Columbia Group Cancels “Press Freedom” Event After Student Column Criticizes the Cornell Case Coverage

Columbia Group Cancels “Press Freedom” Event After Student Column Criticizes the Cornell Case Coverage

“Who Gets to Tell the Story?" That question was supposed to be the theme of a "press freedom" event this week at Columbia University, home to one of the world's leading journalism schools. However, as first reported by the Columbia Spectator, the event was canceled after student journalists had the audacity of offering their own…

Columbia group cancels ‘press freedom’ event over students’ op-ed on Cornell rape case

Op-ed argues the facts of Cornell case are being neglected in favor of “preferred” narrative A Columbia University student group canceled a “press freedom” event Wednesday after two student journalists’ op-ed on the Cornell rape case sparked backlash, according to the Columbia Spectator.  The “Who Gets to Tell the Story? Press Freedom & the Public […]