The common element between the Stanford Daily News, The Daily Northwestern, the Harvard Crimson and the Cornell Daily Sun is their editorial independence from their host universities. But if a reporter is working on a critical story, Cornell Media Relations will either ignore the inquiry or say “no comment.” Cornell Media Relations must escort any journalist who is on campus to interview, film or photograph. In fact, administrators and faculty are told not to talk to the media without permission from Cornell Media Relations. At universities, stars are judged by a coach’s win-loss ratio, or an academic’s strong correlations in their breakthrough research data. He is a former columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun and is currently Secretary of The Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association.

Source: Daily Sun July 25, 2023 00:44 UTC