Andrew Beaujon
May 1, 2013
4:39 pm
College Media Matters |
The Daily Reveille |
Student Press Law Center
The Society of Professional Journalists named Louisiana State University's student newspaper The Daily Reveille "
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper" Wednesday. But in what Daniel Reimold calls a "
good news/bad news" situation, the paper lost its lawsuit against the university Tuesday.
The paper had requested records about the university's search for a new president; District Judge Timothy Kelley said the search committee only had to turn over "résumés and related materials from the 10 candidates who submitted their names voluntarily for consideration" for the job.
The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and Nola.com also petitioned for those records in a separate action. The judge in that case, Janice Clark,
ruled in the news organizations' favor, setting up a rather confused situation.
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Andrew Beaujon
Apr. 22, 2013
11:30 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Mar. 21, 2013
1:29 pm
The Crimson White |
Al.com
Journalism freshman Madison Roberts "
fabricated sources in several news stories dating back to Jan. 10 of this year" in University of Alabama student paper The Crimson White, the paper says. The reporter "quoted nearly 30 students, none of whom could be found in the UA student directory or on social media," the paper's report said.
“I was overwhelmed and succumbed to a lot of pressure I’d been under,” Roberts told the paper in an email. The paper's copy editors discovered her fabrications while fact-checking names earlier this month; a subsequent review of Roberts' work turned up more bogus sources. Roberts "has been removed from the paper’s staff," the paper says.
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Andrew Beaujon
Feb. 22, 2013
12:53 pm
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 24, 2013
9:58 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 15, 2013
11:02 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 10, 2013
10:05 am
Tallahassee Democrat |
Student Press Law Center |
College Media Matters
Following a lawsuit, Florida A&M University's student newspaper
has delayed the publication of its first issue by a few weeks. The paper's adviser has also been removed from his position.
The paper, called The Famuan, incorrectly reported a student had been suspended following the
2011 hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, the Tallahassee Democrat's Jennifer Portman
reports:
A Dec. 2, 2011, article in the student newspaper incorrectly stated senior Keon Hollis was one of four drum majors suspended in connection with Champion’s death. Three days later, The Famuan posted a revised article on its website omitting Hollis’ name and noting the fourth suspended student could not be identified. On Feb. 14, 2012, The Famuan published a correction, but the lawsuit noted it failed to say Hollis had nothing to do with Champion’s death or the crime of hazing. (more...)
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Steve Fox
Dec. 14, 2012
10:59 am
On Nov. 16, Sydne Jacoby, a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts was walking with a group of friends near campus when she tripped and fell just before midnight. It’s a pretty well-traveled street for party revelers on a Friday … Read more
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Andrew Beaujon
Dec. 12, 2012
12:26 pm
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Patrick Henry College is
blocking access to an anonymously written blog about being gay at the Virginia Christian school, Trevor Baratko reports. Chancellor Michael Farris demanded the removal of
"Queer at Patrick Henry College" on Dec. 1:
“This page is in violation of our copyright of the name Patrick Henry College,” Farris wrote. “... you must remove this page at once. On Monday, we will began (sic) the legal steps to seek removal from Facebook and from the courts if necessary. In the process of this matter we can seek discovery from Facebook to learn your identity and seek damages from you as permitted by law. The best thing for all concerned is for you to simply remove this page.”
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Andrew Beaujon
Nov. 16, 2012
11:01 am
USC Annenberg
Veteran journalist Geneva Overholser will
leave her post as director of the University of Southern California's Annenberg's School of Journalism in June 2013, the university announced Friday.
She was
appointed to a five-year term as director in 2008.
"During the past four years, USC Annenberg’s journalism school has transformed its curriculum, strengthened its digital expertise and doubled the size of the public relations program faculty," a release from the school says.
Overholser launched several key initiatives at USC Annenberg, including Neon Tommy, the award-winning Annenberg digital news site, along with civic engagement projects such as Intersections South LA, a hyper-local news site.
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