Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories

Indiana University Fires Student Newspaper Adviser Who Refused to Block ...

Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories

Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser, who refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition.

IU faces criticism after ending student newspaper, firing media adviser

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University this week ordered its student-run newspaper to end its print editions after firing the college’s director of student media, leading to a high-profile accusation of censorship from IU alum Mark Cuban.

Indiana student journalists decry university’s move to halt printing

For the first time in more than 150 years, Indiana University Bloomingtons revered student newspaper wasnt printed this week a move thats drawing widespread backlash and accusations of censorship.The university halted all printing of the Indiana Daily Student just days after firing the papers adviser, Jim Rodenbush. The editors-in-chief told Scripps News he was dismissed after they refused an administrative directive to remove news content unrel…

Major controversy and hard knocks journalism lessons from Indiana University

Indiana University faces backlash after firing student media director Jim Rodenbush and cutting funding for the Indiana Daily Student’s print edition, sparking outcry over censorship and press freedom on campus.

Indiana Daily Student goes entirely online after print edition axed

IU student newspaper publishes online INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University’s student newspaper, has moved entirely online following the university’s decision to stop printing the publication. The headline of the paper reads, ‘CENSORED. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRINT, THIS IS ABOUT A BREACH OF EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE’. The newspaper says IU fired the director of student media this week when he refused to follow a school dir…