Victims at University of Missouri are now free to share their stories with reporters without fear that an interview will launch an institutional investigation.
Ashland University said it will no longer require prior review for The Collegian and reaffirmed that it supports the paper’s right to press freedom after intervention by FIRE.
Ashland University’s student newspaper was stripped of its beloved adviser, and just days later, Ashland demanded that newspaper begin submitting stories to campus officials for review before publication.
In Marion County, the police department raided the offices of the local family-owned newspaper, seizing computers and snapping pictures of bank-account information.
Last Friday, the Marion County Police Department, led by Chief Gideon Cody, raided the office of the Marion County Record seizing computers, servers, and the cellphones of editors and reporters.