Setting a Plagiarism and Originality Policy for a Student Newsroom
A working policy for handling copied text, recycled quotes, and unattributed borrowing before it becomes a public problem.
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Read MoreHow a student newsroom keeps its skills from graduating with its seniors, from recruitment through a working first month.
Read MoreA short guide to the arithmetic student reporters actually need: budget lines, attendance estimates, and percentage change.
Read MoreHow to plan a student publication’s coverage around the actual rhythm of the school year instead of scrambling week to week.
Read MoreA framework for deciding what reader letters and outside submissions a student publication will run, how they’re edited, and where the line sits.
Read MoreWhy student publications need a clear separation between who sells ads and who decides what to cover, and how to write that policy down.
Read MoreHow to use personal experience as a lens in a column without letting the writer’s own story crowd out the larger point the piece is trying to make.
Read MoreHow to write a review with an actual argument and evidence behind it, instead of a plot summary with a rating tacked on at the end.
Read MoreHow student editors can use pageview and traffic data to understand their audience without letting raw click counts distort editorial decisions.
Read MoreWhat to weigh when picking or switching a student newsroom’s website platform, and how to migrate existing stories without breaking links or losing archives.
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