Lexington Books
Pages: 136
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅛
978-1-4985-7690-1 • Hardback • November 2019 • $94.00 • (£72.00)
978-1-4985-7691-8 • eBook • November 2019 • $89.00 • (£68.00)
Erica Salkin is associate professor of communication studies at Whitworth University.
Chapter 1: Private Schools, Student Media, and a Lot of Questions
Chapter 2: Private K-12 Schools in the United States
Chapter 3: The Punch and Polish of High School Student Media
Chapter 4: Where Private Schools and Free Expression Meet
Chapter 5: Surveying Today’s Private School Student Media Environment
Chapter 6: Studying Today’s Private School Student Media Environment
Chapter 7: Private School Student Media Advisers Tell Their Stories
Chapter 8: Private Schools, Student Media, and a Journey Forward
Erica Salkin provides a much-needed window into the world of private school scholastic media. By examining it from multiple angles – historical origins, content analysis, interviews with media advisers, summary of the limited legal protections, to name just a few – she helps paint a 360-degree portrait of the reality of life producing journalism in a private secondary school. This is a work that I know I’ll refer to over and over again.
— Mark Goodman, Kent State University
Erica Salkin offers authoritative and thoughtful reflections on not only the potential of extending First Amendment protection to private schools, but also why that’s vital: her interviews of private high school media advisers alone are worth picking up this book. Their anecdotes, relayed in their own words, powerfully reminded me why I do research in this area – to help ensure that advisers everywhere can continue training the next generation of American citizens, critical thinkers, and voters.
— Genelle I. Belmas, University of Kansas