Rod Satterthwaite advises “The Campanile” newspaper and its companion website as well as the InFocus broadcast program at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto. He has served on the Journalism Education Association’s board of directors, the Student Press Law Center’s Advisory Council Steering Committee and the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s board of directors with two years as MIPA’s president. He currently serves on JEA’s Certification.