Robert Copeland, the superintendent of Neshaminy School District, suspended adviser Tara Huber on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Maddy Buffardi, the newspaper’s opinion editor.
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Lane v. Simon
In spring 2004, Kansas State Collegian adviser Ron Johnson was fired after the school’s journalism director reviewed the paper and said he found the overall quality to be poor.
Coppola v. Lawson
After the student newspaper at Ocean County Community College released several award-winning investigative pieces criticizing its school president and policies, reporters and editors felt the school was intimidating them to make them stop.
Neshaminy newspaper adviser named Pennsylvania journalism teacher of the year
The last few months for the students of Neshaminy High School’s The Playwickian haven’t been easy. As the student staff has fought administrators for editorial control, their adviser Tara Huber has stood behind them at every step. Tuesday night, Huber found out she was being named Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Pennsylvania High School Press Association.
“It makes it worth continuing to fight the good fight,” Huber said.
In October, the staff announced they wouldn’t use the word Redskin – the school’s mascot – because they say it’s a racial slur. Administrators pushed back and demanded students print it.
Oregon State adviser resigns over public records dispute with university
An Oregon State University student-media adviser has resigned her job after a months-long dispute with university lawyers over public records.
New Jersey high school newspaper staff protest prior review policy in editorial
Student journalists at Hunterdon Central Regional High School protested the school’s decision to enforce prior review with an editorial published Wednesday, about a week after their adviser resigned over the policy.
Manhattanville newspaper adviser's removal prompted by reader complaints
Two semesters after finding out he was unceremoniously dumped as the school’s unpaid student newspaper adviser, an adjunct journalism professor is moving on from Manhattanville College.
California adviser placed on leave pending investigation; instructed not to talk
Administrators at Pasadena City College have placed the student newspaper’s faculty adviser on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into undisclosed misconduct.
California adviser worries about retaliation after principal resigns
A high school adviser whose students protested the principal’s confiscation of a February issue is worried she and the journalism program might face retaliation now that the principal has announced her resignation at the end of the year.
Nationally recognized Illinois adviser to lose job
A nationally recognized journalism adviser has been told his school has no place for him next year because of staff cuts.