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Committee advises non-profit status
Bijah Gibson
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: News
In addition to the proposal submitted by Browne, the committee also considered keeping Student Media as a university-operated entity.
Browne's proposal, however, won out, due to the numerous advantages it would provide.
Among the advantages of making Student Media a non-profit media corporation is that Student Media will have a large amount of flexibility in its operation.
Additionally, the committee agreed that the proposal will help Student Media provide leadership opportunities for students within and will ensure accountability on the part of editors and staff.
If approved, the proposal will also give Student Media the option of pursuing strategic partnerships in future.
Sean Reed, Collegian editorials editor and a committee members, said this proposal will be to the benefit of all parties involved.
"I think it will give us a little more independence," Reed said. "It gives us more editorial control, and the university doesn't have to freak out if they don't like something we print."
Once the committee settled upon the non-profit media corporation model, it laid out elements thought to be essential to its implementation.
The first of these essential elements is that education is kept as the main mission of Student Media.
In her memorandum to Penley, Hughes said the committee believes it essential that relationships among Student Media, the journalism department, and other departments and organizations be sustained.
Hughes also mentioned the committee had stressed unity among all Student Media outlets -- Collegian, CTV, KCSU and College Avenue.
A formal version of the proposal will be presented to the CSU Board of Governors June 3 for approval.
Staff writer Bijah Gibson can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Browne's proposal, however, won out, due to the numerous advantages it would provide.
Among the advantages of making Student Media a non-profit media corporation is that Student Media will have a large amount of flexibility in its operation.
Additionally, the committee agreed that the proposal will help Student Media provide leadership opportunities for students within and will ensure accountability on the part of editors and staff.
If approved, the proposal will also give Student Media the option of pursuing strategic partnerships in future.
Sean Reed, Collegian editorials editor and a committee members, said this proposal will be to the benefit of all parties involved.
"I think it will give us a little more independence," Reed said. "It gives us more editorial control, and the university doesn't have to freak out if they don't like something we print."
Once the committee settled upon the non-profit media corporation model, it laid out elements thought to be essential to its implementation.
The first of these essential elements is that education is kept as the main mission of Student Media.
In her memorandum to Penley, Hughes said the committee believes it essential that relationships among Student Media, the journalism department, and other departments and organizations be sustained.
Hughes also mentioned the committee had stressed unity among all Student Media outlets -- Collegian, CTV, KCSU and College Avenue.
A formal version of the proposal will be presented to the CSU Board of Governors June 3 for approval.
Staff writer Bijah Gibson can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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