JEA: Journalism Education Association

JEA: Journalism Education Association
 

JEA/NSPA Spring National Scholastic
Journalism Convention
Oregon Convention Center, Portland
April 10-13, 2003

 

Students work on selecting and cropping photos as well as writing captions as part of the photo editing competition in Friday's Write-Off competitions. Results from the Write-Off competitions will be posted on the Web Sunday morning during the awards ceremony. Photo by Bradley Wilson.
Evan Chan and Terri Liu, both juniors at Schurr High School in Montebello, Calif., look through books at the JEA bookstore to find new fonts to use in their school newspaper. Photo by Kelly Glasscock
Julie Dodd asks for a show of hands during the designing with Dreamweaver session. Fonts, tables, and pictures were a few of the subjects covered. Photo by John Bowen
At a recption honoring past president H.L. Hall, president Ann Visser tells the audience of Hall's influence on her career in scholastic journalism. Photo by John Bowen
Student Media Law
Presented by Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Legal and Ethical Issues
April 11, 2003

The following are the key points made during Goodman’s Friday presentation, and are in note form. If any clarification is needed, contact Mark at SPLC.

What’s happening now relating to student media?
More cases are currently going to court than in the last 15 to 20 years. This seems to be on the rise as more school administrations are cracking down on student press than ever before.

Important court case decided in April 2003:
Fed Appeals Court 7th Circuit – Governors State College, Illinois. An administrator insisted on prior to review, and told the printer not to allow the paper to go to press unless administrators had reviewed it first. The students went to the court and the court said that administrators can not censor student-run publications. The court stated that Hazelwood does not apply to college publications. Protection was affirmed for college publications. The First Amendment still has some vitality in public schools despite Hazelwood.
Legally, schools can engage in prior review, unless there are specific laws prohibiting review. California is one state where there are laws allowing for free student speech.

The Dade County Fla. school board has a policy that prohibits administrators from conducting prior review.

Across the nation there are growing threats to advisers for their support of free student speech. Advisers are being told that their jobs are on the line. An adviser was told that she would be fired if she heard any students talking about illicit sex or drug use without reporting it to administrators. No other teacher was given this ultimatum.

If student publications use school facilities, then there is implicit control.

Positive and interesting developments:
Case: Wooster High School in Ohio
A group of students were caught drinking at a publication party off school property. One member of the party was the daughter of a school board member. The penalty she received was not as great as the others. The paper covered the story and the administration censored it.
Preliminary ruling: The paper had a clear policy as public forum with a history of students having control over content, thus a higher level of protection. The judge said, “The publication is a forum.” The case is in early stages and will go forward.
Case: Utica High School in Michigan.
Community members had sued the school because bus fumes had caused a health threat. The school paper wrote about it. The administration censored the paper. Clearly censorship was wrong, and this is upheld legally.

It is important for student publications to have clear policies in place.

Limited public forum
People have the right to express themselves, but are limited to designated group of people—limited to students who are in the class.

School policy should be explicit – first and foremost. This can be enough to establish public forum.

Publish the phrase “This is a forum for student expression. Students make the editorial decisions regarding content.”

The clearer the policies are, the less likely there will be conflicts.

Schools that don’t censor will be protected from legal liability. Administrators should understand this.

“Principals Guide to Scholastic Journalism” published by Quill and Scroll is a good resource for advisers.

Private schools are not public agencies so The First Amendment does not traditionally apply. Private schools can adopt policies that provide free expression.

State of California has a law protecting private schools from being punished for free expression. The Leonard Law in California applies.

FERPA excuse in a California school for confiscation of student survey about sex.
Cannot prevent distribution of survey as long as it is being done by students and not by any school officials.

Student questions about individual cases.
Title Nine requires equal opportunities between male and female in schools. First Amendment trumps Title Nine.

Cases involving independent student publications – leaflets, websites, underground newspapers.
Can schools punish students? No. School can’t punish for private expression. No legal grounds.

