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Students gather around graduate student Jonathan Butler for a group hug after marching into Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo. on Sept. 24, 2015.Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism by [Chelsea Matiash](https://time.com/author/chelsea-matiash/) ## Chelsea Matiash Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:19 PM UTCPublished: Nov 23, 2015 9:00 AM UTC **Correction appended, Nov. 23, 2015.** After several weeks of covering student protests at the University of Missouri, graduate photojournalism student Justin L. Stewart, 25, paused to reflect on his work. He had been photographing the unrest spurred by the university’s handling of several racially-charged incidents on campus for The Columbia Missourian, a community newspaper produced by faculty and students from the Missouri School of Journalism, but he was concerned that, as the story continued to grow, people were “becoming numb,” he says, to the repetitive coverage of the same protesters. “I was trying to kind of figure out a better way to tell the story and the way to approach the group about it,” Stewart tells TIME. “But it was also difficult because the group had always been a little standoffish toward media.” The student protests started in late September, leading to the formation of the Concerned Student 1950 group, which led the charge, and culminating with the resignation of the university’s President Timothy Wolfe on Nov. 9\. Wolfe’s resignation was further fueled by an announcement the preceding weekend that 32 black football players would not participate in team activities until the president was removed. Stewart, who is a white male, spent weeks gaining people’s respect and trust, one at a time, to get access to the core group of students leading the protests, including Jonathan Butler, who had gone on a hunger strike. “Ever since Ferguson, \[people\] just don’t trust the media,” he says. “And I think that’s really important to this group — to get things right. And so I really tried to do that.” While Stewart was able to incrementally gain trust and access, he was not immune to the protesters’ aversion to media that escalated following Wolfe’s resignation, best exemplified by the creation of a “no media safe space” to prevent reporters from photographing and interviewing protesters. Stewart said he was “negatively affected when the whole media closure started happening.” Senior photojournalism student Katie Hogsett, 21, first covered the campus unrest at an October homecoming parade, on an assignment for the student newspaper. The parade was heavily delayed, due to a student blockade of Wolfe’s vehicle in the procession. Hogsett says she was startled by how the administration, as well as onlookers, were reacting to the protesters. “I watched a lot of mothers with their kids get in the protestors’ faces and say things like: ‘Way to ruin it for the children, and why can’t you guys go somewhere else?’” she recalls. “Then I heard some other people say some pretty blatantly racist comments under their breath. I was really caught off guard. At that moment a light went on in my head—get evidence, get evidence.” That’s when Hogsett truly realized how important this story had become, and was struck with empathy for her classmates. “As a student — and just as a person— I was shocked and just couldn’t imagine being in their shoes,” she says. One challenge that these photojournalism students met while covering the Concerned Student 1950 group—outside of balancing their coverage with attending class (coverage often won out, with the general support of faculty) — was gathering basic reporting on their subjects. Senior photojournalism student Ellise Verheyen, 21, says that while the group was not necessarily against the media, it was not eager to share names, working instead as “a collective” voice. And while you could detect “stress and anger” on campus, Verheyen says that the overall feeling was not negative. “The community and the support on campus was outstanding,” she tells TIME. “They all kind of came together.” On Nov. 7, Verheyen followed a mock tour organized by protesters to speak of their daily experiences as black students on campus. “It was a really, really emotional thing,” she recalls. “I think that was the first time that I realized how much pain people \[were feeling\].” For Sarah Bell, another senior photojournalism major, the protests really became an important, national story when word of Butler’s hunger strike reached the newsroom. “We all just sunk in our chairs and could see this is a bigger deal than we thought it was,” she says. “As a white student I definitely didn’t think about this problem all the time. But I have friends who are marginalized on campus I’ve heard stories about it, so I always knew that had existed on Mizzou campus but not nearly to the extent that I’ve learned in the last three weeks or so.” There’s no doubt in Bell’s mind that she has chosen the right path, saying the coverage over the last few weeks “solidified my desire to be a photojournalist.” Bell, who like her classmates chose to pursue the story over class on many occasions, says she learned more in the last month than in her “entire career at Mizzou.” **Correction:** The original version of this story incorrectly described the Columbia Missourian. It is a community newspaper produced by faculty and students from the Missouri School of Journalism. **_Chelsea Matiash_** _is a multimedia editor at TIME. Follow her on_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/cmatiash) _and_ [_Instagram_](https://www.instagram.com/cmatiash/) _@cmatiash._  Posters from a "#RacismLivesHere" rally are displayed at Jesse Hall at the University of Missouri campus following a student march on Sept. 24, 2015 in Columbia, Mo. Students said that racism is a problem on their campus. