Rock Chalk Struggle Against Cuts To University Daily Kansan

First, about the fair use lead photo clip . . . It's impossible to read the following testimony and not feel a bit of nostalgia for the idealistic and hopelessly naive world of college journalism  . . .

Senior column: The UDK made me fall in love with storytelling

But that's old & sentimental news picked at random for context . . . CURRENTLY . . . KU  students are struggling to keep a fading form of community media alive which serves as EXCELLENT TRAINING for future endeavors in the news industry . . . Here are the basics . . .

The UDK was going to lose 80% of their budget BUT after quite a few local newises shared their story, student government backed down . . . In the aftermath, newsies in training have promised to get even tougher with their representatives . . . Again, this is all prefect practice for teaching journalists that cash is always more important than politics.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'We have a lot of questions': Student journalists react to proposed budget cut to University Daily Kansan

Last week, the University of Kansas Student Senate proposed cutting the University Daily Kansan's (UDK) budget by approximately 80%.

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