Group items tagged

Master Photographer Jim LaSala of Flemington and co-owner of ArtisticEfex in Hillsborough image was selected for the front cover of September 2011 Professional Photographer Magazine. LaSala captured "Hope and Despair," A PPA 2011 Loan Collection image, in Port Au Prince on a trip to Haiti with a non‐profit organization who's mission is to document people who are in such need for help.

In the latest edition of Time Magazine, author and Yale law professor Adam Cohen presents an overly simplistic portrayal of New Jersey's new "cyberbullying" law as a "model" for the nation.

In the latest edition of Time Magazine, author and Yale law professor Adam Cohen presents an overly simplistic portrayal of New Jersey's new "cyberbullying" law as a "model" for the nation. Cohen's method of analysis, which typifies the reasoning of many state legislators, can be reduced to this: "Bullying is a big problem. This is a tough legal response. Therefore, it is good." Well, maybe. But when even the lobbyists for school administrators are publicly fretting that the schools are being given too much authority (or as they see it, too much responsibility), then you have to wonder whether the train has jumped the rails.

"Whether teaching magazine production or other types of journalism, educators sometimes want to create magazine-like collections of students' work, sometimes with added multimedia."

According to the new Forbes magazine tally, the list of the highest-paid men in entertainment is led by actor/director/screenwriter/producer/author Tyler Perry, whose films have grossed more than $500 million worldwide.

"The longtime This American Life host on the best way to get interview subjects to open up."

"On Monday Fond du Lac High School Principal Jon Wiltzius told journalism classes new school guidelines require that all stories meet his approval before publication and are subject to rejection. "This is a reasonable expectation," Wiltzius said. "My job is to oversee the global impact of everything that occurs within our school and I have to ensure I am representing everyone and there was some questionable content." As of 6 p.m. Tuesday the students' anti-censorship petition posted at change.org had garnered 700 signatures. It specifically petitions Superintendent Dr. James Sebert and each signature is forwarded directly to the superintendent's email account."

The most critical missing piece, Randolph explained as we sat in his office last fall, is character - those essential traits of mind and habit that were drilled into him at boarding school in England and that also have deep roots in American history.

Remember all that time you spent in high school in the girls bathroom touching up your makeup, talking trash, or wasting time in between classes? Well a school in Britain recently decided its female students were a little TOO fabulous and decided to axe the mirrors in an attempt to curb makeup usage.