Penn State Perspectives

Highlights of coverage of the ongoing story, produced by Penn State students, faculty experts and alumni, with select pieces from the national media that focus on students or examine an educational aspect of the coverage.

From the Knight Chair ...

• Malcolm Moran writes "Paterno left lasting impression with people" for USA Today (Jan. 23, 2012)
  
• Malcolm Moran writes "Paterno lived and died with football" for The Philadelphia Inquirer (Jan. 23, 2012)

• Malcolm Moran writes about the work of students covering the ongoing story (Dec. 26, 2011)
  

STUDENTS

• Coverage of the passing of Joe Paterno on ComMedia -- photos, stories and video by journalism students (Jan. 27, 2012)
  
• "Mourning Joe Paterno," a gallery by photographer Jill Knight on the day of Joe Paterno's death (Jan. 22, 2012)
  
• ComRadio's Patrick Woo and Willie Jungels interview Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins about her interview and story with Joe Paterno (Jan. 14, 2012)
  
• Haley Blum provides a video for USA Today about students' reaction to the situation (Nov. 18, 2011)
  
• Emily Kaplan contributes to the "Monday Morning Quarterback" column by Peter King of Sports Illustrated (see bottom of the page on the link) (Nov. 14, 2011)
• Pregame prayer puts things in perspective (Nov. 12, 2011)
  Alexander Angert writes about the mood in Beaver Stadium for the Nebraska game in the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pa.
  

ALUMNI

• The Final Judgment of Joe Paterno (Jan. 22, 2012)
  Bob McKinnon ('90) offers his perspective about the legend's legacy.
  
• Search Committee Deliberately Secretive, Members Say (Jan. 10, 2012)
  Nate Mink ('11) talks with search committee members, who explain the difference between the need for confidentiality in a search and the perception of secrecy
  
• Can Bill O'Brien Succeed at Penn State? (Jan. 9, 2012)
  State College native Michael Weinreb ('94) on Grantland.com
• New coach gets victory on his first Saturday (Jan. 8, 2012)
  Longtime beat writer and Altoona Mirror managing editor Neil Rudel ('78) evaluates coach Bill O'Brien's introductory news conference
  
• Bill O'Brien introduced as Penn State's new coach (Jan. 7, 2012)
  Mark Wogenrich ('90) of the Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., chronicles the hiring of the program's new coach.
  
• Lawyer uses waived hearing to publicly defend Sandusky (Dec. 14, 2011)
  Sara Ganim ('08) of the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., covers Jerry Sandusky's preliminary hearing -- and mostly its aftermath.
  
• "For Jerry Sandusky's State College neighbors ... " (Nov. 21, 2011)
  Sara Ganim ('08) of the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., reports on how Sandusky's neighbors have been impacted by the ongoing story and its media attention
  
• "A Place Apart" (Nov. 21, 2011)
  Tom Verducci ('82) of Sports Illustrated reflects about his alma mater
  
• "For Costas, Sandusky Interview Came as a Surprise" (Nov. 15, 2011)
  Bill Carter ('72 MA Journ) of The New York Times provides the backstory on Jerry Sandusky's first national TV interview
  
• "A Classroom Discussion on the Week's Events"  (Nov. 11, 2011)
  Curley Center board member Lori Shontz ('91) examines how faculty members dealt with the story in a blog entry for The Penn Stater
  
•  "Paterno's Code" (Nov. 11, 2011)
  Former Daily Collegian editor looks back and the Penn State program Chris Raymond ('87) on Esquire.com
  
• "Growing up Penn State"  (Nov. 8, 2011)
  State College native Michael Weinreb ('94) on Grantland.com
  
• Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky indicted on felony charges (Nov. 4, 2011)
  Sara Ganim ('08) of the Patriot-News In Harrisburg, Pa., with the first story that reported the allegations.
  

FACULTY

• Paterno lived and died with football (Jan. 23, 2012)
  Knight Chair Malcolm Moran writes about Joe Paterno for The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
• The Personal Side of Bill O'Brien (Jan. 7, 2012)
  Senior lecturer and StateCollege.com columnist Mike Poorman offers a glimpse at the personality of coach Bill O'Brien
• Shining moments in glare of negativity (Dec. 26, 2011)
  Knight Chair Malcolm Moran writes about the work of student journalists covering the story
  
• "A Test of Bonds Old and New" (Nov. 12, 2011)
  Curley Center director Malcolm Moran's essay in The New York Times
  
• Faculty member Russell Frank on the mood on campus, in town (Nov. 11, 2011)
  

NATIONAL MEDIA

• Don't rename Beaver Stadium (March 21, 2012)
  Columnist Roy S. Johnson writes on ESPN.com that the stadium name should not be changed to honor the former football coach
  
• Penn State's Trustees Recount Painful Decision to Fire Paterno (Jan. 18, 2012)
  Writers Pete Thamel and Mark Viera ('09) talk with 13 members of the Board of Trustees and provide a timeline of their actions.
  
• Paterno: 'I just did what I thought was best' (Jan. 14, 2012)
  Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins authors the story in which former Penn State coach Joe Paterno makes his first public comments
  
• PSU keeps flailing with hiring of O'Brien (Jan. 6, 2012)
  Columnist Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports comments on the circumstances surrounding the hiring of coach Bill O'Brien
  
• "Penn State scandal has other victims: Students" (Nov. 26, 2011)
  Column by Rick Telander in the Chicago Sun-Times, with many comments from Knight Chair Malcolm Moran
  
• "A Discipline Problem: Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Players"
  Reed Albergotti, Wall Street Journal (Nov. 22, 2011)
  
• "The real Penn State? In Room 206, plenty of heart to be found"
  Greg Doyel, CBSSports.com (Nov. 14, 2011)