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East Carolina University

Location: Greenville, NC 27858-4353

Website: http://www.ecu.edu

Speech Code Rating

East Carolina University has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at East Carolina University

• University of North Carolina System: State of the First Amendment
• East Carolina University: Viewpoint Discrimination Against Student Organization
• East Carolina University: Student Newspaper Adviser Fired After Publication of Streaker Photo

Recent Media Coverage of East Carolina University

• East Carolina fires student media director in wake of campus newspaper streaker photos, USA TODAY , January 17, 2012
• ECU asks for OK to release firing details, News Observer, January 12, 2012
• ECU: Firing is ‘correct and legal’, The Reflector, January 11, 2012
• East Carolinian Editor-in-Chief speaks on the firing of school’s media adviser (exclusive), Death and Taxes Magazine, January 11, 2012
• ECU defends firing of newspaper adviser, News Observer, January 11, 2012
• Groups challenge adviser's firing, The Reflector, January 10, 2012
• ECU Says Adviser Firing Not First Amendment Issue, WITN News, January 10, 2012
• Update: Fight to reinstate former adviser to The East Carolinian heats up, Eyewitness News, January 9, 2012

Posts to The Torch About East Carolina University

• Free Speech Victory at East Carolina University: $31,200 Settlement for Newspaper Advisor, April 23, 2012
• Weeks Later, No Answers from East Carolina University on Firing of Newspaper Advisor, February 15, 2012
• Media Hammers East Carolina University for Adviser’s Firing, January 20, 2012
• East Carolina University Digs Deeper Hole with Second Public Statement in 2 Days, January 12, 2012
• East Carolina University’s Pitiful Statement About Firing Advisor, January 11, 2012
• National Press Photographers Association Criticizes ECU Firing of Newspaper Adviser, January 11, 2012
• Firing of ECU Media Adviser Sparks Widespread Response, January 10, 2012
• UCLA Urged to Prioritize Academic Freedom in Search for Public Health Dean, January 10, 2012