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As threats to the press grow, student journalists are rewriting the rules - Poynter

Poynter·Jennifer Nehrer·about 1 month ago
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This article was originally published in the Student Press Report , a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed.  Ryan Monke, a senior at Hofstra University, is a managing editor at his school newspaper. When he isn’t in class pursuing degrees in media studies and political science, he’s overseeing section editors, tackling important coverage at the paper and looking to expand The Hofstra Chronicle’s audience. He’s also trying to figure out how to protect his reporters from possible deportation by the U.S. government. Monke is one of thousands of students around the country training to become professional journalists while the president of the United States attacks their profession and sics federal officers on their fellow residents. Student editors across the country, including Monke, are responding by altering the practices they were taught — from refusing anonymity to sources and writers to unpublishing articles by request.…

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