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KHS Journalism Student is selected for Scholastic Press Student Partners Group
March 16, 2010
Kirkwood High School senior Joseph Weber, who is a features writer for the Kirkwood Call student newspaper, is one of eight high school journalism students worldwide selected to be part of a new student group called Scholastic Press Student Partners. The students, who were chosen from applications submitted to the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission (SPRC), represent schools from Arizona, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Seoul, Korea.
The SPRC created Student Partners as a way to help students connect with their peers to support, protect and spread awareness about the First Amendment via Facebook and Twitter. In addition to planning and hosting press rights events at local, state and national conventions, the student team is creating a scholastic press rights awareness campaign entitled 45words. They can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/45words, and the Facebook group is 45words. Although the group has already held meetings over the web, it plans to launch nationally April 15-18 at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Convention in Portland, Ore.
Each of the students wrote essays that accompanied their applications, sharing their thoughts about the First Amendment. Weber wrote in his essay: “From the moment I wrote my first story for The Kirkwood Call, I knew where I belonged. Going out of my way to get an interview, staying up until 2:00 a.m. to finish a story, it has become my passion. Where most high school students have no idea what they are going to do when they leave school, I already see my future: A journalist. But the journalism world is changing more drastically than ever. It is up to my generation to lead it in the right direction. Some may see the newspaper as a dying industry, but I see an opportunity to reshape how everyone receives, uses and appreciates the world of journalism.”
The essays of all eight Student Partners can be found at the following link to the Center For Scholastic Journalism Blog: http://csjblog.org/?p=322. For more information about the Scholastic Press Rights Commission, visit www.jeapressrights.org.
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Ginger Fletcher, Director of Community Relations/Development; 314-213-6100, ext. 7851; 314-600-7773 (cell); ginger.fletcher@kirkwoodschools.org
Nona King, Communications Coordinator; 314-213-6100, ext. 7802; 314-520-6728 (cell); nona.king@kirkwoodschools.org
