Online Resources

The following links have excellent information on high school journalism and related topics.

Campus Weblines: Your High School Can Find Its Voice Online
A guide to taking your school newspaper online, published by The New York Times' Learning Network.

Channel One
Information on the award-winning school television station.

Columbia Scholastic Press Association
An educational press organization providing services to student newspapers, magazines and yearbooks.

The Detroit Free Press' Job Page
Offers a compilation of tips, resources, and job information for high school journalists.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund was founded to improve the quality of journalism education.

High School Journalism.org
The American Society of Newspaper Editors maintains this website. Check out their collection of journalism-related lesson plans.

Jteacher.com
Website devoted entirely to journalism teachers and advisers.

Journalism Education Association
An independent national scholastic journalism organization for teachers and advisers.

The Varsity Television Network
This site features news segments from high schools across the nation.

National Scholastic Press Association
This organization helps students and teachers improve their publications. Click here for the Student Media Sourcebook.

The Newseum
Newseum.org offers information and a virtual tour of the journalism museum.

Photocourse.com
A complete online digital photography course.

Quill and Scroll
An international honorary society for high school journalists.

Society of Professional Journalists
The largest and most broad-based journalism organization in the nation.

Student Curriculum in Photography
This site features a complete "hands-on" photojournalism curriculum.

Student Press Law Center
Organization dedicated to providing legal help and information to the student media and journalism educators.


Resources compiled by Poynter librarian David Shedden and online reporter Doug White. If you know of any other great high school journalism sites, send e-mail to dwhite@poynter.org