Apr 06 Watch 13:40 How Rolling Stone got the UVA sexual assault story so wrong By PBS News Hour A new report scrutinizes the many layers of error uncovered in a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Gwen Ifill talks to Steve Coll of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about… Continue watching
Apr 05 Review calls disputed Rolling Stone campus rape story case of ‘journalistic failure’ By Daniel Costa-Roberts, Elisabeth Ponsot An independent review of a Rolling Stone article about the alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia student has found the magazine failed in the “reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking” of the now-discredited story. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 5:47 Leaving the case open, Charlottesville police find no proof of UVA gang rape By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 23 Police say they can’t confirm gang rape at University of Virginia By Justin Scuiletti Police on Monday said that an investigation was unable to confirm that a gang rape, as described in a November 2014 Rolling Stone article, occurred during a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. Continue reading
Jan 12 UVA reinstates frat after police find no proof of rape described in Rolling Stone article By Corinne Segal The University of Virginia has reinstated Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity at the heart of a Rolling Stone story involving an alleged gang rape, after Charlottesville police said they did not find “any substantive basis” for the allegations. Continue reading
Dec 22 Rolling Stone announces independent review of discredited UVA rape article By Kyla Calvert Mason Rolling Stone Editor and Publisher Jan Wenner released an editor’s note saying the magazine will enlist administrators at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism to conduct an independent review of the editorial process that led to the publication of a… Continue reading
Dec 11 Justice Department: Majority of campus sexual assault goes unreported to police By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Only about 20 percent of campus sexual assault victims go to police, according to a new Justice Department report providing insight into why so many victims choose not to pursue criminal charges. Continue reading
Dec 05 Rolling Stone: ‘Our trust in her was misplaced’ over woman’s account of alleged UVa gang rape By Kyla Calvert Mason Rolling Stone magazine published a note to readers this afternoon saying they no longer have confidence in the account given by the woman featured in the piece of a rape that allegedly took place at a University of Virginia… Continue reading
Dec 03 Critics question why Rolling Stone reporter did not contact men accused of UVA gang rape By Kyla Calvert Mason Last month, Rolling Stone magazine published an article detailing the gang rape of a University of Virginia freshman, Jackie, by seven men in one of the campus’ fraternity houses and the university’s failure to investigate once the attack was reported… Continue reading
Nov 22 UVa suspends fraternal activities until Jan. 9 amid sexual assault allegations By Carey Reed The President of the University of Virginia announced on Saturday the suspension of activities for the school’s fraternal organizations until Jan. 9, 2015, following reactions within the school community to the recent recounting of an alleged 2012 sexual assault in… Continue reading