The Missouri School of Journalism  offers students the experience of the oldest journalism school in the world — several strands within the journalism major and unique opportunities to learn using the Missouri Method, hands on worldwide.

Journalism Education Association JEA “supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity,” according to its mission.

JEA Digital Media Missouri’s own Aaron Manfull and numerous other advisers have done an amazing job of keeping advisers up-t0-date with the latest news and trends in digital media. It’s a great place to find tutorials or articles about broadcast and online media.

National Scholastic Press Association NSPA, according to its website, is “exclusively for high school and other secondary school publications – yearbooks, newspapers, magazines, broadcast programs, and online publications. Since 1921, we’ve offered our members resources to help their publications improve, including national high school journalism conventions, prestigious contests and scholarships, a publication critique service, and much more.”

Columbia Scholastic Press Association CSPA has four main goals, according to its website to make clear expression the standard for success; to maintain the student media for students, by students and containing news of students; to conduct contests and offer awards to make student media better than they were; and to recognize that journalism can be a means towards broader understanding of society and people.

Poynter Institute Its website says Poynter “exists to ensure that our communities have access to excellent journalism—the kind of journalism that enables us to participate fully and effectively in our democracy.” This unique resource offers advisers information on “management, ethical decision-making and the power of diversity; we teach editing, writing, reporting and new media skills; we teach those in broadcast, print and the Web; we teach those trying to remake their organizations and those trying to remake their journalistic skills set.”

School Newspapers Online provides website hosting to high schools.

Student Press Law Center Accordingto its website, the SPLC is the “nation’s only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and supporting the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship.” Look here for ways “to help students of all ages meaningfully participate in civic life and learn essential skills, ethics and values through the vehicle of journalism.”