Laura Wagner, writing for The Washington Post, has an eye-opening look at the Northwestern allegation, the aftermath, and the student newspaper that broke it all wide open.

The Daily Northwestern operates independently from the university. It is published by a nonprofit organization called the Students Publishing Company, which is overseen by a board of directors composed of alumni, faculty, staff and student volunteers.

“Our philosophy is the newsroom is independent, and the board is just there to support,” Chairman John Byrne, a lawyer and former editor in chief, told The Post in a phone call Tuesday.

The firewall between the university and the newspaper is doing its job; the student journalists told The Post that Northwestern did not try to interfere with their reporting on these stories. And they emphasized that the story about Northwestern’s football program is ongoing.

An incredible piece of journalism.