The Oregon Daily Emerald Board of Directors remains committed to working alongside the newsroom to ensure the editorial independence of the newspaper. This includes standing behind the Emerald’s long-held principles of journalistic independence and student control of the newsroom.
The ODE board and the newsroom’s editors met Thursday night to discuss our issues and have agreed to participate in a mediation process next week. The board and the editorial staff are in unison and stand behind the fundamental values of the ODE.
Jeanne Long
Rob Moseley
Laura Paz Smith
Melody Ward Leslie
Mark Watson
Mark Blaine
K. Miller
Kevin Boots
The Oregon Daily Emerald newsroom staff made a principled stand for editorial independence and student control of this newspaper. Our commitment to these principles will not waiver as we move forward in trying to resolve our grievances with the Board of Directors.
On Thursday night the newsroom leadership met with the Board of Directors and agreed to participate in a mediation process early next week. We accept the good faith effort of the board in negotiating terms of a publisher’s contract moving forward, and believe it is in the best interest of our newspaper and our community to resume publishing our paper on Monday March 9, 2009.
Ashley Chase
Allie Grasgreen
Robert D’Andrea
Rebecca Woolington
Andrew Greif