Document on Student Rights & Welfare 11|Page www.kutztown.edu/thekey C. As safeguards for the editorial freedom and responsibility of student communications the following provisions are necessary: 1. The student communication media shall be free of censorship and advance approval of copy, and its editors and managers shall be free to develop their own editorial policies and news coverage. The editorial freedom of student editors and managers entails corollary responsibilities to be governed by the canons of responsible journalism, such as the avoidance of libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the techniques of harassment and innuendo. In the delegation of editorial responsibility to students, the institution must provide sufficient editorial freedom and financial autonomy for the student communications media to maintain their integrity and free expression in the academic community. 2. Editors and managers of student communication media shall be protected from arbitrary suspension and removal because of student, faculty, administrative or public disapproval of editorial policy or content. Only for proper and stated causes, violations of the canons of responsible journalism as cited in 6.C., shall editors and managers be subject to removal, and then by orderly and prescribed procedures. 3. All student communication media shall explicitly state that opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University or student body.
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