Update (April 16): Bryan College student newspaper editor Alex Green recently earned the University of Oregon's 2013 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism for his decision to self-publish a story about a biblical studies professor after school officials spiked the article last fall.
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In a press freedom flap that reflects collegiate sensitivities following the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal at Penn State University, a Christian college in Tennessee attempted to stop student newspaper editors from publishing a story about a biblical studies professor who resigned after being arrested in an FBI sting this summer on charges of attempted child molestation.
Now, following a windfall of media attention, Bryan College president Stephen Livesay says the Dayton school may have been mistaken when it asked editor Alex Green to hold a story with details on former professor David Morgan, who resigned in July.
In a statement posted on the college's website, Livesay responded to the incident: "In ...
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