After reminding his audience that “the growth of new media does not mean the death of traditional journalistic values,” Dean Stephen B. Shepard awarded Master of Arts in Journalism degrees to 45 members of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s second class. Associate Dean and Emcee Judith Watson joked that the Class of 2008 now [...]
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Three '08 Students Win Entrepreneurial Journalism Contest
A platform for physics teachers and students to share lessons and news. A service to connect Ugandans living abroad to journalists in their homeland. A business to broadcast news, weather, traffic reports, and audio shows over cell phones in Nigeria. These three projects, conceived in the third-semester Entrepreneurial Journalism course taught by Prof. Jeff Jarvis, [...]
Prof. Lonnie Isabel Interviews American Tourist Caught in Mumbai Attacks
Prof. Lonnie Isabel, director of the CUNY J-School’s International Reporting Program, hosted a radio interview about the November 26th terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. He spoke to Dara Huang who was staying at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel when the shooting began. She was trapped for eight hours in one of the hotel’s restaurants before [...]
Dec. 13 – 19, 2008
Here are some great stories to enjoy over the holidays: Tim Persinko’s article about a rising Brooklyn boxer made the Canarsie Courier. Henry Stewart cites some Brooklyn history to bolster his opinion piece about plans to eliminate the B-37 bus. You’ll find all the reasons he’s against scrapping the line in the Brooklyn Eagle. Linnea [...]
A Brooklyn Boxer, NYC's Best Empanadas and a Youth Marching Band
Here are some great stories to enjoy over the holidays: Tim Persinko’s article about a rising Brooklyn boxer made the Canarsie Courier. Henry Stewart cites some Brooklyn history to bolster his opinion piece about plans to eliminate the B-37 bus. You’ll find all the reasons he’s against scrapping the line in the Brooklyn Eagle. Linnea [...]
Dec. 6 – 12, 2008
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]
A Sari Tailor, Growlers, and the Queens Balloonatic
I know better than to let my lede get bogged down with sentimental mush about graduation, so let’s get straight to business: Henry Stewart’s entertaining review of the not-so-entertaining (by his reckoning) revival of “All My Sons” was featured in The L Magazine. Linnea Covington offered a somewhat more positive review of the new Nolita [...]
Nov. 22 – Dec. 5, 2008
I took a week off from Clips of the Week – but our reporters didn’t rest. Here are some offerings from the past two weeks: Rima Abdelkader scored a scoop with this interview with the victim of a suspected Election Night hate attack. Her piece appeared on the News Service, and is scheduled to be [...]
An Election Night hate attack, the Gotham Awards and the Fatboys Running Club
I took a week off from Clips of the Week – but our reporters didn’t rest. Here are some offerings from the past two weeks: Rima Abdelkader scored a scoop with this interview with the victim of a suspected Election Night hate attack. Her piece appeared on the News Service, and is scheduled to be [...]
Nov. 15 – 21, 2008
It’s been unseasonably cold, but seasonably busy as we head into the homestretch of another action-filled semester. Here are some examples of our reporters’ latest work: Barry Paddock, working for the Daily News, covered the tragic death of a FDNY lieutenant killed battling a Staten Island blaze. The TV studio was in full swing Friday [...]

