1. Journalists can handle and want what above all other things?
Review for test one
Journalists can handle and want what above all other things?

2. TRUTH! Go to the primary source Go to secondary sources
Obtain background information
Check for accuracy
Give people a Right to Reply
Rake some muck if necessary
Accuracy and impartiality = believability

3. First newspaper in colonies?

4. Publick Occurrences Shut down after a day
Not because the editors spelled Publick wrong.
Town leaders and government officials did not like what they have to say.

5. Remember Zenger?
1735
Zenger was found innocent and it was that one verdict that paved the way for a free and independent press in America.
For the first time it was considered proper for the press to question and criticize the government.

6. First Amendment to the Constitution
What protects us now from being shut down?
First Amendment guarantees freedom of :
speech
religion
assembly
petition
the press
As a school paper, can we print whatever we want
because of the First Amendment?

7. Nope. Here is why:
Tinker decision around 1969 said students and staff have a “fundamental right” which the state must respect. Kids do not lose free speech rights when they enter school.
Prior restraint (censorship) of student journalists considered illegal unless material was libelous, obscene, invasion of privacy, or materially and substantially disruptive in school.
BUT-----In the 1980s, Hazelwood decision concluded school officials do not have to tolerate free speech if it is inconsistent with the educational mission. So, we cannot print whatever we want.

8. Bottom line: Ethics must govern student journalists.
Yes, the school newspaper is generally a forum theory- a place where ideas are exchanged.
School officials, as the law is written, have the right to censor us.
So, our goal is make sure that our ethics do not give officials any reason to censor us.

9. Yellow Journalism unethical, irresponsible journalism that emphasizes:
Hoaxes
sensational headlines
Frauds
self-promotion

10. Muckraking
To search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.

11. Libel
When a newspaper prints false and malicious information that defames someone
Slander
A false spoken statement damaging
to a person's reputation.

12. Which of the following is not a function of the media?
sentry function
agenda setting function
marketplace function
public criticism function
economic function
political function
record keeping function
social function

13. fair neutral, reporting
Plagiarism
The practice of passing
off someone else’s work
as your own.

14. Right of Reply Right of Reply
If you print criticism of someone, that person should be allowed to respond in the same story
Right of Reply

15. Fair Comment
Defends a film, music, or theater critic against charges of libel as long as the critic simply presents opinions and does not write falsehoods

17. Privileged Statements
on the floor of the U.S. Senate
In a court of law
Report it!

18. en loco parentis
School administration takes over the role of the parent and acts on the student’s best interest NOT an official document… just an understanding

19. What is the difference between:
Forum theory
Privileged statement
Fair comment
What is the difference between:
Yellow journalism versus muckraking

20. Associated Press is an example of:
Wire service?
Partisan press?
Google site?
Tribune holding company?
What does that mean?