Much of the staff of the University of Georgia’s student newspaper, including the top editors, resigned Wednesday, claiming interference, even censorship, by the nonstudent managers hired to oversee it.

Polina Marinova, the editor in chief of the newspaper, The Red and Black, said in a statement that “recently, editors have felt pressure to assign stories they didn’t agree with” and “take ‘grip and grin’ photos.”

In the last month, she said, officials at the nonprofit publishing company that owns the newspaper had hired nonstudent employees “with veto power over students’ decisions.” (The publishing company and the newspaper are independent of the university.)

In particular, students objected to the editorial adviser, Ed Morales, being elevated to editorial director with the authority to veto decisions on editorial content, rather than simply advise.