J-Ideas: Ball State University

J-Ideas was developed at Ball State University to develop and encourage excellence in high school journalism through on-site activities, tailored programs, distance learning and digital activities and scholarship. Our goal is to foster First Amendment and civic awareness in our public and private schools, and to bring teachers, students, principals and professional editors together to develop the best and brightest young talent for the journalism profession.

Our outreach complements training and development in our secondary education effort at Ball State, for years a leader in collegiate and scholastic journalism education. Our residential workshops have touched tens of thousands of high school journalists since the early 1950s. J-Ideas broadens that work at a time when the news industry dearly needs to find the best reporters and editors. In an increasingly confusing and competitive media landscape, our goal is to do this by linking high schools with colleges and professional newspapers.

At J-Ideas, we seek to identify, inform and inspire a new generation of journalists and media professionals.

Note: The information listed below is solely the material of J-Ideas and not endorsed by any of the other organizations associated with www.constitutionday.us.

J-Ideas: Ball State University Resources

• Future of the First Amendment — Your stop for the latest news on the First Amendment, including full reports on John S. and James L. Knight Foundation studies.
• Race, Ethnicity and the First Amendment — A resource that not only has news and lessons on the First Amendment, but jideas.org also assists scholastic journalism in other areas.
• Teach the First Amendment — This website gets teachers on their way to developing relevant and effective lesson plans on the First Amendment.

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