Cases going to court
Student expression that is religious in nature. Schools are censoring, but courts are saying that religious expression is just as protected as non-religious expression.

As long as school officials aren’t making the content decisions, then students can write about religious topics.

Access to public records. Each of the 50 states have open records laws. Even private schools have to provide copy of annual tax return. Schools can be fined $1000 a day for withholding this information. Students have the right to access records that aren’t private information.

Carl Towley Award Ceremony

Rob Melton, Benson High School, Portland Ore., delivers a speech after receiving the Carl Towley Award, JEA's highest award. In his speech, Melton said "It's not enough to want something, you have to make it happen." Photo by Bradley Wilson
David Lveck of Overland Park, Kan. celebrates "Bingo" at the keynote address Thursday. Photo by Matt Stamey.
Tim Harrower: His main points: (1) Speed it up; (2) Ditch the long-winded prose; (3) People are interested in more than negative, sad stories; (4) Give people useful information that is helpful to them; (5) Don't get in a rut with design; and (6) Be more clever, take chances, have fun. Photo by Matt Stamey.
Mark Murray demonstrates Photoshop techniques during Thursday's pre-conference workshop. Students learned everything from cleaning up images to proper toning to creating montages. Photo by Matt Stamey.
Laudan Rowhanian, senior at Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas looks back at the other people on her maestro team Thursday morning at the elephant exhibit of the Oregon Zoo. As part of the Maestro Project, students spent part of the day gathering stories and taking photographs. In the maestro class, students learn to be reader advocates, to find the best way to give information to their readers. Amy DeVault and Clif Palmberg taught the class. Photo by Clif Palmberg.

Jason Lambert sets up lights for the Channel One Network exhibit in the ballroom. 3,481 people pre-registered for the convention.
Photo by Kelly Glassock.

 

Keynote Speech from Tim Harrower
by Alicia Parsons, Pleasant Valley High School, Chico, Calif.

When your adviser says keynote speaker, a list of adjectives and conclusions are immediately drawn from your head- intriguing not being one of them. Tim Harrower, on the other hand, proved student journalists wrong.

"He was funny. Of all the JEA conferences I've been to, he was the best one yet and the bingo was a nice touch," said Julie Clark, senior from Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif.

Instead of the traditional droning, Harrower created a game of bingo using key phrases from his presentation. With an audience of over 2000, Harrower took the edgier approach that all in all seemed to be his key.
This illustration by James Morgan of Mt. Whitney High School (Visalia, Calif.) received a superior in computer infographics.
This editorial cartoon by Conner Meigs of Central High School (Omaha, Neb.) received an excellent.
This photo by Raquel Cervantes of Thomas Downey High School (Modesto, Calif.) received a superior in color yearbook photography.

WRITE-OFF CONTESTS

Portland, Oregon • April 11, 2003

1601 entrants
520 winners (32%) in 48 contests
91 superiors (18%)
176 excellents (34%)
254 honorable mentions (49%)

