JEA Scholastic Press Rights Commission Blog

August 31, 2010

Lots of cut­ting edge, provoca­tive and just plain use­ful con­ver­sa­tions on this blog. The top­ics range from thsoe focused mainly on press law and ethics to the state of scholas­tic jour­nal­ism across the nation. You will want to fol­low this blog, and encour­age your stu­dents to do... Read more »

SPLC site gets new, improved look

August 26, 2010

You may not have seen the fol­low­ing, first sent to the JEA list­serv on Aug. 26, but you def­i­nitely want to check out the Stu­dent Press Law Center’s improved site. And encour­age your stu­dents to book­mark this site themselves! Friends, We hope that you will take a few min­utes —... Read more »

Can we share editorial policies?

August 26, 2010

An adviser sent out the fol­low­ing through the CHSPA list­serv as the new school year began: “We are finally going to cre­ate a writ­ten pol­icy for our year­book. I am par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in how other year­books deal with the death of a stu­dent or staff mem­ber. Any­one will­ing... Read more »

Workshops

August 21, 2010

This page is designed to help advis­ers, prin­ci­pals and stu­dents find the best options for train­ing and inspi­ra­tion out­side the nor­mal school day. CHSPA does not rou­tinely endorse par­tic­u­lar work­shops, but the orga­ni­za­tion rec­og­nizes their impor­tance in keep­ing... Read more »

Constitution Day is September 17

August 17, 2010

We are about a month out from a cel­e­bra­tion of the United States Con­sti­tu­tion, signed on Sept. 17, 1787. Media advis­ers can work with obvi­ous allies, like social stud­ies instruc­tors, to help raise aware­ness among stu­dents of the impor­tance of this doc­u­ment. For all sorts... Read more »

Broadcast Sweepstakes

August 15, 2010

Video Media Sweepstakes

August 15, 2010

You can down­load a PDF of the win­ners in the 2009-10 Video Media Sweep­stakes com­pe­ti­tion here. These awards were announced for the first time at the Oct. 14, 2010 J-Day, the state jour­nal­ism con­fer­ence, at CSU. Some of the win­ning clips will be included on the Sweep­stakes DVD,... Read more »

Newspaper Sweepstakes

August 15, 2010

Under Construction

August 15, 2010

New Executive Director

August 14, 2010

Jack Kennedy, for­merly pub­li­ca­tions adviser at Rock Canyon HS, took over as direc­tor on July 1, 2010. For­mer direc­tor Clarissa Crozier is now enjoy­ing a bit more time in her sec­ond retire­ment, though we are lucky to have her con­tin­u­ing on the CHSPA Board as chair of the Ben­son... Read more »