Kathleen RonayneVerified account

I hear that point on the public nature of how this has played out, but I do think it's useful and instructive for these student journalists to learn from the criticism they're getting from professional journalists

People should have room to learn. But editors & chairs issued the retraction statements. Student reporters who did their jobs were thrown under the bus. Journalism is under attack, and we need to forcefully tell the public how & why we do our jobs. It’s fundamental to democracy.

Media literacy is needed for all involved — student editors, students who were interviewed, the broader community etc. Too many people just don’t get how we work and why.

hear, hear. I always appreciated hearing from former EICs privately when I was a college editor. I didn’t so much enjoy printing their public letters (a few lashing me by name). But we printed them.

I made plenty of mistakes as a college reporter for @dailywildcat and a grad student editor for @statepress. I got called out and improved. This is a learning lesson. But the lesson must involve the reality that basic journalism must not be apologized for and never retracted.