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Conversations at the Schoolhouse Gate

by JEA's Scholastic Press Rights Commission

Student journalism matters. This New Voices podcast is a resource provided by JEA's Scholastic Press Rights Committee (jeasprc.org) to keep advisers and scholastic journalism staffs informed about the campaign and issues related to student press rights coast to coast.

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Episodes

  1. S3E3 -Students Celebrate Press Freedom #SJW2023

    Episode Notes To celebrate the end of Scholastic Journalism Week 2023 and to affirm the importance of Bold Journalism and Brave Advocacy, Diana Day rounded up former and current Editors in Chief and others from her own school and asked them to explain what student press rights mean to them Find…

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  2. S3E2 -What is Student Press Freedom Day?

    Episode Notes In honor of the fifth annual Student Press Freedom Day, Diana Day interviews Student Press Law Center digital strategist Danielle Dieterich about the origins of this celebration of student press freedom. Dieterich explains how the day evolved from its humble origins on the back of…

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  3. S3E1 -Quick Tips: Getting public records through FOIA requests

    Episode Notes In this quick tip episode, learn how to access public records impacting your school community through FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests. Data your school district keeps for its own information or to report out to the state or federal government is an important resource for...

  4. S2E4 -F- Cheer: What the Mahanoy v BL ruling means for students' First Amendment rights

    Episode Notes In this episode, we look at the Mahanoy v BL case which the Supreme Court ruled on in June. It focuses on student rights of free expression using social media off campus. The very limited decision, siding with the student raised as many questions as it answered. Tripp Robbins...

  5. S2E3 -A Cheerleader, the F-Bomb and Student Expression

    Episode Notes In this episode, we look at a case now at the Supreme Court centered on a high school sophomore, her Snapchat post - and four uses of the F-bomb. The implications for student free expression and free press are troubling. Tripp Robbins interviews law professor and First Amendment...

  6. S2E2 -Editorial Boards: A Layer of Protection for Student Voices

    Episode Notes In this episode, we look at the protections an editorial board offers student journalists. Diana Day speaks with her co-adviser Debra Galler, Editor-in-Chief Sam Bitman, and Terry Bitman, longtime journalist, journalism professor, and Sam's grandfather, to discuss the establishment…

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  7. S2E1 -Student Media and Political Endorsements: Pros and Cons

    Episode Notes In the first installment of our second season, this election-season episode looks at the pros and cons of political endorsements. It considers the potential benefits and drawbacks of a student publication wading into political discourse. Can a publication recommend a candidate and...

  8. S1E10 -Don't get disqualified: JOY and copyright infringement

    Episode Notes JOY Committee Chair Rebecca Pollard says it breaks her heart when she has to disqualify an otherwise great portfolio because of copyright infringement. This episode provides a brief overview of the JEA's Journalist of the Year scholarship competition and provides concrete strategies...

  9. S1E9 -Photojournalism during school crisis

    Episode Notes In this episode, Menlo School adviser Tripp Robbins asks student journalists what they would do during a rumor-filled crisis at school and then interviews students at Palo Alto High School in California who actually dealt with one. The students and their adviser, Paul Kandell, talk...

  10. S1E8 -A second chance at New Voices in Virginia

    Episode Notes Harrisonburg High School journalism adviser Emilee Hussack interviews fellow Virginian adviser Tiffany Kopcak about the second campaign to try to pass New Voices legislation in Virginia. Kopcak offers suggestions for students wanting to contact their own delegates or begin their own...

  11. S1E7 -Hate speech as free speech — some thoughts for student media

    After giving some background about the the term "hate speech" and its legal status, Menlo School journalism adviser Tripp Robbins interviews Student Press Law Center lawyer Mike Hiestand about hate speech, the First Amendment and student media. While offensive speech is protected by the First...

  12. S1E6 -Real benefits without review and restraint

    Episode Notes After defining the terms "prior review," "prior restraint" and "self-censorship," Archer School for Girls journalism adviser Kristin Taylor interviews Archer's Upper School Director Gretchen Warner and student editor-in-chief Anna Brodsky about the relationship between this private...

  13. S1E5 -50 Years of Tinker with Mark Goodman

    Episode 5 - 50 Years of Tinker with Mark Goodman This episode celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines decision. Kent State University Knight Chair Mark Goodman explains the importance of the Tinker case and high school students share what Tinker means to them. Check out the...

  14. S1E4 -SPLC 101 with Hadar Harris

    Episode 4 - SPLC 101 with Hadar Harris The Student Press Law Center is an invaluable resource for student journalists and advisers nationwide. In this first of a series of conversations with SPLC Executive Director Hadar Harris, we explore the mission and work of the SPLC and learn about their...

  15. S1E3 -New Voices in Washington with Kathy Schrier

    Episode 3 - Kathy Schrier - NV Washington It was a long fight, but it was worth it: on March 21, 2018, Governor Jay Inslee, surrounded by two dozen student journalists and advisers, signed Washington's New Voices bill into law. One of the members of the Washington coalition was Kathy Schrier,...

  16. S1E2 -New Voices with Steve Listopad

    Episode 2 - New Voices with Steve Listopad In this first chapter of a multi-episode primer on New Voices, we talk with Steve Listopad, now of Henderson State University, about the beginnings of New Voices. We start where it did - in North Dakota, back in 2013. Contact the Scholastic Press Rights...

  17. S1E1 -Neha Madhira

    Episode 1 - Neha Madhira In this first episode of "Conversations...," we talk with senior editor-in-chief Neha Madhira of Prosper High School (Texas), who faced censorship and prior review from her principal last year as an editor with Eagle Nation Online. Now an advocate for New Voices Texas...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Student journalism matters. This New Voices podcast is a resource provided by JEA's Scholastic Press Rights Committee (jeasprc.org) to keep advisers and scholastic journalism staffs informed about the campaign and issues related to student press rights coast to coast.

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Student journalism matters. This New Voices podcast is a resource provided by JEA's Scholastic Press Rights Committee (jeasprc.org) to keep advisers and scholastic journalism staffs informed about the campaign and issues related to student press rights coast to coast.

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