CUNY J-Camp: Making the Most of Pinterest

Catch up on the fastest-growing new social network, with Jeremy Caplan, education director for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism. We’ll start with a quick introduction to Pinterest and look at 10 of the most creative uses of the platform. We’ll end with a pinning exercise to practice live use of the social photo sharing [...]

Location: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

The Future of Journalism and What It Means to You

A roundtable discussion sponsored by the Department of Journalism, Baruch College, in celebration of its online magazine, Dollars & Sense, with: Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and author of What Would Google Do? and Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves [...]

Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center, Engelman Recital Hall, 55 Lexington Ave., basement level

The Hustle: Freelancing in Radio…and Other Media, Too

It takes more than good sources and writing chops to make it as a freelancer in radio. To pay the bills without a boss, you need strategy, time management skills, smart pitches, good contacts…and an eye for opportunity. Two successful freelancers will explain how they mix and match media, topics, and beats to deliver the [...]

Location: Room 308

CUNY J-Camp: Web Site Design and Usability

Tuesday, May 8, 7-9 p.m.; Thursday, May 10, 7-9 p.m. Limit 25 students. Multimedia storytelling needs to start with an excellent user experience in order to delight the users. Journalists who imbue their stories with rich, compelling interactive elements are budding designers. We will cover design thinking methodologies derived from decades of academic research in [...]

Location: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

CUNY J-Camp: The 18 Most Useful Sites of 2012

We spend so much of our time online that it pays to find ways to work more efficiently. In this session, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism Education Director Jeremy Caplan will give a tour of some of the most useful everyday web tools. He’ll cover: - The best tools for organizing random bits of information [...]

Location: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Fifth Annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism will honor two men for their accomplishments in the fields of journalism and philanthropy at the fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism gala on May 14. Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism while Leonard Tow, a pioneer in the cable [...]

Location: TheTimesCenter, W. 41st between 7th and 8th Avenues

CUNY J-Camp: Analytics

We’re going to demystify metrics, analytics, and data. Every digital product has numerous key performance indicator metrics (KPI) for management to monitor. Which are the most important ones? Remember, your product design decisions should be data driven. We will go over how to make design decisions based on metrics from Google Analytics, A/B testing, eyetracking [...]

Location: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Last Day of Classes for the 2012 Spring Semester

Book Talk with Science Writer Maggie Koerth-Baker

Science Writers in New York will host a discussion with Maggie Koerth-Baker, author of Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis before it Conquers Us, about some of the big-picture nuance that gets left out of the day-to-day chatter about energy. Maggie will discuss how our energy systems were built, how they work [...]

Location: Room 308

Faculty Spring-Semester Review

The faculty will hold its end-of-semester review session. Lunch will be provided.

Location: Room 308