Student journalism Archives

Seven things to know about the student press

Student journalists are tackling major issues and shaping local news, but they also face censorship, backlash and growing threats to press freedom

February 27, 2025

Josh Moore

How The Daily Tar Heel designed the front page everyone is talking about

‘I don’t think anyone else except this generation could give voice and legs to this feeling of what it’s like to be on lockdown …’

August 30, 2023

Amaris Castillo

Opinion | A Stanford student paper’s excellent work leads to a major resignation

The departure of Stanford University’s president of 7 years tracks back to stories written by Theo Baker in The Stanford Daily last December.

July 20, 2023

Tom Jones

9 fresh tips for launching your journalism career

Specialists offer advice (and hope!) for people starting in the industry in 2023.

April 14, 2023

Carolina Campos Ruiz Baldin

We need to teach student journalists about on-the-job harassment

A Northeastern survey of student journalists provides a sobering snapshot of what happens when we send our students out into the field.

September 14, 2022

Meg Heckman

The New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story share advice for student journalists

‘When we look at student papers today, we see that students are grappling with the hardest stuff on earth,’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey said.

June 10, 2022

Amaris Castillo

Student newsrooms recovering from COVID-19: Embrace flexibility, but plan for mental health setbacks

The Daily Evergreen learned that adapting to post-pandemic life meant embracing digital flexibility and preparing with contingency plans.

March 16, 2022

Taylor Blatchford

Opinion | College officials should work with student journalists, not avoid them

Administrators need to understand that working with college press isn’t just their job, it’s good for democracy

November 10, 2021

Erin A. Hennessy

New to editing? Follow these four steps to streamline the process

Editing is a collaboration between editor and reporter that depends on good communication

October 27, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

Black first, journalist second: HBCU students leave an emotional school year with lessons for self

‘I can’t ever be a journalist first because the intersections of my identity are just larger than my career.’

July 16, 2021

Jaden Edison

A contentious local election revealed an information gap. High school reporters stepped up to fill it.

After an ex-journalist moved back to his hometown and found that the local paper had closed, he created his own, staffing it mostly with teenagers.

December 14, 2020

Angela Fu

Students, here are nine tips for balancing journalism with school (and the rest of your life)

Forget “work-life balance” — for student journalists, it’s even more complicated. Building a schedule means…

August 27, 2018

Taylor Blatchford

As local newsrooms shrink, college journalists fill in the gaps

When the University of Oklahoma announced it had hired a new president in March, the…

July 16, 2018

Taylor Blatchford

Here are more than 85 journalism internships and fellowships for application season

In the dynamic field of journalism and media, internships are a necessary gateway into the industry.…

September 26, 2017

Ashley McBride

A Canadian student union is trying to make the school paper relocate to a basement

Student Press Law Center The Imprint, an independent newspaper at the University of Waterloo in…

July 16, 2015

Kristen Hare

Opinion | A Stanford student paper’s excellent work leads to a major resignation

Opinion | College officials should work with student journalists, not avoid them

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