By Frank LoMonte, Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center Forty years ago, the Supreme Court reaffirmed in the Tinker case that students are “persons” entitled to the protection of the First Amendment, and that they do not “shed their rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” What John Tinker, [...]
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Do students have the right to turn down a drug and alcohol urine or swab test while they are on school property or at a school function or event? It seems that there are many different views and opinions on this, but what is the correct answer? Many questions are left unanswered: Why the need [...]
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This article talks about a girl who sent nude photos to her boyfriend through her camera phone. After the couple broke up, her boyfriend sent these photos around the school, mortifying the girl. As a result, the girl ended up committing suicide, unable to cope with the taunting. Sending photos of this nature [...]
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I am writing a profile story about a student at Central who was born with a heart condition. Her condition makes it difficult to get around the school to her classes and she regularly has to visit the school nurse. I’m not sure which angle to use with my story though. I could solely focus [...]
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Aaron and Hilary Anderson, a couple from Colorado, recently used a special procedure to examine the genes of their child Ava Anderson, who is only 13 months old. Using the procedure, the parents were able to look at the future athletic potential of Ava, and discovered that she is built to become a “power athlete [...]
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http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html I found this site useful because it can give you and gave me good cold hard facts. The site has alot of interesting facts about the american people, population, huosing, business, governement, and maps. This is a trusted site because it is put out by the governemen and is updated often. The United States [...]
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http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Students/Students.cfm?id=17 I found this web site extremey useful. For kids who are condisering studying journalism more than just what they’re doing in high school, it gives you a list of colleges that offer communications (journalism) programs and tells you whether its an accredited program. For those who aren’t quite sure what that is, it tells [...]
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Q. I know that your story should have an angle. But my question is: Can your story start with one angle and then transition to another angle that is similar to the one that you started out with? Twitter This Usuario: Password:
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This was very interesting to me. Photojournalism is a form of journalism shown through pictures in order to create a story. It is very interesting and if you like photography you would be very well interested in this. For a resource website and list of schools that offer Photojournalism programs you can click here to be taken [...]
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Yesterday, Valerie Streit from CNN wrote a story about how the recession is squeezing recycling programs. In Atlanta, Georgia people are putting out their recycling to be picked up and it is not getting picked up. Citizens are being forced to house their recycling in their garages and/or driving it themselves to the recycling [...]
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