Although the First Amendment does not guarantee student press within public schools, it does help affirm the value of such opportunities to student communities. Private schools do not enjoy such constitutional support, but may have a more powerful tool closer to home: their own school mission statements. This study coded nearly 500 private K-12…

Although the lack of diversity in newsrooms and reporting remains a serious issue in the journalism industry, college journalism education and student media provide a critical opportunity for change. Yet prior research has found notable diversity gaps in both. This study analyzed the state of diversity at a Midwestern university student newspaper…

This research advances communities of practice (CoPs) theory by documenting a role distinct to CoPs within student newsrooms. Using a survey (N = 127) of college student media advisers, the data support a liminal role in which advisers are simultaneously inside and outside the CoP. This study also develops and verifies scales for each of the four…

This study explores a Capstone course's pedagogical process and considers both the challenges and triumphs that emerge from experiential learning within a news desert region. The research employs micro-ethnographic methods to analyze the learning outcomes gleaned by both students and instructors of one magazine publishing Capstone course over the…

Scholastic journalism plays an important role in future professional journalism. Due to journalism's place in a functioning democracy, journalism education is also tied to a democracy's success. Many U.S. states have cut budgets severely for public education, which heavily affects subjects such as journalism. Researchers interviewed 14 scholastic…

This case study documents a large, 4-year university magazine's transition to virtual instruction during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using theoretical frameworks from Kuh's work on high impact practices (HIPs), this analysis offers empirical evidence that virtual student newsrooms may provide impactful learning experiences during…

An examination of five leading advertising journals over seventeen years revealed that the number of graduate student "authors" increased over time. However, there was no increase in the total number of "articles" with graduate student authors. More than 70 percent of graduate students who authored or co-authored the published…

Digital publications now provide immersive interactive experiences for users of tablets and other mobile media devices. The ever-changing technology challenges educators to adapt curricula to better prepare students for an uncertain future. This article chronicles the creation of award-winning "OR Magazine" at University of Oregon, which…

Investigates how performance of campus newspapers is perceived and the type of communications education available to student staff of those papers. Finds that 68% of the schools that levied some form of sanction against their campus newspapers offered little or no journalism education. Discusses types of sanctions levied and type of education at…

Synthesizes views of the student press and information about successful political strategy to propose a model for passing state legislation for providing some form of statutory protection for student expression in school-sponsored publications. (SR)

Surveys members of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication involved in scholastic journalism education to discover what they think are the responsibilities of high school newspaper advisers and where they lie along the "Hazelwood" continuum. Finds that the majority of respondents consider advisers as having the…

Considers, after surveying advisers and business managers at college/university student dailies, the extent to which these campus newspapers are instructionally independent or dependent of a university, both individually and collectively. Finds 12 dailies to be strongly independent of university control, one firmly curriculum-based, and 89 a mix…

Surveys public high school journalism advisors regarding the Arkansas Student Publications Act (1995). Finds that more than one-quarter of respondents were unaware that their school districts were required to have a written student publications policy, and nearly 50% were unaware that they were supposed to be involved in the policy creation…

Provides an overview of the First Amendment status of college print media, and then discusses the degree to which student-controlled electronic media outlets warrant comparable expressive rights. (SR)

Examines (in a national survey) administrators' perceptions of treatment by student reporters and how the respondents' views as sources differ. Discusses what journalism teachers, students newspaper advisers, and interested administrators might learn from these findings. Finds that the more often administrators served as sources, the higher was…