Examines the distinction between private and public schools as a key factor in determining whether or not student journalists are entitled to the full protection of the First Amendment. (MB)

Describes a feature writing course at the University of Texas which concentrates on Hispanic themes and issues by assigning students to cover the Latino community in Austin, Texas. Notes that the course not only teaches students to examine unfamiliar locations, but also introduces them to the newsworthiness of minority populations. (MM)

Describes an exercise in which journalism students were given living journalists to research and write about. (FL)

Describes a journalism writing assignment in which students compile a specialized style manual with computer and business terms. (HTH)

Explains an editorial policy for a high school newspaper that requires using the editor of the local professional newspaper as publications chair. (DF)

Recognizes the opportunity for journalism departments to develop and institute courses for scholastic journalism teachers and to develop guidelines for the student press based on the most recent research. (CRH)

Describes the advantages of working with students in a boarding school on newspaper production in staff selection, preliminary dummy layout, distribution, and staff training. (CRH)

Describes a program at the University of Iowa called the Mass Communication Laboratory Sequence that offers students the opportunity to develop their abilities as professional communicators who can identify, research, and analyze problems that need communication strategies and media products for solutions. (HOD)

Experienced school reporters know plenty about standards. The struggle to set standards that define what students should know and be able to do at various stages of their education has been at the heart of school reform since the late 1980s. So if journalists are going to understand the value of standards, it will be those covering schools. It is…

Noting that more people write for The Associated Press (AP) than for any single newspaper in the world and that its style defines clear writing, this book presents more than 5000 entries that present AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, with extra sections about reporting business and sports. The book, considered essential for…

This report based on "Seminar on Reporting from the Elementary School Classroom" begins with a session on the controversies surrounding issues of access and the public's right to know. The panelists were a school superintendent, a teacher, a former school board member, and a school district public affairs officer. The seminar audience was…

Offers suggestions for teaching journalism students media law, ethical standards in journalism, creative interviewing, writing leads for stories, and world reporting. (HOD)

Faculty can be helpful by providing commentaries to newspaper op-ed pages, but such a public relations program requires consistency, tact, good internal communications, thoughtfulness, and marketing skills. (MSE)

Contributors offer six teaching tips concerning (1) news writing, (2) editing, (3) laboratory time utilization, (4) legal responsibility, (5) telephone interviews, and (6) investigative reporting. (HOD)

The use of computers at the news bureau at East Texas State University is described. With over 100 terminals all over the campus, some departments write their own press releases and send them to the news bureau electronically for editing and release. Stories can then be directly sent to wire services. (MLW)