Author: Brian Muñoz

News analysis: Demonstrators, police must recognize journalist’s role in covering unrest

The scene was peaceful–as many of the protests have been. As the sun set in the city of Carbondale in southern Illinois on Sunday night, hundreds of people, many wearing masks because of the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, locked arms in support of systematic change and an end to police violence. Community members…

Rodney Davis volunteer poses as student journalist in opponent’s press conference

A top Republican campaign operative supporting Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., posed as a reporter for a college newspaper during a press conference earlier this month in an attempt to embarrass Davis’ Democratic opponent. Miranda Lintzenich, the editor-in-chief at The Alestle – SIU Edwardsville’s student newspaper, said she was concerned when she learned the Davis volunteer…

SIU Athletics swiftly rescinds proposed ‘activism’ ban after disclosure by student paper

The latest chapter of the three Southern Illinois University cheerleaders who knelt during the anthem last year to protest police brutality is a complicated one. First, only one returned to the team this year; one didn’t enroll at the university. Then SIU Athletics administrators attempted to add new language to their Code of Conduct to…