The College Fix is an American conservative leaning news website focused on higher education. It was created in 2011 by journalist John J. Miller and is published by the nonprofit 501(c)(3)[1] Student Free Press Association (SFPA). The site features "right-minded news and commentary"[2] and often reports on what it describes as "political correctness" with a mission of exposing liberal “bias and abuse” at American colleges.[3]
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Type of site | Political News Higher education |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Student Free Press Association |
| Created by | John J. Miller |
| Editor | Jennifer Kabbany |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2011 |
The Fix features student and non-student writers. It is based in Hillsdale, Michigan. Rick DeVos, the son of former US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, sits on the Fix's board.
Model
editThe Chronicle of Higher Education described The College Fix as a website designed to recruit "young conservatives for careers in the news media by placing college students in internships with right-leaning publications."[3] Miller had long desired "to help other conservative and libertarian campus journalists" and The Fix gives them a platform where they will get "more attention than from just the campus level."[4]
As of 2015, The Fix had three full-time editors and one part-time editor who oversee a network of approximately 75 contributors.[3]
Accuracy, funding and editorial stance
editThe Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2015 that some subjects covered by The Fix had accused the website of misreporting their stories. The Fix editor Jennifer Kabbany defended the site's coverage and said that the site offers those it covers an opportunity to comment.[3] In addition, Kabbany told NPR in April 2018 that the site "has publicly denounced any vile emails that a professor might get."[5]
In February 2017 Inside Higher Ed probed whether The Fix had failed to disclose its relationship to the son of Betsy DeVos, weeks before her appointment as the US Secretary of Education. As early as 2015, Rick DeVos had served as a board member of Student Free Press Association, though this relationship was not disclosed in the site's coverage of DeVos.[2] Days after the report John Miller apologized and took blame for the oversight.[6]
The Donors Capital Fund gave $365,600 to the Student Free Press Association from 2014 to 2015, before ceasing contributions. The site reported receiving $749,509 in contributions from various sources in 2018.[7]
Staff
edit- John J. Miller, founder and executive director
- Katherine Miller, founding editor-in-chief[8]
- Nathan Harden, editor-in-chief from 2012–2014[9]
- Jennifer Kabbany, current editor-in-chief
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Student Free Press Association". projects.propublica.org. Propublica. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Betsy DeVos's connection to The College Fix, a conservative higher education news site". insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ a b c d "Higher Education's Internet Outrage Machine". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2018-06-15 – via chronicle.com.
- ^ Torres, Justin (Spring 2014). "New Balance: Training the next generation of conservative journalists". Philanthropy Magazine. Philanthropy Roundtable. Retrieved 2018-08-09 – via philanthropyroundtable.org.
- ^ Kamenetz, Anya (April 4, 2018). "Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back". krcu.org. KCRU Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ Miller, John J. (8 February 2018). "DeVos and disclosure". The College Fix. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
Although the makeup of SFPA's board is available in public documents, we did not put a disclosure statement in the articles posted on The Fix. We should have done this. I apologize for the oversight. The fault is mine.
- ^ Lytvynenko, Jane (16 April 2020). "The College Fix Was Founded To Fight Culture Wars On Campus, But Its Biggest Hit Is About The Coronavirus". The College Fix. BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Kabbany, Jennifer (1 September 2016). "Katherine Miller". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Kabbany, Jennifer (1 September 2016). "Nathan Harden". The College Fix. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
