When former University of Pittsburgh student and freelance journalist Henry Bard tried to get records from his campus police department last year, the university swiftly said no.
Michigan State’s trustee gag rule silences dissent, starving student journalists — and the public — of the transparency they need to hold leaders accountable.
When the government treats “find the leak” as a license to raid reporters, the law meant to protect watchdogs starts looking more like a speed bump than a guardrail.
