Major controversy and hard knocks journalism lessons from Indiana University
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Major controversy and hard knocks journalism lessons from Indiana University
"In case you've missed it, Jim Rodenbush, the director of student media and an adviser to the Indiana Daily Student, was fired this week. This decision came after disagreements between the paper and the university's leadership about what information gets published in the special print editions of the newspaper. The university insisted that no news content would be in the print edition. Instead, breaking news would be on the IDS's website."
"So the newsstands Thursday, and all other Thursdays from now on, will not have news, sports, arts or investigative stories. No letters. Not even the special publications they had originally wanted us to print. We didn't make this call. Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to us in an email responding to our appeal that the school not censor our newspaper. He didn't respond when we asked for clarification."
Jim Rodenbush, director of student media and an adviser to the Indiana Daily Student, was fired after disputes with university leadership over what could appear in special print editions. The university required that no news content appear in the print product and directed breaking news to the IDS website. Rodenbush and paper editors pushed back against limits on print content, and Rodenbush said he was terminated for refusing to censor student media. The university framed the move as a shift toward digital focus. The university subsequently cut funding for the newspaper's print edition, removing news from scheduled print issues.
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