NEWSWRITING
Superior
Traci Carlson (Century High School, OR)
Superior Jennifer Case (El Segundo High School, CA)
Superior Andrea Chang (Cupertino High School, CA)
Superior Matt Cooper (Mount Whitney High School, CA)
Superior Dan Moe (Charles Wright Academy, WA)
Superior Leigh Pogue (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
Excellent Evan Boyd (Community High School, MI)
Excellent Paul Chaon (Great Falls High School, MT)
Excellent Elizabeth Clendenin (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
Excellent JJ Cooper (Corona Del Sol High School, AZ)
Excellent Linn Davis (Milwaukie High School, OR)
Excellent Kate Farrell (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
Excellent Bridget Freiler (Pottsville Area High School, PA)
Excellent Sarah Friedman (Sir Francis Drake High School, CA)
Excellent David Hansen (Spanaway Lake High School, WA)
Excellent Will Harman (Blair High School, NE)
Excellent Joe Hinson (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
Excellent Erin Jensen (Bishop Kelly High School, ID)
Excellent John Kolano (Puyallup High School, WA)
Excellent Terri Liu (Schurr High School, CA)
Excellent Drew Parker (West High School, IA)
Excellent Jamie Rodriguez (Irvin High School, TX)
Excellent Cameron Sanchez (Junction City High School, OR)
Excellent Kelsey Schleusener (Fort Collins High School, CO)
Excellent Helen Sim (McLean High School, VA)
Excellent Dianne Smith (Shawnee Mission East High School, KS)
Excellent Kaylee Sorensen (Mountain Ridge High School, AZ)
Excellent Martha Truax (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
Excellent Betsy Walls (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
Excellent Caitlin Weber (Woodcreek High School, CA)
Excellent Jake Wiederrich (Gresham High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Callie Ashby (Allen High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Inci Atrek (Homestead High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Alicia Barney (Newport High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Anjum Bohkari (CE Utt Middle School, CA)
Honorable Mention Matt Cannella (Gilbert High School, AZ)
Honorable Mention Amanda Currier (Cienega High School, AZ)
Honorable Mention Grady DeBruin (Montrose High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Laura Diesing (Central High School, NE)
Honorable Mention Jamie Dillion (Gig Harbor High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Ellen Dobie (Bakersfield High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Meghan Graham (Washington High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Amy Heald (Centennial High School, ID)
Honorable Mention Mark Heisser (Tehachapi High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Drew Murphy (Centennial High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Preeti Piplani (Los Altos High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Aruna Prabhala (Monta Vista High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Janel Ruehl (Sherwood High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Ian Spangenberg (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
Honorable Mention Casey Thomas (Wenatchee High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Melissa Vanderbeek (Rigby High School, ID)
Honorable Mention Mandy Weiss (North Central High School, IN)
Honorable Mention Jessica Wohlander (Mount Carmel High School, CA)
EDITORIAL WRITING Superior Brandon Adams (Oak Harbor High School, WA)
Superior Nathan Edmunds (JW North High School, CA)
Superior Steven Fiala (Gresham High School, OR)
Excellent Darcy Bender (San Diequito Academy, CA)
Excellent Anne Marie Croft (Iowa City High School, IA)
Excellent Mansi Desai (Cupertino High School, CA)
Excellent Keren Eichen (Newport High School, WA)
Excellent Elizabeth Gray (Lincoln High School, OR)
Excellent Meredith Hauber (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, KS)
Excellent Allan Madrid (Schurr High School, CA)
Excellent Erik Pinkston (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
Excellent Chris Potter (La Grande High School, OR)
Excellent Anjan Prabhuswamy (Mount Carmel High School, CA)
Excellent Jessica Reimer (Judge Memorial Catholic High School, UT)
Excellent Mike Zeeck (Charles Wright Academy, WA)
Honorable Mention Jimmy Anacker (Great Falls High School, MT)
Honorable Mention Gabe Gao (West High School, IA)
Honorable Mention Michelle Geslewitz (New Trier High School, IL)
Honorable Mention Leah Hazard (Bakersfield High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Alexander Henson (Notre Dame High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Jay Jahnsen (W F West High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Edwin Kaplan (Taft High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Nathan Knife (Centennial High School, ID)
Honorable Mention Michael Levin-Gesundheit (Los Altos High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Rachael Marks (Rex Putnam High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Cat Nguyen (Woodcreek High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Dustin Pangonis (Mountain Home High School, ID)
Honorable Mention Brent Peterson (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Karen Schwerin (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
Honorable Mention Vasanth Sridharan (Lynbrook High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Brandon Stine (Fort Collins High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Maylynn Tam (Monta Vista High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Emily Taow (Idaho Falls High School, ID)
Honorable Mention Nichole Tyrey (Central High School, NE)
Honorable Mention Matt Wend (Mount Vernon High School, WA)
   
