Tom Robbins, investigative journalist in residence at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, has written the cover story for this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine on Judith Clark, a ’60s activist who took part in the notorious 1981 Brinks robbery that left two police officers and an armored-car guard dead. Titled Judith Clark’s Radical Transformation, [...]

Indrani Sen, a journalist and CUNY J-School faculty member, will take over as editor of Voices of NY, an online publication that showcases the best work being done by the city’s community and ethnic media. Her appointment becomes effective Feb. 1, 2012. Sen has extensive experience as a reporter, editor, and journalism teacher. Early in [...]

From Safety of New York, Reporting on Distant Home By BRENDAN SPIEGEL Published: November 19, 2011 in The New York Times WHEN news breaks in Nigeria, Omoyele Sowore is there. His Web news operation was the first to publish a photo of the Nigeria-born “underwear bomber” arrested in December 2009, and when a suicide bombing [...]

Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian peace activist who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize along with two other women on Oct. 7, is an adviser to a media project founded and directed by Visiting Associate Professor Prue Clarke. Clarke, who teaches international reporting at the CUNY J-School, has worked closely with Gbowee on New Narratives, [...]

Daniel Massey, a 2007 alumnus who covers labor for Crain’s New York Business, and Juan Manuel Benítez, a NY1 Noticias political reporter who teaches Broadcast News Writing & Production, have been named to the list of 40 rising stars under 40 by City Hall News. The annual compilation recognizes up-and-comers in government, politics, non-profits, and [...]

CUNY J-School faculty members didn’t let grass grow under their feet this summer. Here’s a roundup of their journalistic projects, travels, awards, and grants over the past few months. Lisa Armstrong (Craft of Journalism, International Reporting Topics) received an academic fellowship from The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. As part of the fellowship, she [...]

Three short films co-directed by Multimedia Guest Editor Bob Sacha, who teaches “Video Storytelling for the Web” at the CUNY J-School, made their online debut last week as part of an international campaign by philanthropist George Soros’s Open Society Foundation to Stop Torture in Health Care. The videos document human rights abuses in health care [...]

In recognition of the growing importance of documentaries in covering world events, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism will launch its first documentary film festival on Apr. 7-8 in New York. The festival will open at the CUNY J-School’s 219 W. 40th St. headquarters on the first day, then it moves on the second night [...]

Tom Robbins, one of New York City’s premier investigative reporters who recently left the Village Voice, will be joining the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism as its first Investigative Journalist in Residence. “Tom Robbins is known for breaking news, holding public officials accountable, and maintaining the highest standards of integrity and ethics in his reporting. [...]

The Ford Foundation has awarded the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism a total of $300,000 to provide training and support for the community and ethnic press in New York City. The $150,000 grant announced today will help the CUNY J-School lay the groundwork for establishing a New York Community and Ethnic Media Center. An earlier [...]