The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s NYCity News Service and The Local, the J-School’s online news collaboration with The New York Times, were finalists in Editor & Publisher’s annual EPPY Awards competition. The NYCity News Service was cited in the Best College University Journalism Website category, which was won by Central Michigan University’s Grand Central [...]

Join the New York Press Club for a panel discussion Nov. 14 of issues related to the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon including the response so far by the New York City government and police, the monopolization of a privately owned public space, and the impact of the OWS siege on neighborhood businesses and residents.

Musikilu Mojeed, an investigative reporter from Nigeria who graduated from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in 2010, has won the Editor’s Courage Award for a series of stories that documented efforts by Nigerian government officials to enrich themselves at the expense of the country’s oil industry. Mojeed received the prize from the Forum for [...]

Professor Jeff Jarvis talks with John Paton, (CEO of Journal Register, MediaNews, and Digital First Media) and Justin Smith (president of Atlantic Media), two executives who are building Digital First futures for their print companies. The discussion drills down to the specifics of how they are executing their strategies: covering content, revenue, costs, staffing, and [...]

Class of 2009 graduate Rima Abdelkader worked on two stories that will air on the first show of NBC’s new news magazine, “Rock Center with Brian Williams.” The show premieres Oct. 31 at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Abdelkader, an assistant producer for the program, contributed to two of the pieces airing the first night: [...]

Sonali Samarasinghe, who spent last year at the CUNY J-School as its fourth international journalist in residence, has been honored by Images and Voices of Hope, a non-profit group that advances a global dialogue on the media as an agent of change. Samarasinghe, a Sri Lankan investigative reporter and editor, received the organization’s Award of [...]

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, [...]

A Chicago political blog edited by 2007 graduate Andrew Greiner has captured a top prize for Online Topical Reporting/Blogging from the Online News Association at its 2011 awards banquet in Boston. Ward Room, conceived by the editorial team at NBCChicago.com in early 2010, follows nine political heavyweights in the Windy City, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, [...]

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 [...]