NESPAaper
Ongoing Online News for Members
and Friends of
NESPA
Hi Friends,
NESPAaper is our emailed newsletter for members and other friends of NESPA. Please share your work with the rest of our members. If
you have found a great publishing link, have a tip on how you do
something, have a question you would like for members to email you
about, have a student article for syndication--here's the place to do
all of that and more.
Please send your info to: NESPA and I'll get it online. I need your help to get this site updated and
"inspiring."
Make sure you sign up to get new issues every-so-often. Just email to be added.
So, what are you waiting for?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Meredith Cummings, CJE
NESPA Executive Director
Children's author Artie Knapp has offered NESPA members the opportunity to share his stories with members in hopes they'll share them with their students. He has some wonderful stories that your kids will enjoy.
Click to check out the stories.
Click to check out more about Artie Knapp.
Karen Lunny has published an incredible "how-to" guide for beginning an elementary school journalism club. Karen has taken the time to publish an entire booklet giving you hints and suggestions for week by week. Karen teaches in North Andover, MA.
Check it out. Check it out.
Would you like copies of some elementary
and middle school newspapers? Just email NESPA and let us know. If you're a member, all you need to do is email your
name and address. There is no charge. If you are not a member of NESPA,
you'll need to mail your request the old fashion way in an envelope,
along with your name and address. Please enclosed a check for $3 made
payable to Alabama Scholastic Press Associationl for postage.
And while we're at it, please send your newspapers to the NESPA office
at: NESPA, Alabama Scholastic Press Association, University of Alabama, Box 870172, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172. We love to see
what everyone is doing. It's fun reading about schools across the
country. We have so much in common, and then again--we're all
different.
We've added a new page to the NESPA
website--News Story Ideas. Check it out. And please send your favorite story ideas to add to this list.
And
while I'm on the subject, please send in links to your newspaper if you
publish an online edition. We're starting a new spot on the NESPA site
with all of these links.
The Student Press Law Center is a champion for student voices.
Recognizing the essential roles freedoms of speech and press play
in a democratic society, the SPLC is committed to nurturing and
protecting those freedoms for students.
The Student Press Law Center is offering a new way for you to keep
informed about the cases and controversies involving the legal
rights of student journalists and their advisers.
If you'd like to receive e-mail notices of the News Flashes we post on
our Web site (either as they're published or in a weekly
compilation), you can now sign up for that service. Follow
the link on our home page http://www.splc.org or go directly to http://www.splc.org/joinemail.
SIGN
UP for e-mail News Flash Updates here: http://www.splc.org/joinemail
"Kids
In Print-Publishing a School Newspaper / The Second Edition"
is here and it's already becoming a best seller. Click
here for info.
Congratulations to Charles Ratliff and his staff of Eagle Press from Desert Valley Elementary School in Bullhead City,
Arizona. The Eagle Press won the Elementary School, West
Region of the National Student Publishing Awards sponsored by Time
for Kids. Charles commented to his kids that this was like
winning the Super Bowl of student publications. NESPA agress. Way to
go Charles and staff! Click here to
download PDF
It's always the right time to have your
newspaper reviewed. NEPSA offers a handy way to have a professional
look over your newspaper and offer comments on its good points--and
give suggestions for improvements to make it even better. For
complete information, check this web site for the details. The
process generally takes about three weeks.
Want the most up-to-date member
roster available? You can get it for free. As a new service for
members only, email me and I'll get a copy sent to you via email as
a PDF file. Of course, it's up to you to keep it updated. Please
send change of addresses, change of school contacts, etc. to the
NESPA office.
Do you want to publish your newspaper online? The
American Society of Newspaper Editors is sponsoring a wonderful way
of doing just that. They'll supply the web space and the software
and you and your students supply the talent. All they ask is that
you update your site regularly with school news. This site is
especially designed for elementary and middle schools. The cost is
just $50 with no monthly fees due. For more info, go to:
http://my.schooljournalism.org
