Six reporting lessons from the Cornell sexual assault investigation
From student journalists who stayed with the story for nearly two years to national newsrooms parsing police interviews, Title IX records and court documents, coverage of the Cornell case offers lessons for reporters tackling sensitive, document-heavy investigations.
When a former Cornell University student filed a civil lawsuit in September alleging that she had been drugged and sexually assaulted by several fraternity members in 2024, the case quickly drew national attention.
But for reporters at student-run Cornell Daily Sun, the story wasn’t new.
Cereese Qusba, a senior editor, had been…
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