Orange Hush: OSU Student Media Adviser Says University Tried to Quash Her Quest for Public Records

By: Bennett Hall | Corvalis Gazette-Times

Oregon State University student media adviser Kate Willson thought she was just doing her job when she filed a public records request with the university. Now she’s worried it could get her fired.

OSU’s chief spokesman says Willson’s job is safe and the university was not trying to muzzle her. But he also says Willson was out of line when she tried to obtain public records from the institution she works for and that all such requests should be filed by student journalists, not their adviser.