As college newspapers are defunded, student journalists fight back

As college newspapers are defunded, student journalists fight back

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. When the Services and Activities Committee (S&A) at Central Washington University (CWU) proposed to allocate just $1,100 to the student newspaper’s budget last spring, the student editors organized a protest. The Observer had originally requested between $36,000 and $56…