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Author: Catherine MacDonald

Community college papers face tough odds to keep programs

September 1, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

Because of their unique circumstances, community college student journalists are often forced to tackle many issues differently than students at traditional four-year institutions ' from battling with overbearing administration to keeping their papers alive altogether.

Tagged Fall 2009, reports

Concealing newspapers can qualify as theft

September 1, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

In the cases of the more than 7,100 campus newspapers stolen this past year, the circumstances were clear: Free newspapers were removed from stands in overt acts of theft, amounting to thousands of dollars in stolen property. In other situations, it can be unclear what, if any, crime has been committed.

Tagged Fall 2009, reports

LGBT content a target for censorship

September 1, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

With gay marriage and the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community being debated on the national level, some school administrators seek to limit such speech in the schools, and student journalists are find it tough to report on the issues.

Tagged Fall 2009, reports

Police vs. press

September 1, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

Search warrants, arrests, pepper spray — most student journalists manage to avoid extreme situations involving law enforcement while doing their jobs. However, two college photojournalists recently found themselves in situations that highlighted tensions between the press and the police

Tagged Fall 2009, reports

All charges dismissed against Penn State photographer

July 27, 2009December 4, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

A photographer at Pennsylvania StateUniversity's Daily Collegian was cleared of his remaining failureto disperse charge July 22 in a pre-trial motion after he was arrested last fallwhile covering a post-football-game riot.

Tagged Daily Collegian, Penn State University

Student editors: Police report of theft opposes witnesses, video

July 1, 2009December 4, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

Students at an independent publication at University of Massachusetts at Amherst are disappointed after a detective's police report detailing the theft of their paper in April contradicts witnesses and video footage of the crime.

Tagged Minuteman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

West Georgia administration asks budget committee to reconsider proposed cut to newspaper

June 5, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

Administration at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton have asked that the Student Activity Fee Budget Allocation Committee reconvene this summer to allow the West Georgian to represent its request for more funds after an initial proposal to cut the paper's budget.

Tagged "West Georgian", Carrollton, Georgia, University of West Georgia

Investigation into theft of more than 1,200 student newspapers halts at UC Riverside

June 4, 2009September 5, 2018 Catherine MacDonald

Staffers of University of California at Riverside's student newspaper remain disappointed after an investigation into the theft of 1,200 to 2,000 copies of the April 21 issue stalled.

Tagged Highlander, University of California at Riverside

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