"Nearly two weeks ago, on October 14, Indiana University cut the award-winning print version of the Indiana Daily Student -just hours after firing the paper's adviser-ending 158 years of print journalism two days before the next edition was set to publish. These decisions came after weeks of discussions with IDS adviser and student media director Jim Rodenbush, during which Media School administrators told him that they expected the IDS 's printed newspapers to refrain from reporting any news."
"This isn't the first time IU has cut the paper's print edition. In 2024, the Media School put together a plan they said would solve the paper's ongoing financial problems, which have put the paper at a deficit since 2021. The Media School's plan, released in October 2024 without final input from journalism faculty or student editors, eliminated the weekly print edition of the IDS, replacing it with "special editions"-which are typically distributed with regular content alongside a s"
Newspaper boxes across Bloomington sit empty after Indiana University ended the print edition of the Indiana Daily Student on October 14 and fired the paper's adviser, ending 158 years of print publication two days before the next edition. Media School administrators had told adviser Jim Rodenbush they expected printed papers to refrain from reporting news following weeks of discussions. Editors called the move censorship; legal advocates at the Student Press Law Center and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression condemned the decision, with counsel Mike Hiestand calling it "bizarre" and saying it came from a place that should know better. The Media School previously proposed cutting the weekly print edition in October 2024 amid financial deficits since 2021, replacing it with "special editions."
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