Editorial: The Daily's coverage of Jeff Sessions: A teaching moment for Northwestern
by The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Nov 14, 2019
3 minutes
When former Attorney General Jeff Sessions agreed to speak at Northwestern University, editors at the student-run Daily Northwestern newspaper recognized it as a big story. Sessions, invited by College Republicans, was unwelcome by many on the liberal-leaning campus, so the Daily assigned one reporter to cover Sessions' talk and another to cover students protesting his appearance, plus a photographer.
So far so good, journalistically: Nice hustle, staff smartly deployed in the service of readers. As anticipated, Sessions' Nov. 5 appearance
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