This page is comprised of every article written on the case of The Tartan’s missing newspapers at Radford University and will be added to as more updates come out.
Please use this page as an aid in your research, and feel free to share this and let people know that newspaper theft, even when those newspapers are free, is still a crime.
September
- Rough Week for Radford University Student Paper — 1,000 Copies Stolen, Then Prior Review Proposed from SPLC | Sept 25, 2019
- Probe Starts After RU Student Newspapers Go Missing from The Roanoke Times | Sep 26, 2019
- Over 1000 Newspapers Stolen from 22 Newsstands from The Tartan | Sep 26, 2019
October
- Opinion/Editorial: Newspapers go missing, raising concern from The Daily Progress | Oct 1, 2019
- Déjà vu all over again with student newspaper thefts at Radford University from FIRE | Oct 7, 2019
- All the news that’s fit to steal: What happened to the Radford University student paper? from The Washington Post | Oct 7, 2019
- 1,000 copies of student newspaper disappear after university said Page 1 photo could ‘trigger’ people from Washington Examiner | Oct 9, 2019
- Questions still loom over missing student newspapers at RU from The Roanoke Times | Oct 29, 2019
November
- Radford Staff Employee Stole The Tartan Newspapers – Name Not Released from The Tartan | Nov 8, 2019
- Radford University worker blamed for emptied student newspaper racks from The Roanoke Times | Nov 9, 2019
- Virginia school: Employee disciplined over vanishing paper from The Associated Press | Nov 10, 2019
- The case of the missing Radford University newspapers is partially cracked. But whodunit isn’t being shared from The Washington Post | Nov 11, 2019
- CASEY: Questions left hanging in Radford U student-newspaper scandal from The Roanoke Times | Nov 11, 2019
- Radford Employee Emptied Student Newspaper Racks from Inside Higher Ed | Nov 12, 2019
- University employee was involved in disappearance of campus newspapers, school says from The College Fix | Nov 12, 2019
- RU missing Tartans: incriminating video put in personnel file; other footage not retained from The Roanoke Times | Nov 13, 2019
- Censorship by theft on Radford University’s campus from The Washington Post | Nov 14, 2019
- This past week in college news from The The Muhlenberg Weekly | Nov 14, 2019
- ‘Layers of issues’ related to missing RU Tartans, says wife of late professor from The Roanoke Times | Nov 15, 2019
- CASEY: Six possible reasons why Radford U student newspapers disappeared from The Roanoke Times | Nov 16, 2019
- Amid Radford cover-up, more stolen papers nationwide, newspaper theft appears on the rise from FIRE | Nov 18, 2019
- Support for Radford’s student paper from SPJVA Today | Nov 25, 2019
- Other Voices: It was censorship by theft at a university from GoUpsate | Nov 27, 2019
December
- Report Raises Concern Over Censorship of Student Newspapers from The College Band | Dec 2, 2019
- Newspaper theft in 2019: 8,500+ issues stolen, trashed in 13 incidents from SPLC | Dec 13, 2019
- Virginia delegate resumes fight for student journalist protections from Prince William Times | Dec 16, 2019
- Censorship by theft from Virginia Lawyers Weekly | Dec 26, 2019
January
- VIRGINIA DELEGATE RESUMES FIGHT FOR STUDENT JOURNALIST PROTECTIONS from RVA Magazine | Jan 6, 2020
- Public schools in Virginia can censor student journalists any time, for any reason. A proposed law would change that. from The Washington Post | Jan 12, 2020
- Senate panel kills student censorship bill from The Roanoke Times | Jan 22, 2020
- Editorial: A strong Fourth Estate starts in our schools from Richmond Times-Dispatch| Jan 28, 2020
- Letter from the Editor: Student Press Freedoms at Radford University from The Tartan| Jan 29, 2020
February
- RU missing Tartan case: Editor remains steadfast, asks for apology from The Roanoke Times | Feb 2, 2020
- House panel backs changed version of student censorship bill from The Roanoke Times | Feb 3, 2020
- Op-eds, panels, newsroom open houses, TikToks: How student journalists celebrated Student Press Freedom Day 2020 from SPLC | Feb 5, 2020
- “How long are we going to wait?” Editor-in-Chief criticizes Radford’s newspaper theft investigation from SPLC | Feb 12, 2019
- VCU police investigating stolen student newspapers; charges or school punishment possible from Richmond Times-Dispatch| Feb 28, 2020
- Virginia Commonwealth Police probe student newspaper thefts from Richmond Times-Dispatch| Feb 28, 2020
- Williams: Someone stole newspapers in bulk at Virginia Commonwealth University. Why that matters to all of us. from Richmond Times-Dispatch| Feb 28, 2020
March
- Tartan Newspapers Stolen From the Armstrong Complex from The Tartan| Jan 29, 2020
- Radford University president refutes latest alleged newspaper theft from The Roanoke Times | March 6, 2020
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