• Congratulations Oregon Student Journalist of the Year Runner-up -- Drew McLaughlin/ Sandy High!

  • Congratulations Oregon Student Journalist of the Year -- Spencer Hurbis/Marshfield High!

NW PERSPECTIVE

Thank you for participating in Fall Press Day at UO

Thank you for participating in Fall Press Day at UO

Dr. Karla D. Kennedy, Executive Director

I want to personally thank all of you for your participation in the Fall Press Day Write‐Offs and Best of Show contests. The judges really enjoyed reading and evaluating all of your hard work. Special thanks goes out to Kate Moore, Nerissa Ediza, and Rob Melton for organizing this event. Northwest Scholastic Press is extremely proud of all of your accomplishments and look forward to working with you this school year. Thanks again for all of your continued support! Dr. Karla D. Kennedy

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Oregon Student Free Expression Law

Know the Oregon law, reprinted below in full

Oregon Student Free Expression Law (Public Secondary Schools)Citation: Ore. Rev. Stat. sec. 336.477 (2007) July 1, 2007 Summary: In addition to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, states can provide additional free speech protection their own citizens by enacting state laws or regulations. The Oregon Student Free Expression Law is such a provision and provides student journalists attending Oregon public high schools with added protection against administrative censorship. (Ore. Rev. Stat. sec. 351.649 provides similar protection to the state's public college and university student media.) AN ACT Relating to student journalists; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the Legislative Assembly finds that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental principles in our democratic society granted to every citizen of the nation by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and to every resident of this state by section 8, Article I of the Oregon... read story

October 26, 2012 • Comments Off

Recent Oregon Student Free Expression Law Stories

WEB

Why we highly recommend School Newspapers Online for scholastic journalism programs

Why we highly recommend School Newspapers Online for scholastic journalism programs

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

We've been using School Newspapers Online here at NW Scholastic Press for over a year now. Started by a journalism teacher and a software trainer and project manager/product manager, they've anticipated almost everything you will need, making it easy to get started and easy to quickly develop a strong, journalistic presence for your school. Why does it work so well for school journalism programs? Here's why. Launched in the summer of 2008 by Jason Wallestad and Tom Hutchinson, School Newspapers Online is a company based in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. They focus entirely on the needs of scholastic news publications looking to create or enhance their presence on the Internet. Jason has been... read story

June 25, 2012 • Comments Off

BIOGRAPHIES

Charles T. Duncan taught journalists to be tough, fair

Charles T. Duncan taught journalists to be tough, fair

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

To call Charles Duncan's 55 years of work simply a career does not speak to the insight and humor with which he approached it. For Duncan, the practice of journalism and the education of future journalists was a life's work—one that included working as a newspaper reporter, an author and columnist, a journalism professor and as dean at University of Oregon and University of Colorado at Boulder. As a student of his writing class from 1974-76, I can attest to his demanding standards and love of... read story

October 30, 2012 • Comments Off

Ellen Kersey is welcome addition to Oregon journalism community, mentoring new journalism teachers and advising college publications staffs

Ellen Kersey is welcome addition to Oregon journalism community, mentoring new journalism teachers and advising college publications staffs

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

New Oregon journalism advisers have been fortunate to work with JEA Mentor Ellen Kersey, CJE. She was a journalism teacher at Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California, before retiring from teaching public high school and moving with her husband Earl, a retired Baptist pastor, to the Salem area to be near her grandchildren. While in California, she served as JEA’s Southwest Regional Director and served on the JEA Board of Directors. She won JEA’s Medal of Merit Award in 2000. As... read story

October 11, 2012 • Comments Off

Dorothy Hallaian was early leader and dynamo among Oregon journalism advisers

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

Dorothy Hallaian was a leader in the scholastic journalism movement in Oregon. Born in Montana in 1922, she lived briefly in California  before moving to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1954 with her husband and children. Sometime after 1964 she moved with her family to St. Helens where she taught photography and English and advised the Lions Roar newspaper at St. Helens Senior High School from 1969-1984, when she retired. Hallaian earned a master’s degree from the University of Oregon School of... read story

October 10, 2012 • Comments Off

Journalism teacher Sue Barr led powerhouse publications program at South Eugene H.S., generously shared teaching materials with others

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

Legendary publications adviser Sue Barr taught at South Eugene H.S. in Eugene, Oregon from 1980 until she retired in 2001. Barr was considered one of the top high school journalism teachers in the United States. The  publications she advised, The Axe newspaper and Eugenean yearbook, were two of the most sought-after examples of publication excellence by other high schools, consistently winning both newspaper and yearbook Pacemakers, Gold Crowns and Silver Crowns year after year. In fact,... read story

