This volume includes four sections of the 2020 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; (3) Philosophy; and (4) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy…

Describes a teenage journalist's visit to the Newseum in Washington, DC, the world's only interactive museum dedicated to news. Describes visiting the Interactive Newsroom, the huge News Globe, the News History Gallery, and the Broadcast Studio. Describes also a brief visit to Freedom Park and the Newseum Education Center. Notes the enthusiasm of…

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)

Surveys the life of the journalist in Washington, DC. (JL)

Discusses the selection process for rewarding the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism. Shares Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Franklin's observations about writing competitions for students and professionals. (SR)

Describes the characteristics that make the "North Star," yearbook of the Northside High School in Roanoke (Virginia), an exemplary production. (KS)

Describes summer journalism workshops for high school students in 18 states.

Describes the characteristics that make "Lance," the yearbook from Richmond Heights, Ohio, an exemplary publication. (KS)

Notes that most journalism advisors get their publications critiqued by state and national organizations. Discusses questions advisors may have about the results of these critiques, notes what to do if advisors disagree, and discusses the judges. (SR)

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,…

Describes the author's visit to and involvement with the Center for Independent Journalism in Bucharest, Romania, and the Center's work with high school students and Roma students. Notes that 16 student journalists were inducted into their chapter of Quill and Scroll, the first in Eastern Europe. (SR)

Presents a way of using coupons to help sell products for yearbook advertisers and to increase both advertising in yearbooks by businesses and the sale of yearbooks to students. (MB)