Adviser Update Summer 2014

24A sUMMEr 2014 NEwS FUND ADvISER UPDATE n who are we? The Dow Jones News Fund, a nonprofit foundation supported by the Dow Jones Foundation and other newspaper companies, encourages young people to consider journalism careers. n Adviser Update’s mission Adviser Update, a newsletter published by the Dow Jones News Fund for high school journalism teachers and publications advisers, is a free quarterly serving the inexperienced as well as the veteran. It will be the seminal free resource for these educators, a clearinghouse of practical, topical information. n Contacting the News Fund Mail: P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] n News Fund staff Linda Shockley, deputy director Diane Cohn, director of finance n Contacting Adviser Update Please address all news items to George Taylor, Adviser Update editor. Mail: 200 North Lehigh St., Tamaqua, PA 18252 Phone: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2014 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. When s g o d h c t a w T H I S S T R U C K f https://www.Newsfund.org ancy Inside Editorial Leadership Neshaminy students challenge tradition Page 2A our heel Prior review high schools breeding new generation of fearful journalists Successful alumni E ver see the State Farm commercial in which a young woman believes everything on the Internet is true, including that her dumpy date is a French model? That’s Mariel Booth, a model and actress living in Los Angeles who went to Northern HS in Calvert County, Maryland. This spread is one in a series created for the school’s 40th anniversary that looked at successful alumni in different careers. Aside from Booth, students contacted alumni in law enforcement, fire departments, the military and other professions to look at the impact Northern grads have had on their world. Gary Clites, adviser The Patriot Press Northern HS, Owings, Md. [email protected] By tracy Marcello I n 1988, an article about divorce and teenage pregnancy was censored from The Spectrum student newspaper at Hazelwood East HS in St. Louis, Mo. Twenty-five years later, student journalists still wonder: will my story be next? Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier stunted the freedom of young reporters by giving school principals the ability to review and restrain articles printed in school-sponsored publications. Though articles must meet one of five criteria to be subject to censorship (they can’t be libelous, for instance), some principals choose to review all content prior to publication. “I get angry about Hazelwood to this day,” First Amendment Center President and CEO Ken Paulson said. “I wish I could turn back the clock.” And while many principals exercise their right to review articles, most do not understand the implications of their actions. “Young people who don’t have the right to freedom of the press don’t embark on their careers with robust appreciation [for their freedom],” Paulson said. Today, a generation of reporters will graduate high school without ever having practiced their right to free speech and press, creating a pool of applicants ill-prepared for careers in journalism. Freedom critical Joseph Russomanno is an associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Since his transition from the newsroom to the classroom in 1994, Russomanno has taught his students that the First Amendment is a critical component of good journalism. “If you are teaching high school students how to be journalists, lesson one is the free nature of it,” he said. See WATCHDOG on page 2A Empowering students By Starr SackStein Page 20A T H E S E S T R U C K f our ancy Editorial Leadership By Jack kennedy Pages 1B-8B black n Update George Taylor, editor Kathleen Zwiebel, design Mary Kay Davis and Elsa Kerschner, production Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Princeton, NJ Permit No. 411 Dow Jones News Fund P.O. 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Original articles should be between 400 and 600 words in length and on topics of importance or interest to Update’s targeted audience. Articles can be sent to George Taylor via e-mail (word, RTF or text file). Color photos (high resolution jpegs) or PDF graphics are welcome. Authors must include a paragraph biography and a color mug shot. Copy and graphics can also be sent to the editor on CDs. writers are paid based on the depth of the article, accompanying artwork and placement in the publication. Please address all news items to: George Taylor, Adviser Update editor. Mail: 200 North Lehigh St., Tamaqua, PA 18252 Phone: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Adviser Update is published by the Dow Jones News Fund and is provided free of charge. To be placed on the mailing list, to request information about DJNF or to correct this label, contact: AdvisEr UPdAtE