As a newspaper editor, knowing different legal issues and how to avoid running into them are an integral part to maintaining a respectable publication. On. Aug. 3, the "Newspaper Editors" class studied rights not protected by law and how to recognize those potential problems. "(My goals were to) get them to think like editors," adviser Dean Hume said. "It's not just … [Read more...] about Newspaper editors class studies legal issues
Newspaper editors cover how to make stories more interesting
The Newspaper Editors' classroom was much livelier on Aug. 2 as instructor Dean Hume covered how to write columns, edit, copy, find story angles and motivate writers. "When you have a kid who's proud of his work, you can't just slash it with a red pen," Hume said. "You have to work with them; you have to understand that it's a group effort." Hume assigned students … [Read more...] about Newspaper editors cover how to make stories more interesting
Newspaper editors class has power of speech
On the afternoon of Aug. 1 in a strangely quiet classroom, adviser Dean Hume's Newspaper Editors class covered sensitive topics concerning legal issues and administrative problems that may come up while producing a newspaper during the 2011 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshops. Hume talked with his students about copyrights on the web, conflict of interest, ethics and upholding … [Read more...] about Newspaper editors class has power of speech