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| Visit this site for tips on how to teach the First Amendment in your classroom. http://www.teachfirstamendment.org/ |
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| ASNE - Scholastic journalism site for teen journalists, teachers, guidance counselors, and the editors of professional newspapers. Where to go to start a newspaper. www.highschooljournalism.org |
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| SPLC - Provides legal advice and information and low-cost educational materials for student journalists on various legal topics. www.splc.org |
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| RTNDF - The High School Electronic Journalism Project seeks to identify, inspire, train and challenge the next generation of diverse electronic journalists and First Amendment advocates. http://www.rtndf.org/ |
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| Channel One Network is the pre-eminent news and public affairs content provider to teens. Channel One's mission is to spark debate and discussion among teens, and also discussion between young people and their parents and educators, on the important issues affecting young people in America. http://www.channelone.com |
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| '07 survey shows Americans' views mixed on basic freedoms: nearly two-thirds say founders intended ‘Christian nation’; support rises for limits on campaign contributions. http://www.fac.org |
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| Key Finding 2: Today more students support First Amendment protections for news media. And students are more likely than two years ago to favor the right of high school students to report in their own newspapers without school officials’ approval. Forty-one percent now say the press in America has about the right amount of freedom, a 4-point jump from 2004. Meanwhile, just 30 percent say the press has too much freedom, a drop of two percentage points from the last survey. “Overall, do you think the press in America has too much freedom to do what it wants, too little freedom to do what it wants, or is the amount of freedom the press has about right?” Student respondents only
In 2006, sixty-four percent of students favored the right of high school students to report in their own newspapers without school officials’ approval, up from 58 percent two years ago. Meanwhile, this year 54 percent say all newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval, up slightly from the 51 percent who said so in 2004.
“Please check if you strongly agree, mildly agree, mildly disagree, or strongly disagree… "High School Students should be allowed to report controversial issues in their student newspapers without the approval of school authorities"
"Newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of a story"
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