UPDATE: Morgan State U in Baltimore receives national censure after removing college media adviser from her post
I’ve been helping College Media Advisers as an adviser advocate this summer with a case at Morgan State University in Baltimore. The college’s media adviser, Denise Brown, was removed from her job following a series of stories and editorials written by her students and non-staff freelancers that were published in the student-run newspaper, The Spokesman.
In a letter sent last week to Morgan State President Earl Richardson, CMA, the national professional organization for media advisers to which I belong, condemned Morgan State “as oppressive of students’ rights to free expression and hostile toward those professionals it employs to advise the student press.”
CMA’s notice of censure can be found here. Outlets covering this story have been listed below. I’ll update the list as additional outlets pick up the story.
POSTED AUGUST 3
POSTED JULY 31
POSTED JULY 30
- The Baltimore Sun: “Morgan State Embroiled in Freedom of Speech Controversy”
- ABC 2 News, Baltimore: “Morgan Staffer Alleges Wrongful Firing”
POSTED JULY 29
- Editor and Publisher: “Organization ‘Censures’ University Over Student Newspaper Adviser’s Exit”
- The Afro American Newspapers: “National Group Censures Morgan State”
POSTED JULY 28 and BEFORE
- Inside Higher Ed: “The Press and Morgan State U.”
- The Student Press Law Center: “College media group censures Md. university over adviser’s firing”
- The Morgan State Spokesman: “National Journalism Group Censures Morgan, Says University Environment Not Conducive to Healthy Journalism”
- The Afro American Newspapers: “Morgan State Fires Longtime Newspaper Adviser”
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: “Morgan State University Facing Big Trouble over Press Censorship”
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