Hutchinson News showcased in D.C.

I just had to share this quick because I thought it was pretty neat.
Amy DeVault, a journalism instructor at Wichita State University, was in Washington, D.C. Saturday. She was there for the annual national student journalism convention (brought to you by the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association). There were a lot [...]

Eagle journalists place well in competition

From CGHS Journos At 2009 Kansas State Fair

Members of the Canton-Galva High School newspaper staff pose for a picture Oct. 27 in the Encampment Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
The CGHS students competed in the Scholastic Press Corps competition, which is a part of the State Fair’s “Kansas’ Largest Classroom” project.
Schools from across [...]

Justice Kennedy wrongly demands prior review

If you ever thought our country was in bad shape, you don’t know the half of it.
We have a Supreme Court justice sitting on the bench that thinks subjects of journalistic stories should be allowed to review the article before it is printed or published.
This is a fallacy and doesn’t bode well for press and [...]

Washington City Paper reenacts WaPo boxing match

On Tuesday I posted a blog titled “ WaPo staffers duke it out over article.”
It seems last Friday the Style section became a Golden Gloves hotspot when feature editor Henry Allen punched feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzi. The fracas came about because Allen disliked a story Roig-Franzi had worked on, and Allen voiced his opinion [...]

Tribune Co. cutting out AP

The Associated Press provides a great service to member media outlets as a cooperative, wire news service.
It provides content from around the country and around the world to help newspapers and other news disseminators keep their audiences informed about events that can’t be covered by the local staffs.
However, this service doesn’t come cheap.
And in [...]