University of Southern California bars student journalists from recording public forum about “transparent†search for new president [UPDATED]
By Adam Steinbaugh September 14, 2018
Yesterday, the University of Southern California (USC) held a “listening session†with members of the committee formed to consider candidates to replace the university’s former president, who resigned under a cloud of scandals. The university has repeatedly emphasized its commitment to a transparent process.
In glaring contradiction of that commitment, however, the university first sought to bar student journalists from attending the “public forum,†then instructed the journalists that they were prohibited from recording the event or even taking notes. This has raised well-warranted objections from student journalists at USC.
https://www.thefire.org/university-of-southern-california-bars-student-journalists-from-recording-public-forum-about-transparent-search-for-new-president/
