Pennsylvania School Press Association

The Internet has been both a boon and a curse to journalists and news media. In many ways, the Internet provides student journalists a chance to extend and deepen their stories. However, as with all tools, it is important to learn how to use it in a safe, legal, and ethical manner.

Whenever a student newspaper makes the jump to an online publication, a few common questions tend to accompany that jump:

• Can student journalists use images they find online to accompany their articles?
• How can student journalists adapt existing stories that they find online?
• Where do you draw the line when promoting your story online (e.g. social networking)?
• Can other media outlets use a story published on our blog for their own purposes?

To help educators and students find answers to these new questions in the world of Journalism 2.0, the folks over at Creative Commons have developed a tool to actively engage student journalists and their advisers in these issues. If you’re struggling with questions like these in our increasingly connected world, check out Student Journalism 2.0.

Do you have a glog?  If you like to publish online, there are many new ways to do so.  One very fun site, www.glogster.com, gives you the tools to make your own glog (electronic poster) and publish it online.  See the one below for ideas of your own.  What a great way to create the ultimate school project or just state your views.

http://rachelxwaxman.glogster.com/Gandhi-D/