{"id":180410,"date":"2025-07-03T16:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=180410"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:52","slug":"editorial-teams-acquire-more-independence-after-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/07\/03\/editorial-teams-acquire-more-independence-after-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial teams acquire more independence after censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

After censorship in Delft and Eindhoven, several university magazines have boosted their independence with an update editorial statute. \u201cSomething you hope you never need, but must be present.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Almost two years ago, higher education was confronted with two censorship issues, in Delft and Eindhoven. This led to a great deal of controversy and debate in the House of Representatives. Then minister Dijkgraaf was one of the people who stood up<\/a> for independent journalism at higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

Since then, several education magazines have worked on a new editorial statute. This document states that they\u2019re journalistically independent of the educational institution that pays them.<\/p>\n

Lifebuoy<\/h2>

Two weeks ago, Erasmus Magazine of Erasmus University presented a new statute. Not because there was censorship in Rotterdam, but to prevent it. Such a statute is \u2018something you hope you never need, but must be present\u2019, writes editor-in-chief Wieneke Gunneweg. She compares it to a lifebuoy: once you\u2019re in the water, it\u2019s too late to craft one.<\/p>\n

One way in which the statute boosts the independence of the editorial team is by explicitly stating that the university \u2018will respect the free and independent professional practice of journalists\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t

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