A persistent misperception that hampers journalists’ ability to do their jobs – one that many journalists themselves share – is that it’s against the law to publish images and information about minors without parental consent.One of the sources of this myth is journalists’ own practice of voluntarily concealing the identities of child subjects.
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Humor us — take steps to prevent comedy from becoming tragedy
“Dying is easy – comedy’s hard.” The origin of the Hollywood aphorism is murky, but its truth is undeniable.
April 15 may be America's annual day of dread, but for those who advise student publications, it's April 1 -- the day that hundreds of Sara Silverman wannabes find out that they're much less funny than they think they are.
Student journalists at Columbia University got off to an early start this year.
Newspaper asks judge to set aside $5 million libel award to student
VIRGINIA — A Chesapeake Circuit Court jury handed down a $5 million judgment Feb.
#SJW11: Write to keep kids off drugs
I don't talk much about my high school years, typically.I went to high school in Chesterland, Ohio, near Kent State University's Geauga campus. If you've never been to Northeast Ohio, the best way I can describe it is to say that it's a great place to be from.
Paint these school administrators’ faces red
A student paints a wish for Iranian freedom on a bench that has been approved for students' artistic and expressive use. Administrators disapprove of the political message, and have it painted over. Students then protest by painting an appeal for freedom of speech. And ... oh, you're way ahead of me on this.
Student government attorney demands resignation of SUNY-Brockport editor
An attorney for the State University of New Yorkat Brockport’s student government is demanding the editor of the school’sstudent-run newspaper retract a Feb.
Virginia’s teacher texting ban postponed, again
Virginia teachers will have to wait another month for the Board of Education to consider revised guidelines restricting them from communicating with students via text messages, social-networking sites and other non-school “platforms.”The original proposal was given to the board in the fall, but was postponed first until January and then until February.The board expects to hear the revised proposal at the March 24 board meeting, according to Charles Pyle, director of communications for the Virginia Board of Education.“There was an original proposed that was fairly prescriptive that was presented to the board in November.
#SJW11: Great educators ignite the fire, and encourage taking risks
Great journalists aren’t born that way. They are encouraged and seasoned by many, and like most students, mine was a high school newspaper adviser who recognized promising talent and had the ability to spark creativity and inspiration in their students.
#SJW11: Extra! Extra! Read All About It: My girlfriend can draw
I went to high school in Alaska (fun fact: I graduated the same year as Sarah Palin, whose high school was about a half-hour away). And no, it wasn’t a one-room building lit by seal oil in the bare, frozen tundra; it was a modern, well-funded, well-equipped school of about 1,600.But as I often tell 
the many young journalists I speak to each year, about the only thing I can remember about what was called the student “newspaper” at my high school — in reality, just a bunch of stapled 8 ½ x 11” pages — was that it once published my girlfriend’s drawings (along with a really cute photo of her). Other hot topics included a photo collage of students’ cars, a story about the French Club fashion show, a quiz about college mascots, essays/poems about being the best you could be, an interview with the school receptionist about, well, being a school receptionist — and maybe some 3- or 4-week-old sports scores.In other words, it could hardly have been more irrelevant to my life and that of my classmates.
Towson Univ. student paper disappears from racks
Thousandsof copies of the Towerlight, TowsonUniversity’s student newspaper, disappeared from the racks in what the staffbelieves to be a case of newspaper theft.