University of Alabama alumni say they want to keep two campus magazines alive after they were shuttered.

One day after UA told student journalists that two magazines focused on women and Black culture would lose university funding and be suspended, an alumni group said it may be able to help.

“In a moment like right now, I think our goal is to support students however we can,” said Victor Luckerson, president and co-founder of Masthead. The nonprofit offers mentorship and support to journalism and communications graduates.

Luckerson said each magazine costs about $7,500 to print 1,000 copies.

“There’s a lot of alumni who are really fired up about this and really want to make sure these students don’t get deprived of what they deserve,” Luckerson said. “So we’d be really excited to tr

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