FEATURE WRITING Superior Ani Bendorf (Iowa City High School, IA)
Superior Jenna Eckenrode (Corona Del Sol High School, AZ)
Superior Kelly Gilbert (Monta Vista High School, CA)
Superior Caitlin Schoenfelder (La Grande High School, OR)
Excellent Blair Hopkins (Ellensburg High School, WA)
Excellent Lisa Horner (Bismark Century High School, ND)
Excellent Victoria Loustalot (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
Excellent Stephanie Mathieu (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
Excellent Robin Perenchio (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Carol Anderson (Locust Grove High School, OK)
Honorable Mention Amy Ball (Woodcreek High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Liane Behrens (Kentwood High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Kirsten Brock (Elmira High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Milodie Butsch (Silverton High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Beverly Clemente (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
Honorable Mention Bridget Devlin (McLean High School, VA)
Honorable Mention Megan Dodge (Blue Valley Northwest High School, KS)
Honorable Mention Nicole Doorly (Grant High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Amy Hool (Glenbard North High School, IL)
Honorable Mention Marcus Lawrence (Puyallup High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Dana Moran (Ferndale High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Norr Santz (Schurr High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Kelly Tomlinson (Etiwanda High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Carol Yang (Peninsula High School, WA)
   
SPORTS WRITING Superior Kyle Odegard (Gilbert High School, AZ)
Superior Chris Stevenson (Ellensburg High School, WA)
Excellent Graham Beckwith (Notre Dame High School, CA)
Excellent Dan Beekman (Garfield High School, WA)
Excellent Jason Brummond (Iowa City High School, IA)
Excellent Joe House (Kickapoo High School, MO)
Excellent Jud Ketvirtis (Puyallup High School, WA)
Excellent Larry Obias (Narbonne High School, CA)
Excellent Andy Palmer (Palo Alto High School, CA)
Excellent Vinh Trang (Monta Vista High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Joanna Ames (Grant High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Luke Andrews (Silverton High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Ed Barket (Pottsville Area High School, PA)
Honorable Mention Chris Bernal (Grand Junction High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Tyler Boulden (North Central High School, IN)
Honorable Mention Joe Cady (North Marion High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Tom Ellison (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
Honorable Mention Joshua Elmer (Burges High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Bryce Hoffman (Los Altos High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Nathan Ivie (Newport High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Chris Johnson (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
Honorable Mention Justin Karp (Cupertino High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Christine Kimura (Schurr High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Dieter Laskowski (Peninsula High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Vinnie Lopes (Allen High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Rachel Manuel (Sacred Hearts Academy, HI)
Honorable Mention Jake McClaskey (Albert Lea High School, MN)
Honorable Mention Kimberlina McKinney (Centennial High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Erick Olson (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Daniel Olson (Timberline High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Casey Pikla (Fort Collins High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Justin Ptacnik (Blair High School, NE)
Honorable Mention Mark Sandritter (Oak Harbor High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Matt Schreiner (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Brian Seibel (Sunnyslope High School, AZ)
Honorable Mention Steve Sibson (Mountlake Terrace High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Keith Simovic (Gresham High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Ty Smith (Montrose High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Charley Tauer (St Thomas High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Amelia Veneziano (Richland High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Jim Zadick (Great Falls High School, MT)
   
REVIEW WRITING Superior Robby Alwin (Ellensburg High School, WA)
Superior Tony Andrules (Libertyville High School, IL)
Superior Kristen Barta (Palo Alto High School, CA)
Superior Marisa Beahm (Rocky Mountain High School, CO)
Superior Brianne Burrowes (Polson High School, MT)
Superior Derrick Clements (Bear Creek High School, CA)
Excellent Adriana Campos (JW North High School, CA)
Excellent Kat Farley (McQueen High School, NV)
Excellent Keegan Hamilton (W F West High School, WA)
Excellent Annah Inocente (Narbonne High School, CA)
Excellent Nick Lundholm (Community High School, MI)
Excellent Tanja Tlusty (North Marion High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Theresa Deocales (Notre Dame High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Jenny Douthett (Centennial High School, CA)
Honorable Mention David Edwards (Garfield High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Anthony Greer (Washington High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Nicole Irvin (Gov J R Rogers High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Vincent Leber (Abraham Lincoln High School, IA)
Honorable Mention Florence Lui (Cupertino High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Lauren Miller (Mesa High School, AZ)
Honorable Mention Alex Mo (Los Altos High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Lindsey Mullens (Sherwood High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Shawn Query (Puyallup High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Ian Rios (Bakersfield High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Eric Seguy (Camarillo High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Tracy Zhang (Lynbrook High School, CA)
   
