By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on June 2, 2010 at 3:10pm

Florida Atlantic University Newspaper Adviser Fired, But Still Advising

-- The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported on May 28, 2010:

"The longtime adviser of Florida Atlantic University's student newspaper led what seemed like a normal staff meeting Friday, critiquing the latest edition of the University Press and offering suggestions on how to do better journalism.

The only problem: Michael Koretzky had been fired from the adviser's job a week before.

The termination, which FAU officials said was part of a reorganization of student media, outraged students on the newspaper staff, who see it as a backdoor way to control content. They voted unanimously to keep Koretzky as their adviser, which he agreed to do as a volunteer.

When FAU wouldn't go for that, students named him to a new position: permanent guest speaker. He has agreed to show up every week, doing pretty much the same job as he's done for the past 12 years. Students are also meeting with Koretzky off campus.

"I'll continue to help you publish the cutting edge journalism that has won this paper awards and its staff jobs. I just won't get paid for it," he told the students, as documented on his blog."

The full story:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-fau-newspaper-adviser-20100528,0,5722299.story

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