Given the importance of the freedom of the press, we take seriously the concerns raised about the fact that two Stanford Daily staffers were among the 13 individuals arrested for occupying the president’s office building at Stanford. However, the circumstances of these arrests were not the typical scenario of student journalists reporting on a protest in a public venue. Rather, both Stanford Daily staffers were among a small group of individuals barricaded inside a locked office building, ...| news.stanford.edu
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Stanford Daily reporter Dilan Gohill spoke publicly for the first time about his arrest in June while covering an occupation of the Stanford president’s office. The prosecutor still hasn’t officially pursued or declined the felony charges against Gohill, and Stanford disciplinary proceedings are also pending.| Student Press Law Center