"The university ended the Indiana Daily Student 's print edition after firing the paper's adviser, who refused to comply with administrators' request to remove news coverage from a homecoming edition of the paper. University leaders insist they're not censoring the student paper but moving it to a digital platform in line with a business plan adopted last year to address the paper's deficits."
"Alum Ryan Gunterman, executive director of the Indiana High School Press Association and the faculty adviser of Franklin College's student newspaper, posted on Facebook that he and his wife were ceasing all future donations after giving money to the university and newsroom for over two decades. Toby Cole, a fourth-generation alum of the institution, told IndyStar in an email that his family was ending its monthly contributions"
Indiana University suspended the Indiana Daily Student's print edition and fired the paper's adviser after the adviser refused an administrators' request to remove coverage from a homecoming edition. University leaders said they will move the paper to a digital platform under a business plan adopted last year to address financial deficits. Alumni questioned what happened to donations made to a fund dedicated to the student publication and said students faced hurdles spending that money. Multiple alumni ceased future donations and canceled planned gifts, citing concerns about independent student journalism and university funding priorities.
Read at Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]