Recalls the accomplishments of Sister Ann Christine Heintz, an educator who devoted her career to identifying the best and brightest young minority people, and encouraging them to get involved in journalism. (MS)

Describes the recent formation, program of study, and benefits of the Foellinger Foundation Minority Scholarships at Indiana University, a program for minority students seeking degrees in journalism. Notes that this scholarship program addresses the lack of minority representation in newsrooms, an underlying problem in professional journalism.…

Shows that U.S. high school journalism teachers are more satisfied with their teaching jobs than are high school teachers of other areas, despite tendencies toward having more responsibilities at school, lack of formal journalistic education, a longer work week, and lower annual incomes. (SR)

Four research questions are posed to explore the job satisfaction of high school journalism educators. A national random sample of 669 respondents shows that journalism educators are generally satisfied with their jobs--more so than teachers in other disciplines. Multiple regression analysis using Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory as a…

Discusses the legacy of the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier case and its implications for school publications advisers. Discusses whether censorship is wrong-headed pedagogy for journalism educators teaching the importance and use of free expression in a democracy. Discusses the problem of pedagogy, academic freedom, and expression vs. authority. (SR)

Through a review of literature, this paper notes that journalism has been fulfilling several elements considered crucial in the language arts program for many years, more richly and more understandably for students than many traditional English composition courses and other writing classes. In view of this, and in light of the many educational…

A study investigated media-related activities in U.S. secondary schools. A seven-page survey was completed by 834 high school personnel from around the country. Topics addressed included the extent and type of media outlets and classes; journalism credit; recruitment of students; participation by students from multicultural backgrounds; and the…

To prepare a profile of Quill and Scroll's newspaper and newsmagazine judges, questionnaires were sent to all 57 judges involved in the 1982 competition. Analysis of the 39 responses indicated that the typical judge (1) is female and has judged for two or more years, (2) has taught high school for five or more years, (3) holds certification to…

Eighty schools that were members of the Iowa High School Press Association responded to a questionnaire about the school newspaper's financial status in light of public school budget cuts. The collected data indicated that nearly half of the respondent schools published newspapers at no cost and in cooperation with a community newspaper. Sixty…

Shows that high school students who took a specialized high school course in intensive journalistic writing passed the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination at higher rates (from 1991 to 1997) than did test-takers who took AP English Composition courses as a preparation for the exam. (SR)

Even though the high school publications adviser in the Hazelwood East High School Supreme Court case of 1983 was named as a petitioner with school officials, some litigation and much research indicates that advisers have often encountered administrators in an adversarial role. Because "Hazelwood" ruled that the school newspaper is part…

Describes a survey of college freshmen on how to improve high school language arts instruction. Reports that students favored (1) placing greater emphasis on basic writing skills and language use; (2) developing and encouraging various writing styles; and (3) assigning much writing. Notes that students rated high school journalism courses as…

Describes a pilot program in Alaska (in six remote rural schools from highly diversified regions) that attempted to train high school teachers to teach journalism as they established classes to produce school newspapers as a unit in an English class. (SR)

Shows that journalism students who have taken a special intensive journalistic writing course pass Advanced Placement English and Composition exams more often than other students, including those who have taken AP English writing courses. Describes workshops for high school journalism and English teachers offered each summer by the Dow Jones…

Presents results of a survey that suggests that high school journalism courses help students gain language arts skills better than required or elective English courses. (JC)