Category: Events

Freelancing for Multimedia Panel

By Amy Dunkin | January 7, 2010 | Events

How do you pitch freelance interactive/multimedia stories? What do web site editors and producers want? How much will you earn? Hear all about it from a panel on Freelancing for Multimedia, moderated by Prof. Sandeep Junnarkar. DATE: Thursday, January 21 TIME: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. PLACE: Café & Room 308 There will be a [...]

Spring Semester Classes Begin

By Amy Dunkin | November 18, 2009 | Events

January Academy Begins

By Amy Dunkin | November 17, 2009 | Events

The January Academy is a series of enrichment workshops open to CUNY J-School students, alumni, applicants, and select CUNY undergraduates.

Class of 2009 Graduation

By Amy Dunkin | November 17, 2009 | Events

Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Huffington Post, will be the keynote speaker at the Class of 2009’s graduation ceremony on December 16. Launched in May 2005, the HuffPost has become an influential media web site covering politics, business, technology, entertainment, and the green movement. It is also a platform for thousands of bloggers [...]

J-School Job Fair

By Amy Dunkin | October 28, 2009 | Career Services Events, Events

About 24 recruiters from various media organizations will meet with 1st and 3rd semester students to discuss job opportunities. Date: Friday, Nov. 13 Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Place: Room 308/ Cafe / Lobby Area For more information, contact Career Services Director William Chang, 646-758-7732 or william.chang@journalism.cuny.edu.

Public Meeting of Governance Council Executive Committee

By Amy Dunkin | October 28, 2009 | Events

On Nov. 6th, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., the Executive Committee of the Governance Council will be meeting in Room 308. There are two topics on the agenda. We will be considering a proposal from the Curriculum Committee to add a course entitled “Sports and Society” as an elective. And we will be discussing [...]

New Business Models for (Local) News HyperCamp

By Amy Dunkin | October 19, 2009 | Events

The New Business Models for (Local) News HyperCamp will take place at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on November 11, 2009. The day comes in two parts. * We will start with a presentation and discussion of the New Business Models for News Project. We will show detailed models for [...]

Annual Blood Drive

By Amy Dunkin | October 13, 2009 | Events

Give the gift of life. The J-School’s Annual Blood Drive will take place on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m – 3:30 p.m. in Room 308.

Covering Iran Panel Discussion

By Amy Dunkin | October 8, 2009 | Events

Lonnie Isabel, director of the international reporting program, will moderate a panel on covering Iran with Iranian journalist Roozbeh Mirebrahimi, the CUNY J-School’s first International Journalist in Residence, and reknowned photojournalist David Burnett, who has just published a photographic book on the history of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79. The event will take place on [...]

CUNY College Editors Workshop

By Amy Dunkin | October 8, 2009 | Events

The first workshop for CUNY and SUNY college publication editors and station managers will take place starting at noon on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 219 W. 40th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues.) The purpose of this event is to bring undergraduate journalists together so they can trade war [...]