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Students gather around graduate student Jonathan Butler for a group hug after marching into Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo. on Sept. 24, 2015. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  People sit on the floor of Jesse Hall during a Black Lives Matter study hall on Oct. 6, 2015 in Columbia, Mo. The study hall was held after a racial slur interrupted a Legion of Black Collegians Royalty Court rehearsal. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Student protesters halt University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe's car during the school's homecoming parade on Oct. 10, 2015\. The students expressed discontent with his leadership following a series of racially charged incidents on campus. Katie Hogsett—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism—Katie HogsettÑColumbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Students dance at the 'Eskapade' homecoming after party, hosted by the University of Missouri's Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Gamma Rho Friday night during Black Homecoming on Oct. 9, 2015 in Columbia, Mo. The alternative homecoming was created in response to a social divide at the university. The first Black Homecoming was held in 1988. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Students write their "Declaration of Independence" on sticky notes near a Thomas Jefferson statue on campus on Oct. 20, 2015 in Columbia, Mo. A counter-protest was held after a protest brought attention to a petition asking for the removal of the statue. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Students from Concerned Student 1950 camp out near Traditions Plaza on Missouri's campus on Nov. 3, 2015 in Columbia, Mo. The students said they would camp until Tim Wolfe, the university's president, was removed from his position. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Concerned Student 1950 members chant inside Memorial Union on Nov. 4, 2015\. The march took students through various buildings that they viewed as money-making entities for the university. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Portraits depicting Lloyd Lionel Gaines and Dr. Marian OÕFallon Oldham hang inside the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center on Nov. 6, 2015\. Gaines was denied admission to Missouri's law school in 1936 because of his race, taking the case to the Supreme Court, where he won. Dr. Oldham was a former St. Louis school teacher and civil rights activist who was denied admission to the University of Missouri based on her race. Oldham went on to become the first Black woman curator on the University of Missouri Board of Curators in March 1977. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Students become emotional during Concerned Student 1950 protests that included a presentation of their stories of racism on campus on Oct. 7, 2015. Sarah Bell—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Members of Concerned Student 1950 embrace during a protest in the Reynolds Alumni Center on Nov. 7, 2015\. The alumni center was one of many stops the students took during a traveling protest to voice concerns. Ellise Verheyen—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe announces his resignation at the Old Alumni Center on Nov. 9, 2015\. The resignation was preceded by a Saturday announcement from thirty football players who said they were boycotting football-related activities until Wolfe was removed from his post. Justin L. Stewart—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Concerned Student 1950 members holds a news conference after Tim Wolfe resigned as president from University of Missouri on Nov. 9, 2015\. Jonthan Butler, at microphone, ended his hunger strike upon Wolfe's resignation. Sarah Bell—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Supporters of Concerned Student 1950 petition for a "No Media" space around the group's campsite on Nov. 9, 2015\. The barrier was formed after news of WolfeÕs resignation. Ellise Verheyen—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  A stop sign on the corner of Tiger Avenue and Conley Avenue in Columbia, Mo. reads "Stop Hate" on Nov. 11, 2015\. Several classes were cancelled after various threats were made to the campus. Ellise Verheyen—Columbia Missourian/Missouri School of Journalism  Supporters listen to Jonathan Butler as he speaks at the end of a "We're Not Afraid March" in the auditorium inside of Jesse Hall in Columbia, Mo. on Nov. 13, 2015\. The march ended with speeches about the power students have to create change. Justin L. 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