This article describes a lesson in which students will examine several views expressed by the founders to understand the context for including freedom of the press in the First Amendment. Students will be asked to think about the role that the news media and the need to be an informed citizen continue to play in our democracy. Students will…

Educational institutions across America face growing pressure to accommodate the religious practices of Muslim students. One of the biggest hot spots in this respect may seem unlikely--the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in America's heartland. In Minnesota, controversies about religious accommodations have arisen at a number of public…

History has placed the stamp of approval on the publication of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret history of the Vietnam War. If WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is another Daniel Ellsberg, then it is possible the website's disclosures will be viewed over time as similarly in the public interest. A classroom discussion on the release of…

This paper discusses a Lawsuit filed against Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and the legal settlement between the defendant and the plaintiff. The fund, a nonprofit organization affiliated with Dow Jones & Company had been operating more than 20 programs for minority high-school students to pursue careers in newspaper journalism. The organization…

This record of proceedings presents papers and abstracts of papers from the newspaper, law, and history divisions of the Southeast Colloquium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The two papers in the history division are: "Southern Editors Say 'No' to 'Lo the Poor Indian'" (Kenneth Rystrom); and…

In response to an award by the American Society of Journalism School Administrators for William O. Douglas' service in defense of freedom of information, the author spoke of Douglas' legal philosophy at the award ceremony. (RL)

Students learn about libel laws through role playing in journalism classes. (RB)

The 1925 Scopes trial and H. L. Mencken's published opinions about it provides an excellent example for both scholar and student alike to study issues of free speech, justice, publicity, public relations, and cutting journalistic writing. "Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was a Mencken extravaganza; he gave the trial its derisive name and…

Lists and annotates 40 articles dealing with press law and public relations. (GT)

Analyzes lower court decisions citing the 1990 United States Supreme Court "Milkovich" decision to illustrate that earlier Supreme Court decisions continue to provide constitutional protection for most newspaper articles, editorial commentary, and other forms of opinionated speech. Shows that most libel cases involving opinion since…

Lists and annotates more than 200 articles, grouped according to topic. Topics include audience and communicator analysis, broadcasting, courts and law, criticism and defense of media, editorial policy and methods, journalism education, and international topics. (GW)

Lists and annotates more than 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, broadcasting, courts and law, education for journalism, international, management, public relations, and visual communications. (GT)

Lists and annotates more than 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, broadcasting, courts and law, criticism and defense of media, journalism education, history and biography, foreign countries, public relations, and technology. (GW)

Lists and annotates nearly 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, audience and communicator analysis, broadcasting, courts and law, criticism and defense of media, journalism education, government and media, history and biography, foreign countries, management, public relations, and women and…

Reprints the complete text of the January 13, 1988 United States Supreme Court decision on Hazelwood School District versus Kuhlmeier, which concerns educators' editorial control over the content of a high school newspaper produced as part of a school's journalism curriculum. (MS)