Recent media coverage

Here are some recent news articles about the plight of Prof. Bosley and the Viking News...

From the Associated Press (via NJ.com Newsflash), 5/19/06:
College faces ire, litigation over newspaper adviser's removal
5/19/2006, 3:10 p.m. ET
By CHRIS NEWMARKER
The Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. -- A southern New Jersey community college is receiving more criticism from national journalism groups, and facing litigation, over its removal of the faculty adviser of a student newspaper.

Earlier this week, College Media Advisers, the 800-member national organization serving faculty and staff advisers to the nation's college media, censured Ocean County College for its decision to remove Karen Bosley, who served as adviser of the "Viking News" for 35 years...

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From the Asbury Park Press, 5/17/06:
OCC is censured by college advisers
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/17/06

BY JOSEPH PICARD
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
DOVER — A nationwide organization serving college newspaper advisers censured Ocean County College on Tuesday, calling for the reinstatement of Karen Bosley as the faculty adviser to the Viking News, OCC's student-run newspaper.

"CMA cannot tolerate the tactic of removing the publication adviser for the purpose of instituting more control of constitutionally protected student content," said Lance Speere, president of College Media Advisers, in a prepared statement...

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From the Ocean County Observer, 5/17/06:
OCC is censured by media advisers
Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 05/17/06

BY DON BENNETT
STAFF WRITER
TOMS RIVER — Ocean County College has been censured by College Media Advisers for its decision not to reappoint the student newspaper adviser after 35 years.

The censure comes as the 800-member association ramps up pressure on the college following a scathing report criticizing the trustees and administration for failing to reappoint Karen Bosley and for shifting her to teaching English from her journalism courses...

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