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 [...]
Category: J-School in the News
Videos: Alumni on the Job
Walter Smith-Randolph (Class of 2010)General Assignment Reporter, WENY-TV Brigid Bergin (Class of 2007)Producer, WNYC New York Public Radio Tanzina Vega (Class of 2007)Reporter and Producer, The New York Times Nicole Turso (Class of 2009)Writer, NY1 News
Story about Lesbian Black Minister by ’10 Alum Andrea Swalec Makes Cover of the New York Press
Andrea Swalec’s profile of a lesbian minister at a black gay church in East New York, Brooklyn is the cover story in the July 14, 2011 issue of the New York Press. “I’m Gay Cuz God Says I’m Gay” is a version of the piece Swalec wrote for Prof. Glenn Lewis’ Narrative Journalism class in [...]
2010 Graduate Teresa Tomassoni Wins Prestigious NPR/Washington Post Fellowship
The Class of 2010′s Teresa Tomassoni has been named the second Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow. Created by NPR and The Washington Post in memory of two brothers who were killed in a tragic highway crash in July 2009, the fellowship is designed to help a young reporter launch a journalism career. Starting in September, [...]
Dean’s Corner: Happy Fifth to the CUNY J-School
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 [...]
Interning Around the Globe — and Around the Block
By Amy Dunkin | June 14, 2011 | Career Services Internships, Featured News, J-School in the News, News, Student News
The Class of 2011 has hit the ground running (and blogging) at summer internships that are more far-flung, and more varied, than ever. Seventeen of the 87 students are interning abroad in 12 countries — including Canada, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Liberia, and Singapore. Among the internship partners overseas: Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Winnipeg, [...]
NYTimes.com Publishes Video about Inspirational Cyclist by Student Almudena Toral
Damian Lopez Alfonso survived a brutal childhood accident in Cuba that left him without forearms and with disfiguring injuries to his face. Two decades later, he is a world class cyclist training to compete in the Paralympics. Alumdena Toral, who expects to graduate this fall, tells his story in a powerful video, Damian’s Ride, that [...]
CUNY Journalism School Acquires Community and Ethnic News Site and Awards Program
(NEW YORK, June 1, 2011) The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce two major steps toward the development of a Center for Community and Ethnic Media. First, the School is acquiring Voices That Must Be Heard, a weekly online publication that aggregates work from New York City’s ethnic and community press. The [...]
Craft and Interactive Students Collaborate on Multimedia Census 2010 Project
Students from Craft of Journalism II, Craft II for Broadcast, and Interactive II classes teamed up this semester for a series of multimedia story packages built around 2010 U.S. Census data. The project, Changing New York: Census 2010, went live this week on the CUNY J-School’s NYCity News Service website. The stories are divided into [...]
Vincent Trivett Wins Business Journalism Scholarship from NY Financial Writers
Business concentration student Vincent Trivett has won a $3,000 scholarship from the New York Financial Writers Association. The organization awarded 10 scholarships to New York area students interested in careers in business and financial journalism. The other winners were students at Columbia and NYU. Trivett, who has just completed his second semester at the [...]
