New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Dean Baquet told members of the first graduating class of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism they would have an “absolute blast” as journalists if they apply humanity to their craft.

Dmitry Kiper’s article about the latest exhibits at P.S.1 enlivened the pages of the Queens Chronicle. If you haven’t seen Sebastian Bednarski around much lately, that’s because he’s been very busy producing videos for the New York Post’s website. Here are just a couple examples: a quirky marathon story; and a tribute to Jam Master [...]

Jego Armstrong and Sebastian Bednarski covered a conference on crime and politics at John Jay. Khadijah Cole found a whole new ball of wax at Madam Tussauds. Marlene Peralta profiled a Brooklyn community fixture who knew the charms of Williamsburg long, long, long before the hipsters arrived. If you missed it last Friday, you can [...]

TiVo Alert: Set your DVRs for 20-20 tonight at 10 p.m., Channel 7. The story Angela Hill spent her summer working on as part of her Carnegie Corporation-supported internship with ABC’s Brian Ross Investigative Unit airs tonight. For a print preview, check out Angela’s piece on abc.com. The topic: Soldiers and Drugs. Loren Bonner scored [...]

Damian Ghigliotty and Joe Hirsch contributed to the Queens Courier’s ongoing series about immigrant day laborers: Damian tells the inside story of clubs where men who left loved ones at home go after work and pay $2 a dance to wile away the loneliness. Joe profiled a 50-something laborer who is ready to return to [...]

This week’s NYPulse podcast tackles a disturbing rise in hate crime. Chika Osaka produced the show and contributed a report. Jego Armstrong and Djenny Passe-Rodriguez also reported pieces. Check out the NYPulse on the News Service. AnnMarie Costella found a great story pounding her Maspeth beat: anger over plans to put a 27-foot-plus cell phone [...]

The spirit of columnist Dennis Duggan, who combined the common touch with an uncommon talent, lives on through those whose lives he graced – and through young journalists he never met, thanks to a new scholarship fund.

Marlene Peralta got the wood again — this time in today’s Newsday — for her great follow up story on the driver who was critically injured in the Lexington Ave. steam pipe blast. She also contributed to another headline grabber: the murder of a Queens dentist. Heather Appel showed some range this week with an [...]

Time Warner, in a strong show of support for the CUNY J-School, is providing $100,000 in scholarship stipends to deserving and needy students over the next two years.

Check out the latest two editions of our new NY Pulse podcast on the News Service site. The current very timely podcast about flu shots was produced by Megan Kelty, with stories reported by Carolyn Nardiello and Laura Silver. You can still catch last week’s edition about the challenges running enough phys ed classes in [...]