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…

This paper examines the high school media education textbook that Marshall McLuhan and coauthors published in 1977. "The City as Classroom" textbook provides an articulation of the practical implications of McLuhan's media theories. I offer an explication of this approach and its significance for contemporary media education, while…

In recent years, the media literacy education movement has developed to help individuals of all ages acquire the competencies necessary to fully participate in the modern world of media convergence. Yet media literacy education is not practiced uniformly at all educational levels. This study used a survey to compare the extent to which students…

The significance of media literacy pedagogy in American public schools is crucial in helping teenagers comprehend the visual media world in which they live. The world is currently a place where our youth are inundated with visual messages that must be received, interpreted and critically analyzed. The dilemma is not so much in the reception of the…

Outlines nine techniques to use in recruiting students for journalism programs. (GT)

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)

Recommends a newspaper approach to organizing a feature and opinions section in student magazines. Offers suggestions for feature areas. (HTH)

Describes what it is like to be a press photographer assigned to the White House. (JL)

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

Describes several ways to solicit humorous contributions for the high school literary magazine. (SR)

Offers six suggestions to help make student published literary magazines appealing to a broad student audience. (HTH)

Notes that the planning of an effective entertainment page in a school newspaper must begin by establishing its purpose. Examines all the elements that contribute to the makeup of a good entertainment page. (RL)

Discusses six factors to consider when getting onto a computer network: (1) evaluate each situation; (2) contact each network; (3) develop a financial plan; (4) investigate the school's phone system; (5) get other advisers' opinions; and (6) plan how the network will be used. (MS)

Discusses two presentations on ethics at the 1994 Journalism Education Association meeting. (RS)

Argues that anniversary yearbooks offer unique opportunities for schools to cover major anniversaries of their publications, their schools, and their communities. Offers numerous examples from around the country of different ways high school anniversary yearbooks have done just that. (SR)