DEAN’S CORNER It was hot, about 90 degrees, on that day in August, 2006, when 57 eager students showed up to form the pioneering class of the new CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. They didn’t know what to expect, and we weren’t so sure either. Wires hung from the walls, some of the computers weren’t [...]
Category: Dean’s Corner
Find Your Comparative Advantage
By Amy Dunkin | December 16, 2010 | Dean's Corner
The following are the remarks Dean Stephen B. Shepard made to the Class of 2010 at its December 15 graduation ceremonies. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the fourth commencement of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. We are here to celebrate the wonderful Class of 2010. I want to start by recognizing some special guests. [...]
A Tale of Two Gentlemen
By Amy Dunkin | October 12, 2010 | Dean's Corner
We are delighted and grateful that The Tow Foundation and the Knight Foundation have teamed up as equal partners in an exciting new venture at the CUNY J-School: the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism. The two have generously granted us a total of $6 million. Combined with money already raised and in-kind contributions of technology, [...]
It’s Time to Take the Next Big Step
By Amy Dunkin | June 22, 2010 | Dean's Corner
In the four years since we opened our doors, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism has developed a reputation as a leading-edge school. In part, we were lucky. Because we started at a critical time for our profession, we knew a profound shift was underway to a new form of journalism: interactive, multimedia story-telling distributed [...]
Why Journalism Will Thrive
By Amy Dunkin | December 16, 2009 | Dean's Corner
This is actually a fascinating time of opportunity, a chance for you and your generation to re-imagine journalism, to put your own stamp, your own ideas, on our venerable profession. Already, there is an astonishing array of experimentation and change going on in journalism today, some of it at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Reporting on a New Journalistic Ecosystem
By Drew Geraets | December 1, 2009 | Dean's Corner
It was Friday, February 20 – one of those bright, cold New York winter mornings. Just before heading to the subway, I checked my e-mails on my BlackBerry. The one that immediately caught my eye was from Alberto Ibargüen, president of the Knight Foundation: “I was talking with Walter Isaacson [President of the Aspen Institute] [...]
Thriving in Tough Times
By Drew Geraets | September 19, 2009 | Dean's Corner
Here’s a refrain I hear all the time: Journalists are getting laid off every day. Newspapers are closing. Magazines are shrinking. Broadcast news is in steady decline. Journalistic web sites can’t make any money. Why, then, would anyone go to a journalism school? Fair question. And there are very good answers. For the first time [...]
