Suicide is an important issue facing students on college campuses. Student journalists face unique challenges covering suicide, including ethical considerations related to headline wording, text descriptions, and sourcing. Health advocates, news outlets, and professional journalism organizations partnered to develop guidelines for responsible…

The article documents the process by which four independent high school students from the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and the faculty adviser of their school newspaper, "The Weekly" (a monthly), produced a daylong journalism symposium designed to promote and explore democratic education, student leadership, and professional…

While the scale of the environmental problems facing the planet mean that effective environmental journalism is now more important than ever, the environmental beat can be extremely challenging for journalists. One way to address this is by providing specialized training for future journalists. This study involves an investigation of the extent to…

In the history of US news media, partisanship, class, race, and gender biases have always infused the press and that coverage has often been shaped behind closed doors by those with the greatest power. People of color have been systematically excluded from the press, both in general society and on college campuses. However over the past several…

The author describes two 9th grade experiences that began his transformation from a lackadaisical student into a motivated learner. In the first incident, a word of advice from a teacher made him aware that his actions mattered. In the second, his engagement in writing a story for the school newspaper taught him the power of discovering new…

Presents a guide to help prepare secondary education journalism teachers create opportunities for greater minority involvement in scholastic journalism. (SR)

Looks at current conditions inhibiting the growth and sustenance of quality journalism programs in inner-city areas. Examines some practical steps journalism advisers in these schools can take to better advance the talents and desires of their students. (RS)

Describes the "Daily Pinion" at McKinley High School in Honolulu, one of only a few high school daily newspapers in the United States. (SR)

Presents advice on how to compile a staff manual for use by high school newspaper and yearbook staffs. (RS)

Reports on an analysis of more than 200 high school newspapers which showed that only nine papers included humor on a regular basis. Uses excerpts from those nine newspapers to illustrate how humor can be used. (FL)

Intended to provide a comprehensive conceptual framework to serve as a scaffold for past, present, and future research on "scholastic journalism" (journalism in the secondary school), a topical content analysis of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Secondary Education Division research, teaching,…

Proposes using the community surrounding a school as a source of story ideas. (FL)

Suggests ways to apply some contemporary business ideas to school publications, regarding advertisers, sources, and distribution. (SR)

Describes how the student press across the United States responded to the Gulf war with a barrage of stories ranging from tearjerkers about alumni who died to editorials condemning anti-Arab sentiment. (SR)

In response to a resolution adopted by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) which requested a study of both the strengths and problems of scholastic journalism, this report analyzes various aspects of and specific programs in high school journalism, affirming the importance of journalism in secondary education. Summaries of adviser hearings…