment, a national organization for high school principals and administrators who support a free press, practices and advocacy in public schools.
The new organization will assist school administrators to foster an environment where First Amendment practices are encouraged, said Warren Watson, director of Ball State's J-Ideas project, a national student journalism and First Amendment institute.
"There are many, many administrators who believe in the First Amendment and freedom of expression in our schools," Watson said. "Free speech is at the core of our democratic values. We now have a special place for administrators to share ideas."
The new organization will showcase best practices in schools nationwide, and produce a regular newsletter and other materials for school administrators, including a curriculum DVD, "A First Amendment Guide for Principals and Administrators," which J-Ideas developed and is distributing nationally.
>>Full Story
>>Ball State Daily News story
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