Program Highlights Include:

• Guest lecturers, from seasoned journalists to the city’s movers and shakers
• Hands-on projects using New York City as your own laboratory
• Behind-the-scenes tours of city agencies and media outlets
• Exploring New York City’s diverse racial, ethnic and religious communities
• Internships at major media companies in the city or across the nation
• State-of-the-art interactive and multi-media technology to improve community life

You Will Learn How To:

• Report on overlooked communities, covering the gamut of local concerns
• Cultivate news sources, from experts and power brokers, to those whose voices are rarely heard
• Translate city budgets into stories with human faces
• Cover current legislative issues and city elections
• Navigate a wide range of public record databases
• Apply in-depth reporting skills to uncover corruption and malfeasance
• Analyze the impact of ethnic, racial and religious diversity on the city’s development
• Report on the sources of economic decision-making
• Delve deeply into the roots of the city’s systemic social problems
• Report on land use controversies
• Produce news stories on deadline for the NYCity News Service