USC announced football coach Lincoln Riley lifted his two-week suspension of Southern California New Group reporter Luca Evans after they spoke by phone.
USC football coach Lincoln Riley and athletic director Jennifer Cohen showed poor judgement when they suspended a beat reporter’s access for petty violations of protocol.SCNG appealed the decision in a letter to USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen and president Carol Folt, but Cohen responded by saying they stood by the football department’s decision.
After the newspaper wrote about the suspension, local and national journalists admonished USC for overreacting and disciplining a reporter for doing routine elements of his job. Riley released the following statement Thursday: “Last night, I received a call from Luca Evans, and we had very candid and productive conversation. We agreed that we both could have handled the situation differently. I appreciate Luca recognizing the policies we have in place to protect our student-athletes and acknowledging to adhere to those in the future. We welcome Luca back to practice and look forward to his continuing coverage of the Trojans.
Evans posted a statement that read: “Riley made it clear his intent is to protect his players. I made it clear my intent has always been to tell compelling, honest stories on USC — I respect and understand the program’s outlined policies regarding media access, and any missteps came through the intent of doing my job and pursuing relationship-building and storytelling.
“I will continue the same reporting and writing with fairness, accuracy and depth, and we reached an agreement to lift the restriction on access.”Before joining SCNG, Evans worked at The Times primarily covering high school sports during the last three years.
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