How a daily college newspaper became independent

Twenty-five years ago today, when I was a young pup, I organized and chaired a major journalism convention at Rutgers University that paved the way for the university’s college daily newspaper, the Targum, to become an independent publication. Lesley Stahl, Daniel Schorr and George Gallup were just a few of the speakers who came out to the daylong conference and alumni reunion. The event drew 1,000 people.

Some alums of the 134-year-old newspaper asked me to recount the events that led up to independence and the founding of the Targum Alumni Association. Here’s the story.

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