A disciplinary panel at the University of California Berkeley has ruled that Josh Wolf of the Graduate School of Journalism was trespassing when he filmed a student protest over tuition hikes inside Wheeler Hall in 2009.
Wolf said the ruling will have a chilling effect on journalists trying to cover campus events. The punishment for Wolf is to write an essay on the rights of journalists to help the administration develop a clear policy on the rights of student journalists. Wolf plans to appeal the panel’s finding. -db
From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2011, by Nanette Asimov.