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Cate Charron

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Cate Charron

@catecharron

First Amendment reporter @indystar | Beep me: [email protected] | Signal: cate.charron.28

Indianapolis, IN

indystar.com/staff/65639230…

Born March 15

Joined September 2019

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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 16, 2025
Lil reminder: everything I write is totally 100% free. I’d love if everyone subscribed to the IndyStar, but you will never hit a paywall on any of my stories about constitutional freedoms
IndyStar
@indystar
Oct 15, 2025
Indiana University orders student newspaper to cease printing hours after firing adviser indystar.com/story/news/edu…
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Feb 19, 2023
today iuwbb broke its attendance record with a sell out. it was emotional. i was that little girl once who dreamed women’s sports could sell out stadiums one day we had the pleasure of sitting next to an older woman, a longtime IU and women’s basketball fan. (thread)
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 15, 2025
Breaking: IU entirely cuts the print production of the IDS's newspaper hours after an adviser was fired and amid a power struggle over whether news would be published in the newspaper.
Indiana Daily Student
@idsnews
Oct 15, 2025
IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 16, 2025
No rivalry here: Purdue student pub The Exponent throws support behind IDS
Purdue Exponent
@purdueexponent
Oct 16, 2025
Student journalism has taken another hit after Indiana University fired the Indiana Daily Student’s student media director Jim Rodenbush after he refused to censor the paper. purdueexponent.org/city_state/fea…
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 27, 2025
I spoke with a handful of Indiana University alumni last week who pulled donations following the university's handling of its student paper. One donor cancelled $1.5M in bequests, and a former football player paused $300K in contributions.
IU alumni pull $1M-plus in donations amid fight over control of student newspaper
From indystar.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Aug 8, 2023
Breaking: The Bloomington Starbucks store passed its union election 14-0 to become the third store in Indiana to unionize. I talked to one of the store's unionizers last month:
Starbucks union grows roots in Indiana; organizers say more on horizon - Inside INdiana Business
From insideindianabusiness.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 16, 2025
NEW: Indiana University alum Mark Cuban donated $250,000 to the Indiana Daily Student months before the university ordered the publication to cease printing this week — in part for financial reasons.
Alum Mark Cuban gave student newspaper $250K months before IU forced print production cut
From indystar.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 15, 2025
IDS getting attention from national 1A org:
FIRE
@TheFIREorg
Oct 15, 2025
Indiana University fired professor Jim Rodenbush allegedly for refusing to censor the @idsnews student paper. Admin ordered students to strip everything “but homecoming info” from a recent edition, but Rodenbush upheld the First Amendment, a decision FIRE fully supports.
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 30, 2025
NEW: The fired adviser of Indiana University's student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, is suing the university, arguing his constitutional rights were violated, as part of a sweeping lawsuit that alleges collusion to stifle the student publication.
IU student newspaper adviser firing a 'direct assault' on First Amendment, new lawsuit says
From indystar.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 17, 2025
The Indiana Daily Student has over $400K to spend, but the former adviser said administrators hamstrung his ability to use those funds, worsening the newspaper's deficit spending. Of note: Mark Cuban's recent $250K donation nearly matches the deficit
IU hamstrung student newspaper's ability to use Mark Cuban donation, fired adviser says
From indystar.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 17, 2025
Fired @idsnews adviser recognized in Washington DC at a journalism conference:
Nicole DeCriscio Bowe
@nicole_dec
Oct 17, 2025
Guess what @IUBloomington the journalism community is quite literally standing up against the attack on @idsnews by giving Jim Rodenbush a standing ovation. It’s been impeccable timing as we’re gathering at #MediaFest25 @mcuban @spj_tweets @collegemedia @acpress
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
Mar 25, 2022
Hi friends! I’m so honored to announce that I was selected as the @idsnews fall editor in chief! I absolutely cannot wait to lead this publication and am so grateful for everyone who has helped me get to this point.
Cate Charron
@catecharron
Oct 14, 2025
The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper, @brianwritesnews and I report.
Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content
From indystar.com
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Cate Charron
@catecharron
May 19, 2025
Excited to say I’m back to the @indystar ! I’m starting today as the Star’s First Amendment reporter. I’ll be covering the tension between those constitutional freedoms and the current political environment. New email coming soon. My cell is the same :)
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