CREW Life was awarded a Youth Violence Prevention Grant to help our work here in Fort Wayne, Indiana! Huge s/o to Mayor Tucker for seeing CREW Life’s vision on how we can help decrease the youth violence in our neighborhoods!! #CrewLife

Not happy. Censorship isn’t the way. I gave money to IU general fund for the IDS last year, so they could pay everyone and not run a deficit. I gave more than they asked for. I told them I’m happy to help because the IDS is important to kids at IU

Shame on Indiana University. I wouldn’t be the reporter I am without my time learning real journalism at the IDS.

IU’s attempts to intimidate and censor the IDS are as appalling as they are predictable. So much for "light and truth," right Indiana University? I’m ashamed of my alma mater, but I also have no doubt that the journalists at Indiana Daily Student will not let up. IU just kicked the hornets’ nest.

We’re not going anywhere. Read what they didn’t want on campus this week, and check out our award-winning website while you’re at it. The Media School will tell you we’re not keeping up in the digital age, but we’re doing just fine.

If you're watching the news out of Indiana with bafflement like I am, give our new First Amendment reporter Cate Charron a follow. She's a terrific reporter and is following this story to the minute. And as always, all of our 1st A coverage is always free:

NEW: Indiana University alum Mark Cuban donated $250,000 to the Indiana Daily Student months before the university ordered the publication to cease printing this week — in part for financial reasons. indystar.com/story/news/edu…

Media, faculty groups and free speech organizations have accused IU of censorship for ordering the IDS to remove news from a special print edition. Legal experts say there's not enough information yet to make that call. Ethan Sandweiss ipm.org/news/2025-10-1…

What on earth is going on at Indiana University?

The Indiana Daily Student has over $400K to spend, but the former adviser said administrators hamstrung his ability to use those funds, worsening the newspaper's deficit spending. Of note: Mark Cuban's recent $250K donation nearly matches the deficit indystar.com/story/news/edu…

Indiana University has ordered its student paper to end all print publication. The school says it's a business decision. Editors and experts say it's censorship.

Fired Indiana Daily Student adviser recognized in Washington DC at a journalism conference:

I wrote about what's happening with the student paper at Indiana University right now nytimes.com/2025/10/17/bus…

The Purdue Exponent’s “Operation Clandestine Delivery” was a success! We delivered special edition Exponents to the IU campus after the University admin there canceled @IDSnews print editions. Student journalism solidarity. 👊🏼

#NEW: IU Media School journalism faculty sent a letter to Indiana University President Pamela Whitten, the Provost, the Bloomington Chancellor, and the Media School dean, condemning the decision to cancel future print publications of the Indiana Daily Student: "The Journalism faculty at Indiana

As a broader response to struggles in student journalism across the country, a collection of student newspapers have banded together to form the Campus Reporting Network, which serves to exchange educational resources and come to each other’s aid. purdueexponent.org/city_state/gen…

It has been an informative week with Indiana University trying to defend effectively gagging their student newspaper, but if Hoosiers don’t do anything we’ll be better at one more thing — journalism. purdueexponent.org/opinion/purde-…

A video of the crowd at the Statehouse.

IU administration replaced the Jewish Studies program director without consulting faculty, alarming students and faculty about the integrity of free speech and shared governance within the program. idsnews.com/article/2025/1…

“There’s very few who have done what you’ve done.” 🤩 We had some important people in Braden Smith’s life congratulate him on breaking the Big Ten Conference career assists record.