J-Ideas announces fund-raising campaign
Warren Watson, director, announced today the creation of an annual fund-raising campaign to support J-Ideas, Ball State’s scholastic journalism and First Amendment institute.
Parties are invited to give $25 or more to the J-Ideas Foundation to support future activities of the program. Donations are tax deductible. <more>
FIRST VOICES
Little things mean a lot at the Newseum
Indianapolis Star column
by Warren Watson
J-Ideas Director Warren Watson blogs regularly for the Indianapolis Star. Here are his latest offerings:
Landmark First Amendment Research
with School Principals launched at Ball State
Ball State’s First Amendment institute has launched a landmark research project with 5,000 high school principals nationwide.
J-Ideas, a 5-year-old effort to support student journalism and First Amendment awareness, is reaching out to 5,000 principals to gauge their knowledge level and support for the First Amendment of the Constitution. The research coincides with Sunshine Week, a national effort to support Freedom of Information, an important principle of the First Amendment. <more>
Campus free-speech thrives
-Ignoramcer in Palin, Dowd free-speech remarks
-Plainfield pays respect to First Amendment
-Banned Books Week
-Palin-tology
-New President must revive Constitution
-Traditional news misses Edwards escapade
-Protesters' rights fenced off
-Social networking pitfalls
-Bad year for traditional news gatherers
-Baseball and the First Amendment
-Principals and the First Amendment
-Remembering a crusader
-Photo ID law bad for voters
-Thoughts from the annual U.S. editors convention
-Need for print journalism remains
-Sunshine:now more than ever
-Mean-spirited fans
-Peter Jennings' legacy
-The First Amendment at the Alamo
-A New museum for news
-Author creates First Amendment 'primer'
-Unlikely First Amendment hero
-Harrison represented Hoosiers proudly
-Online course wraps for the fall
-Religious freedom for all
-Reading is FUN-damental
-Nothing negative
-Blogs grow in influence, but beware of anonymity
-Parent rides the bench after blog posting
-Student journalist's actions serves profession poorly
-Examining free speech online
-Remembering the courageous Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Archive
More First Thoughts: journalism teacher Tom Gayda speaks out
Student journalists scoop professional press
By Gerry Appel
In an era where student journalists are often criticized for poor decision-making, one student newspaper should receive praise after scooping its professional counterparts. <more>
-Principal wrong in pulling paper
Mile high with the First Amendment...
By Randy Swikle
We were north of the Mile High City near the Rocky Mountains. The principals were voluntarily descending—not from the tall peaks but from their position abutting the summit of school hierarchy. When they reached level ground, we could see each other more clearly. And clear sight leads to insight. <more >
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