SPRING 2011
Adviser Update
Page 7A
‘It’s worth fighting for’
Illinois adviser’s situation not unique, unfortunately
By STAN ZOLLER
arrisburg, Ill., is the kind of
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place Mark Twain could have
written about.
Stan Zoller, MJE,
teaches English and journalism at
Rolling Meadows (Ill.) HS where he
also advises The Pacer, the school’s
award winning newspaper. A 2010
Dow Jones News Fund Special
Recognition Adviser, Zoller is a
Fellow of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors. He is a member
of the Journalism Education Association’s Multicultural commission,
and also serves as vice president of
the Board of Directors of the Illinois
Journalism Education Association,
and the Kettle Moraine Press Association. Prior to becoming an educator, Zoller worked in the media
and in media relations for nearly
20 years. He can be reached at
[email protected].
See FIGHTING on page 10A
“Autocratic officials shun authentic collaboration in scholastic journalism because they want
to control the content of student news media. Censorship is the purp