Indiana University's twin decisions to fire the Indiana Daily Student's director of student media and end print publication of the IDS follow years of turmoil at the paper, in which a mounting deficit and increased oversight from the university have raised tensions over content and editorial control.

Catch up on the key events that predicated a whirlwind 24 hours this week:

2017

November: IU’s director of student media, Ron Johnson, is forced to resign from his position amid financial trouble at the IDS. Student journalists say the move threatens the newspaper’s independence. James Shanahan, then dean of the Media School, disagrees.

“The authority to hire a director, by the charter, belongs to the dean of the Media School,” Shanahan says. “I stress to you, and to everyone, there has

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