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...week ago, an administrator at the University of Southern California (USC) blocked the re-election of Zach Fox to the post of editor in chief of the Daily Trojan, the campus’ student daily newspaper. As college journalists, we are deeply troubled by this decision. Practicing journalism with strings attached isn’t really practicing journalism at all, and to that end, we seek to preserve the tradition of a functionally—and whenever possible, formally—independent collegiate press. If campus newspapers are to succeed in informing readers and training reporters, they must be more...
...called for more financial transparency and a reorganization of the paper’s senior editor positions. Yet, his election required the approval of USC’s Media Board, a body of students, faculty members, and administrators that oversees the school’s student-run media operations. USC Vice President of Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson, a member of this board, decided not even to present Fox to the board, describing Fox’s vision as irreconcilable with the Media Board’s outline for the role. Fox, who had been serving as the editor this...
...newspapers to check powerful individuals and institutions. An administration-controlled student paper poses the same threat to an academic community that a state-controlled press would to a nation; oversight limits the press’ ability to act as a watchdog and prevent misuse of authority. The USC administration’s interference with the student press creates a chilling effect, forcing student journalists to weigh the risk of losing their jobs against the duty of writing a story about or questioning the administration. Such considerations hamper a paper’s ability to do its job. If USC intends...
...Jackson created a task force addressing the issue, according to a memo authored by Media Board member Larry Pryor, who is also an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism...
Former editors of the Daily Trojan wrote a letter published in the paper expressing outrage over the USC administration’s move. “Jackson is not a staff member of the Daily Trojan, nor is he a student,” they wrote, criticizing that he nevertheless “can decide which student will sit at the helm of this 94-year-old publication...