Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2019
Capstone Advisor
Cheryl Reed
Honors Reader
Roy Gutterman
Capstone Major
Broadcast and Digital Journalism
Capstone College
Public Communications
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
yes
Honors Categories
Professional
Subject Categories
Communication | Journalism Studies
Abstract
This body of work sheds light on the obstacles student newspapers at public universities face while attempting to function as free presses. Public universities are protected by the First Amendment but some administrations take action to suppress those rights in their student journalists. Unfortunately, this trend has existed on college campuses for many years but the attitudes exhibited are increasingly paralleled by the relationship between the mainstream media and the current administration.
Universities will take measures such as cutting budgets, firing faculty advisers, denying open records requests and occasionally taking lawsuits against student publications to keep the truth from circulating. Through three news articles, this project addresses this history and its implications, examples of the types of behavior that characterize this conflict and case studies of two schools in particular, Western Kentucky University and the University of North Alabama.
Recommended Citation
Orland, Joanna, "Student Journalists Fight to Protect First Amendment Rights on College Campuses" (2019). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1088.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1088
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