Hampton loses funds over censoring scandal
By Jason Amirhadji | November 13, 2003Three weeks after the acting president of Hampton University confiscated copies of a student publication following its editors' refusal to run her letter to the editor on the front page, a national association of newspaper executives has decided to discontinue funding a summer journalism program at the school. The American Society of Newspaper Editors previously had earmarked $55,000 for Hampton University to host its High School Journalism Institute, also scheduled at five other locations across the country, said Director Peter Bhatia, who added that after the incident, the group did not believe it would be appropriate to hold such an event at an institution that did not uphold the principles of free press. "We're an organization that exists to serve the newspaper industry," he said.
