The Pulitzer Prize Board issued a statement Thursday recognizing the “tireless efforts” of student journalists across the country who have covered campus protests at “great personal and academic risk” to themselves. (The Hill)
Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from the Daily Bruin suddenly found themselves surrounded by demonstrators who beat, kicked and sprayed them with a noxious chemical. (AP)
Two student journalists at Dartmouth College were arrested Wednesday night while covering protests on the campus. Each was charged with criminal trespass. (SPLC)
As student-led protests over the ongoing Israel-Hamas War roil college campuses across America, the major news networks have largely been prevented from broadcasting from the epicenter of events. In their absence, student journalists are stepping up to be the eyes and ears for outlets otherwise blocked from filing on-the-ground reports. (TVNewser)