
10/15/2025
A Statement from Illini Media Company CEO Jake Williams and Board President Jim Schlueter
"We at Illini Media Company are appalled at the termination of Indiana University Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush for standing up for his student's work. Censorship in all of its forms, especially from university bureaucracy, is unacceptable.
The freedom of speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution extends to student media and protects students' work from censorship.
Full stop.
At Illini Media Company, we are proud to be an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. We are ready to support and offer any assistance that the Indiana Daily Student needs to combat this challenge.
We stand with Rodenbush and the staff of the Indiana Daily Student and call on the Indiana University Media School to reinstate Rodenbush and affirm in written policy the editorial independence of the Indiana Daily Student."