Thursday, March 1, 2007

5. Responsibilities of Student Journalists

Students who work on official student media determine the content within those media outlets and are responsible for that content. These students are expected to:

• Determine the content;

• Produce our publish the content based upon professional standards of accuracy, objectivity and fair play;

• Review material to improve sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation;

• Check and verify all facts and verify the accuracy of all quotations;

• In the case of editorials or letter to the editor concerning controversial issues, determine the need for rebuttal comments and opinions and provide space or time if appropriate.