History
The paper was founded in 1978 as the ''Working Press'' but soon adopted the name ''Campus Press.'' It was launched by Mal Deans, a CU journalism instructor, to serve as a student-run newspaper after the '' Colorado Daily'' left campus and became a community newspaper. The ''Campus Press'' became an online-only publication in August 2006, years ahead of most college newspapers. The tagline on the website was changed from "CU's only independent student voice" to "CU's only student voice." The publication's name was changed to the ''CU Independent'' in August 2008 after it split from the journalism school's curriculum in the wake of a controversy over a student journalist's racially charged column. In December 2019, the university's media college, which had been providing space and retaining staff pay, announced it will defund the ''CU Independent'' in favor of a faculty-led media enterprise. Staff of the ''CU Independent'' said they would continue to maintain the website and publish content under a new funding model separate from the college.Awards
In 2016 and 2019, the CU Independent won an Online Pacemaker Award presented by the Associated Collegiate Press. It has also won several regional awards from theReferences
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