My previous essay here discussed attempts of administrators of colleges to muzzle employees and student media and the destructive effect of this on colleges, especially the one where I teach. Our administration's policies also have serious, destructive ramifications for a course I teach, News Writing and Reporting.
As a teacher of journalism as well as other writing classes, and an advisor of student newspapers at various colleges over the years, I have fought a number of battles with administrators over the rights of students to operate without censorship. Naively, I used to think that everyone would want a successful journalism program and student newspaper, but I have come to accept that many simply don’t if that success conflicts with what they think a positive image of the college should be.
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