Hard News Notes

It has to be plus or minus 600 words
2 pages long double-spaced
LEAD - Summarize the story in the first two sentences
starts with important information and then least information last
When, Where, Who, Why, What, and How
Keep it clean and cluttered and not explicit.
Anything not time-sensative
Got the lead and other information and we are the ones we are writing down the facts.
Here's what happened and here's how it happened.
Start with easy questions and end with hard questions
record the interview and discover the body language
don't be afraid to re-write it.

Broadcast Journalism Law / Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Freedom Of Speech
Freedom Of Press
Freedom Of Petition
Freedom Of Religion
Freedom of Assembly

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
Student speech can not be censored
as long as it does not materially disrupt
class work or involve substantial disorder
or invasion of the rights of others.
Tinker vs. Des Moines School District (1969)
Black Armbands in 1965.
1st case to be in favor of students.

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
Because school officals have an interest

in teaching students the boundaries of

socially appropiate behavior, they can

censor student speech that is vulgar or

indecent, even if it does not cause a

material or substantial disruption.

Bethel School District vs. Fraser (1986)

Inappropiate speech for class president

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Censorship of school-sponsored student

expression is permissible when school

officials can show that it is "reasonably

related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."

Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier (1988)

Censor stories in student newspaper

about teen pregnancy and divorce.

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
January 2002, Olympic torch travels

through town. Principal Morse cancels school.

Senior Frederick unveils banner on the

sidewalk across street which reads

"Bong Hits 4 Jesus"

Suspended for 10 days.

6. What is the definition of Libel?
Legal terms for false statements of
fact about a person that are printed,
broadcast, spoken or otherwise
communicated to others. Libel is
written and slander is spoken. A
defamatory statement. Published
to at least one other person and
this is a false statement of "fact".
Hurt someone's reputation and
it's not true.

Journalism Notes

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
speech, religion, press,assemble, petition
2. What is the Tinker Standard?
student speecg cannot be cesnsored as long as it does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial disorder or invation of the rights of others.
(first court case infavor of students)
3. What is the Frasier Standard?
beacuse school officials have an "intrest in teachin students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior" "they can censor students speech that is vulgaror indecent, even it it does not cause a "material or substantial disruption"
4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
censorship of school- sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that is "resonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns"
5. What is the Frederick Standard?
"bong hits 4 jesus"
If you are in a school authorized field trip you are still under the schools jurisdiction.
6. What is the definition of libel?
false statements of fact about a person that are printed, broadcast or otherwise communicated to others.
-hurts someones reputation
-published
-false