A long nine months for one student journalist

I managed to mostly avoid spiraling over the leaked memo to end the Department of Education. Instead, I happily convened with professionals and students in Long Beach at the Associated Collegiate Press conference, where hundreds of student journalists and a grab bag of pros talked shop and swapped stories.

More on what I got out of the conference (and there was a lot!) in my upcoming issues.

Talk about this

No. 1: Prosecutors Drop Case Against Stanford Student Journalist (CJR)

From the story: “The decision comes nine months after (Dilan) Gohill, then nineteen and a freshman reporter for the Stanford Daily, was handcuffed and jailed while covering the predawn break-in and occupation of Building 10, where the Stanford president’s office is located.”

Nine months this freshman waited for the wheels of the justice system to move! Argh! Anyway.

Questions:

• Would you take an assignment if you knew there was a chance you’d be arrested? Why or why not?

• Do you know best practices for covering a protest?

• If you are apprehended or arrested in the course of your reporting, do you know what to do?

Here’s a primer from the Student Press Law Center. 

No. 2: LA Times to display AI-generated political rating on opinion pieces (The Guardian)

Suffice to say, it didn’t go well. 

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