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Design
- Can Design Save the Newspaper? From TED: Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.
- Literary Magazine Creation Blog What goes into it development and production? Helpful discussion on past experiences and ideas to further the lit mag genre.
- NewsPageDesigner Work is NewsPageDesigner’s new home at the Society for News Design’s SND.org. This site is for all visual journalists to post their portfolios and share ideas. All forms of visual journalism are welcome: newspaper and magazine design, interactive and inf
- World's Best-Designed Newspapers In its 30th annual “The Best of Newspaper Design™ Creative Competition,” the Society for News Design has named four newspapers from Europe and one from Mexico as “World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™.”
Journalism Education
- Journalism Education Association JEA offers national convention opportunities as well as critique services.
- Texas Association of Journalism Educators Site chocked full of journalism information built specifically for journalism educators.
- The Online NewsHour The Student Voices section is the best.
Journalism Information
- High School Journalism.org The go-to scholastic journalism site on the Web for students, their teachers/advisers, guidance counselors and professional journalists.
- Literary Magazine Creation Blog What goes into it development and production? Helpful discussion on past experiences and ideas to further the lit mag genre.
- PSPA on Facebook Check out PSPA’s home on Facebook.
- Student Television Network STN offers opportunities for both teachers and students to share ideas, ask questions and network with individuals who face the same challenges throughout the school year. STN offers support for school programs, online discussions, quarterly newsletters
- The Newseum “Visitors will come away with a better understanding of news and the important role it plays in all of our lives,” said Newseum Executive Director and Senior Vice President Joe Urschel. “The new Newseum is educational, inspirational and a whole lot of fun
- The Poynter Institute The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.
- Tools for News Journalists need new tools to work online. I started building this online database of such tools as a personal project, just a way to keep track of everything I was using. It has since grown into something I think others will find useful.
Law and Ethics
- J Ideas J-IDEAS was developed at Ball State University to develop and encourage excellence in high school journalism through on-site activities, tailored programs, distance learning and digital activities and scholarship. They seek to foster First Amendment and c
- JEA's Position on Prior Review The position on Prior Review of the Journalism Education Association
- Liability for Student Media A big reason why a district might NOT want to begin Prior Review – the administration becomes as liable as the staff.
- NSPA's Position on Prior Review/Restraint It’s time to set the record straight. Prior review vs. prior restraint. The practices are related, but the terms are not interchangeable. Both can be loosely grouped together under the broad category of censorship. Both hinder the existence of a free and
- Student Press Law Center A fantastic (and FREE!) source of legal information for school journalism advisers and staff.
Member Media
- Charisma – Big Spring High School Art and literary magazine at Big Spring High School
Miscellaneous
- The Red and White – Bloomsburg High School The online edition of our print magazine that includes unique content.
Professional Organizations
- Journalism Education Association JEA offers national convention opportunities as well as critique services.
- MY HSJ (newspaper hosting) Excellent host site for your online publication. Almost as good for searching for story ideas and regional topics. World-wide membership.
- National Scholastic Press Association NSPA partners with JEA for two national conventions a year. They also offer critiques and competition for Pacemaker status.
- Student Television Network STN offers opportunities for both teachers and students to share ideas, ask questions and network with individuals who face the same challenges throughout the school year. STN offers support for school programs, online discussions, quarterly newsletters
- The Newseum “Visitors will come away with a better understanding of news and the important role it plays in all of our lives,” said Newseum Executive Director and Senior Vice President Joe Urschel. “The new Newseum is educational, inspirational and a whole lot of fun
- The Poynter Institute The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.
Technology
- 40 Useful Adobe Illustration 3D Tutorials and Techniques Illustrator is often overlooked in scholastic publications and design. Too bad – it is a powerful graphic tool. Here is an excellent selection of tutorials for every occasion.
- AlternativeTo From the site: AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, we mak
- Joomla Joomla is another choice of software to run your newspaper’s online presence. Like WordPress, it can be installed on your school’s own servers for safety reasons. Free!
- MY HSJ (newspaper hosting) Excellent host site for your online publication. Almost as good for searching for story ideas and regional topics. World-wide membership.
- Tools for News Journalists need new tools to work online. I started building this online database of such tools as a personal project, just a way to keep track of everything I was using. It has since grown into something I think others will find useful.
- WordPress WordPress (the software running this very site!) is an excellent choice of software to run your newspaper’s online presence. Free!