EDITORIAL CARTOONING Superior Ted Lee (Newport High School, WA)
Superior Susanna Negrete (San Gabriel High School, CA)
Superior Eric Schwab (Sir Francis Drake High School, CA)
Excellent Brandon Anderson (Sandia High School, NM)
Excellent Jason Bach (Gresham High School, OR)
Excellent Luke Donovan (Glenbard North High School, IL)
Excellent Tony Kim (Gov J R Rogers High School, WA)
Excellent Connor Meigs (Central High School, NE)
Excellent Jimmy Purcell (Etiwanda High School, CA)
Excellent Amy Silver (Fort Collins High School, CO)
Excellent Michael Walienfels (Richland High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Amy Endicott (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
Honorable Mention Erin Hudson (Wenatchee High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Nick Katagiri (Lincoln High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Barbara Leon (Taft High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Joanna Metoki (Schurr High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Jamison Murphy (Centennial High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Lai Xu (Westview High School, CA)
   
RADIO NEWS Superior Cory Kalanick (Great Falls High School, MT)
Excellent Patrick O'Keefe (Allen High School, TX)
Excellent John Strong (Lake Oswego High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Janelle Eastridge (Bakersfield High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Monica Miranda (El Segundo High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Rashmi Sridhara (Monta Vista High School, CA)
   
COPY EDITING/HEADLINE/CAPTION WRITING Superior Sarah Ciurej (Blair High School, NE)
Superior Megan Gage (Sacramento Country Day School, CA)
Superior Alison Takemura (Schurr High School, CA)
Excellent Megan Nyburg (Junction City High School, OR)
Honorable Mention Jen Caldwell (Timberline High School,
Honorable Mention Valerie Castellano (Horizon High School,
Honorable Mention Philip Edmundson (St Thomas High
Honorable Mention Kristie Geist (Mount Carmel High School,
Honorable Mention Tony Helmbolt (Auburn Riverside High
Honorable Mention Martin Hogan (Ellensburg High School,
Honorable Mention Nicole Huber (Thomas Downey High
Honorable Mention Christina Johnson (Wenatchee High
Honorable Mention Albert Wang (Los Altos High School, CA)
   
NEWSPAPER LAYOUT Superior Natalie Judah (Timberline High School, WA)
Superior Sylvia Masuda (Narbonne High School, CA)
Superior Bonnie Streft (Horizon High School, AZ)
Superior Evyn Williams (Newport High School, WA)
Excellent Alex Abnos (Shawnee Mission East High School, KS)
Excellent Kimber Holt (Granite Bay High School, CA)
Excellent Matthew Iriondo (Centennial High School, ID)
Excellent Corissa Krueger (Stillwater Area High School, MN)
Excellent Michael Preysman (Homestead High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Evan Chan (Schurr High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Katie Duncan (Bakersfield High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Cesar Sarabia (Coronado High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Will Sullivan (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, KS)
Honorable Mention Mark Taggart (Cody High School, WY)
   
NEWSMAGAZINE LAYOUT Excellent Gary Clark (Timberline High School, WA)
Excellent Karalee Sargent (Auburn Riverside High School, WA)
Honorable Mention Katie Fink (Fort Collins High School, CO)
Honorable Mention Matt Franks (Torrey Pines High School, CA)
Honorable Mention Meryl Sines (Coronado High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Cynthia Trejo (Irvin High School, TX)
Honorable Mention Vanessa Wires (Great Falls High School, MT)
Honorable Mention Lala Wu (Garfield High School, WA)
   
ADVERTISING Superior Nate Campen (Gig Harbor High School, WA)