October 8, 2012 • Comments Off

Catherine Hampton learned first-hand about the newspaper business and built one of the state’s great journalism programs

Marshfield High School is proud to have the 2006 Oregon High School Journalism Teacher of the Year—Catherine Hampton—on its staff. Hampton, a 1991 MHS graduate, has been an English teacher at Marshfield since 1998 and became advisor to the school’s student newspaper, The Ma-Hi Times, in 2002. With no prior experience teaching journalism, Hampton consulted veteran advisors throughout Oregon and created her own curriculum. She wanted her students to create every facet of a high... read story

June 6, 2012 • Comments Off

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SCHOLARSHIPS

2012 Alice Sheetz Oregon High School Journalist Of the Year scholarship winners announced

March 21, 2012 | Olivia Moore, a senior at Lakeridge High School, was named the 2012 Oregon High School Journalist of the Year. Moore is now a candidate for the National High School Journalist of the Year sponsored by the Journalism Education Association. The winner of the national award will be named at Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle, Wash. on April 15, 2012. Moore submitted a binder that included samples of her work, an application, an essay, a transcript, and multiple letters of recommendation. Moore serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Content of The Newspacer, the Lakeridge student newspaper.... read story

August 1, 2012 • Comments Off

Fall Press Day

If you attended Fall Press Day 2012 at UO, take our short survey to help us improve next year’s event

If you attended Fall Press Day 2012 at UO, take our short survey to help us improve next year’s event

If you attended NWSP's Fall Press Day 2012, please take this short survey and tell us about your experience. Northwest Scholastic Press will use this information to evaluate and improve next year's Fall Press Day. Click on the link to start the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V2938X8

November 1, 2012 • Comments Off

Best Of Show Awards given to outstanding student media at Fall Press Day 2012

Awards were given to this year's outstanding Oregon student media. the 27th annual Best of Show competition at Fall Press Day sponsored by Northwest Scholastic Press. This year's judging was conducted by UO students majoring in journalism in the School of Journalism and Communication. Judges were impressed by the attention to detail in writing and editing, design and layout, and photography. A... read story

October 30, 2012 • Comments Off

Fall Press Day Program now available online as PDF, use twitter hashtag #fpd12 during conference

Fall Press Day Program now available online as PDF, use twitter hashtag #fpd12 during conference

The time is already here and we are ready for Fall Press Day. You can download a PDF of the Fall Press Day Program here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/110939388/Fpd-Program . Delegates will receive a printed program for each registered student tomorrow morning.  Please remind your students to sign up for the tours at www.facebook.com/events/477730358925432/. During the day, you can use our twitter... read story

October 23, 2012 • Comments Off

STORIFY

JEA teachers share ideas for Sports Literature class

Rob Melton, Contributing Editor

Recently, retired Michigan journalism teacher Gloria Olman asked members of the JEA Listserv for ideas for a sports literature class a friend of hers will teach next year. As usual, teachers responded with a variety of ideas, some of which could easily be adapted into a sports writing unit. Recently, retired Michigan journalism teacher Gloria Olman asked members of the JEA Listserv for ideas for a sports literature class a friend of hers will teach next year. As usual, teachers responded with a variety of ideas, some of which could easily be adapted into a sports writing unit. http://storify.com/robmelt/jea-teachers-share-ideas-for-sports-literature-cla  

July 3, 2012 • Comments Off

MEMBERSHIP

Get together with advisers who live or work near you and start a conversation

Aaron Manfull, the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Teacher of the Year for 2011, speaking to advisers at a luncheon at the national journalism convention, challenged high school advisers to strengthen journalism programs through sharing, in just 26 ... days, weeks, hours or minutes at a time. With that, he launched his new website, http://thenext26.com/. In a letter to members posted on the JEA listserv (You're a JEA member and not on the listserv? Contact cbowen@kent.edu) Aaron wrote the following: "Over the weekend I launched thenext26.com. The idea behind it is to issue challenges to scholastic journalism advisers with a two-fold goal: Get advisers who reside near one another to engage in a conversation. Help scholastic... read story

November 21, 2011 • Comments Off

PODCAST

Podcasting students share their tips

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One of the best ways to drive readers to your website is to include multimedia -- video and audio that changes regularly and provides information or entertainment. Podcasting uses the same skills radio DJs have been using for years, and it's a simple yet effective way to provide interesting stories or commentary. To get started, check out these tips from podcasting students who share their tips with the BBC about how to get started.   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/6320117.stm

Best of Show Podcast from South Salem HS

Lily Gordon produced the Best of Show winner in the 5A podcast category. Her podcast, "Social media success story," surveys school alumni social media posts. To listen to Lily's podcast CLICK HERE.