A story by four 2010 graduates that revealed how a controversial Massachusetts boarding school relies heavily on students and public funds from New York City was a finalist in the Student category of the annual Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Awards. The story by Lisa Riordan Seville, Hannah Rappleye, Teresa Tomassoni, and Khristina Narizhnaya was [...]

A magazine story by Lisa Armstrong, who teaches Craft of Journalism and international reporting, has won an award for “articles that make a difference” from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. The piece, which appeared in the January 2011 issue of Essence magazine, profiled women who were fighting back against the rape and violence [...]

Prof. Peter Beinart has just come out with his third book, The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books), about the threats to democracy in Israel and the failure of the American Jewish establishment to confront them. According to the official summary of the book, Beinart traces the history of Zionism to show how a once liberal [...]

By Dean Stephen B. Shepard Chalk up another first for the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Late last year, New York State approved our plan to launch a two-year Master of Arts in Entrepreneurial Journalism – the first such degree in the nation. We’re offering it under the auspices of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial [...]

By Tom DiChristopher Class of 2012 Students in the CUNY J-School’s Audio News Writing and Reporting course took the stage at the Hell’s Kitchen dive bar Tobacco Road for an exercise in storytelling on Mar. 15. The event was inspired by The Moth storytelling series and followed the students’ recent lecture with Moth Grandslam Champion [...]

It’s been March Madness keeping up with all the great stories being produced by our reporters, past and present. Check out some of our latest links: •The J-School I-Team dominates the latest issue of City Limit with a multi-story package on the Bronx’s “Phantom Landlord.” Contributors include Lisha Arino, Roxanna Asgarian, Tamy Cozier, Juan Alberto [...]

Last fall, the new Urban Investigative Reporting class went looking for a worthwhile project to tackle in combination with a small, local media outlet. The idea was that students would conduct an in-depth probe on a topic that ethnic or non-profit publications wanted to cover — but lacked the time and resources to handle. Jordan [...]

The Local Media Association has named Class of ’07 alumna Kate Pastor editor of the year in the weekly newspaper category for her stewardship of The Riverdale Press in the Bronx. In announcing the award, the judges for the suburban and community newspaper professional organization said: “Under Kate Pastor’s leadership, The Riverdale Press delivers a [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the government of Liberia to safeguard a journalist who has been threatened for exposing female genital mutilation practices in the country. The reporter, Mae Azango, works for the newspaper FrontPage Africa and is a fellow for New Narratives, a media development NGO founded by Prue Clarke, a [...]