Sleep study a dream story for high school papers
September 29, 2011
Filed under Hot off the Presses
A new study on sleep deprivation is big news for high school students and a big story opportunity for high school journalists. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that nearly 70 percent of high schoolers don’t get enough shuteye on school nights. And when they don’t, they’re... Read more »
Growing 1st Amendment support among social media-savvy students
September 20, 2011
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A new survey of more than 12,000 high school students and 900 teachers shows improving support for First Amendment rights, a connection between use of social media and appreciation for the First Amendment, and limited teacher support for free expression by students. The national survey – the fourth... Read more »
Spotlight on Reynolds Institute
September 19, 2011
Filed under Top Stories
Sofia Denise Marie Close is a 25-year teaching veteran in her fourth year at Middle College High School, an award-winning campus within a campus at Contra Costa Community College in San Pablo. Her students have launched Panthers Present, a web-based news site for the campus. Here, she recounts her experience... Read more »
Honest journalism begets a better democracy
September 19, 2011
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By Sofia Denise Marie Close, Middle College High School, San Pablo Social responsibility clearly comes to the forefront in the conversation regarding how we as a society engage in communication through media and the practice of democracy. Time moves on and so human habits and our dependency on tools... Read more »
Confused about going online? Here’s a road map.
September 1, 2011
Filed under Tip of the Week
Are you itching to move your journalism program into the 21st century? Has your print budget evaporated, leaving you wondering how you’ll deliver the news even if you can’t deliver a paper? It’s time to go online. Don’t panic. It’s not that hard. Plenty have others have... Read more »
For student journalists, the first clear look at school dropout rates
August 17, 2011
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The state Department of Education has handed high school journalists a golden opportunity to do innovative reporting that hits home with students, teachers, administrators and parents alike. For perhaps the first time, the state has accurate figures on graduation and dropout rates at the school, district,... Read more »
An offer for teachers at a price that can’t be beat
August 17, 2011
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Could you use journalism curriculum from dozens of experienced advisers? How about gigabytes worth? And free. Just email Steve O’Donoghue at the California Scholastic Journalism Initiative. Put “free curriculum” in the subject line and your name, school, and email address in the body. In return,... Read more »
New report measures improvement of UC-Berkeley, other J-schools
August 15, 2011
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A new report measures the success of a $6 million foundation campaign to improve journalism programs at six universities, including UC-Berkeley and the University of Southern California. The report is an outgrowth of a report six years earlier by the Carnegie Corporation and Knight Foundation that posed... Read more »
Scholastic journalism — challenged but undaunted
August 15, 2011
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By Steve O’Donoghue, Director California Scholastic Journalism Initiative Somewhere on the way to improving education in America, we threw out the baby with the bathwater. For near two centuries the United States embraced a liberal education model that valued art, music, drama, literature, thought... Read more »
Student journalist, accused of trespassing, ordered to write essay
May 13, 2011
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A UC-Berkeley videographer arrested while covering a campus protest two years ago has been ordered to produce a five-page essay describing how the university can improve its policies for dealing with student journalists. Josh Wolf, who served seven months in federal prison in 2007 for refusing to reveal... Read more »
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