I am responding to the story titled âWhere is Ohio University CFO Deb Shaffer? Nobody will say,â published Feb. 26 on The Athens NEWSâ website.
As a member of the Society of Professional Journalists for 30 years this year, I am thrilled to know Ohio University leadership is reading a code that is considered the âgold standardâ around the world. I was proud to serve on SPJâs national Ethics Committee when it drafted the 1996 revision.
Ohio University President Duane Nellis, OU VP for Marketing Robin Oliver and OU spokesperson Carly Leatherwood â in a telephone call to the newsroom, according to the story â chastised The Athens NEWS and its reporters for failing to follow the SPJ Ethics Code.
The Ohio University Board of Trustees on Monday voted unanimously to approve a resolution objecting to the Faculty Senate committee report that recommended upholding the tenure of journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, who was found by the university Title IX office to have sexually harassed at least two students.
The Board of Trustees, as the final arbiter in determining the fate of the professorâs tenure, made the decision following a more than four-hour long executive session where members reviewed the report and transcripts from the Faculty Senate committee.
Kalyango, who has been at the center of several university investigations and lawsuits in recent years related to sexual misconduct allegations, and his attorney also appeared during the executive session in accordance with the faculty handbook, according to Board of Trustees Chair Janelle Coleman.
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Al Roker, weather forecaster and journalist known for his work on the Today Show, will speak virtually at Ohio University on March 2 at 7:30 p.m. as a presenter with the Kennedy Lecture Series. The event will be moderated by Eddith Dashiell, director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.