Today marks one year since we published the first part in my #UMEmails investigation showing how University of Mississippi officials coddled racist donors, at times to students' detriment.
The story and others stories from those emails continues to unfold.mississippifreepress.org/4876/the-fabri…
The story and others stories from those emails continues to unfold.mississippifreepress.org/4876/the-fabri…
Those emails showed how, even as journalism school officials pursued alum Shepard Smith to help with fundraising by making appearances on campus, the journalism school dean disparaged his sexuality behind the scenes. #UMEmails
mississippifreepress.org/5004/ums-cultu…
mississippifreepress.org/5004/ums-cultu…
UM officials initially spoke of reforms in the wake of the series, but campus police and UM's Title VII/Title IX office launched investigations to unmask the #UMEmails whistleblowers after they began questioning administrators' pay & promotion practices. mississippifreepress.org/7134/um-probes…
The whistleblower hunt ensnared UM's ombudsman, whom faculty relied on to privately share & raise concerns without superiors finding out & possibly retaliating against them.
He denied journalism faculty's accusation that he was one of the whistleblowers. mississippifreepress.org/7379/our-last-…
He denied journalism faculty's accusation that he was one of the whistleblowers. mississippifreepress.org/7379/our-last-…
At the same time, UM informed tenure-track historian Garrett Felber that his contract would not be renewed & he would not be considered for tenure.
His firing came after he said UM “priorizes racist donors over all else.” @middleton380 broke the story: mississippifreepress.org/7518/um-fires-…
His firing came after he said UM “priorizes racist donors over all else.” @middleton380 broke the story: mississippifreepress.org/7518/um-fires-…
After 3 months on administrative leave, UM reinstated Ombudsman Paul Caffera in March 2021. Despite dozens of witness interviews, UM investigators failed to find any evidence that he had been involved with the whistleblowers (nor to identify any of them).mississippifreepress.org/10017/ombuds-e…
Three days ago, we reported on emails showing that, before UM fired anti-racist historian Garrett Felber, UM's chief marketing officer had grown concerned when Felber criticized a powerful journalism instructor who has made millions from private prisons: mississippifreepress.org/14250/emails-s…
You can see a full timeline of the #UMEmails saga at this link: mississippifreepress.org/8357/um-emails…
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