Understanding the Clery Act and Timely Warning Requirements for College Journalists
A plain-language guide to the federal law that forces colleges to disclose crime data and issue campus safety alerts.
Read MoreA plain-language guide to the federal law that forces colleges to disclose crime data and issue campus safety alerts.
Read MoreA working standard for when to name a person in an arrest or crime story, and when to hold the name until the facts are clearer.
Read MoreHow to build an explainer piece that walks a confused reader through a complicated school issue without talking down to them.
Read MoreRules for staffers’ personal social media that protect the newsroom’s credibility without policing their private lives.
Read MoreA working introduction to grids, hierarchy, and white space for staffers designing pages without a design background.
Read MoreA working policy for handling copied text, recycled quotes, and unattributed borrowing before it becomes a public problem.
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.
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