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🎉 It’s Student Press Freedom Day!! 🎉
Today is a national day of action when student journalists in the United States raise awareness of the challenges they face, celebrate their contributions to
Networking with other journalism programs
It’s Scholastic Journalism Week! Follow along here on the site or subscribe to our email list for our answers to JEA’s discussion question of the
How to manage the portrait section of the yearbook
We are officially “in the thick of it” which means deadlines are whooshing past us so fast that it’s easy to feel like you’ve gotten
Everything you need to know about your student publications
When you become a journalism adviser, it can be overwhelming to jump in and realize all the little details you need to know in order
Getting to really KNOW your students
As you begin your year, focus on those relationships in your classroom. Yearbook and newspaper classes are the ultimate group project, and, let’s be honest, kids don’t know how to effectively do a group project. Heck, most adults don’t either.
Journalism Bootcamp
Journalism Bootcamp It can be helpful to start the year off with a few weeks of bootcamp as training for new staff and a refresher
First Week Back
If I could bottle the energy needed to fuel the first day of school, I would sell it in bulk at Costco and make millions.
Yearbook & Newspaper Staff Manual
The following documents are included in the staff manual, given to each staff member on the first day of school. I also include rubrics and
POPs (Parents of Publications)
The journalism department usually isn’t “big” enough on campus to justify having a formal booster club. But press staff kids spend a LOT of time
Newsroom Rules & Etiquette
In the beginning of each school year, I have my kiddo’s take basic rules and create their own set based on what guidelines they think
Press Staff Survey
One of the first things I think journalism advisers need to master is creating systems to keep track of kiddos. Once the staff in announced
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