Coaches work one-on-one with students to guide them on projects and help problem-solve. Students are advised to consult a coach if they have tried something themselves and it hasn’t worked to their satisfaction.
AUDIO JOURNALISM
- Bernhard, Chad
Coaching Area(s): Audio recording, monitoring and post-production mixing, audio editing in Pro Tools, audio equalization and compression. Field recording. Microphone types and uses. Alternative editing software IE Reaper etc.
Days/Hours: Tuesdays, 9:30am-4:30pm, or by appt.
Location: Room 326
Email: chad.bernhard@journalism.cuny.edu - Bodarky, George
Coaching Area(s): Vocal Performance Coaching for radio, TV and podcasting
Days/Hours: By appointment/request
Location: Newsroom
Email: gbodarky@wfuv.org
Phone: 917-647-3726 - Mulet, Onel
Coaching Area(s): Audio in the field, Audio recording in the studio, Pro Tools and Adobe Audition Recording, editing and mixing. Editing in Premiere Pro, color correction. Assistance with selection and use of audio gear.
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Room 334
Email: onel.mulet@journalism.cuny.edu
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Parris Jr., Terry
Coaching Area(s): Engagement, audience and impact
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Newsroom or other location to be discussed with appointment
Email: tparris@thecity.nyc
ESL
- Nottle, Diane
Coaching Area(s): ESL
Days/Hours: Wednesdays, roughly 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ; other times by appointment
Location: Cubicle 419-E
Email: diane.nottle@journalism.cuny.edu
INTERACTIVE JOURNALISM
- Itameri, Kirsti
Coaching Area(s): design, Illustrator, infographics, Photoshop, professional portfolios, social media, WordPress
Days/Hours: Wednesdays 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: kirsti.itameri@journalism.cuny.edu - McCarthy, TC
Coaching Area(s): coding
Days/Hours: Thursdays 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: tc.mccarthy@journalism.cuny.edu - McKenna, Christine
Coaching Area(s): multimedia production and packaging, professional portfolios
Days/Hours: Thursdays 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Location: Room 432
Email: christine.mckenna@journalism.cuny.edu - Saudi, Nour
Coaching Area(s): HTML CSS, JavaScript, data analysis, Excel
Days/Hours: Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: nour.saudi@journalism.cuny.edu - Wang, Elbert
Coaching Area(s): Python, Pandas, BeautifulSoup for Data acquisition and analysis
Days/Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: elbert.wang@journalism.cuny.edu - Wells, Nicholas
Coaching Area(s): data storytelling, HTML, CSS, R
Days/Hours: Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: nicholasbwells@gmail.com
RESEARCH
- Selemon, Helina
Coaching Area(s): Research
Days/Hours: Fridays 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Research Center
Email: helina.selemon@journalism.cuny.edu
SPANISH
- Reif, Ricardo
Coaching Area(s): Spanish
Days/Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Remotely by email: Saturdays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Newsroom
Email: rreif@hotmail.com
VISUAL JOURNALISM
- Alexandre, Emmanuel
Coaching Area(s): cinema Cameras/DSLR, lighting & cinematography, Premiere/video editing, documentary
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Room 338
Email: emmanuel.alexandre@journalism.cuny.edu - Bednarski, Sebastian
Coaching Area(s): cameras/DSLR, Premiere/video editing, videography
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Room 336
Email: sebastian.bednarski@journalism.cuny.edu - Botelho, Vanessa
Coaching Area(s): broadcast journalism, local TV News, script writing, on camera, show production, studio
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Room 340
Email: vanessa.botelho@journalism.cuny.edu - Estrin, Jim
Coaching Area(s): photojourmalism, photo editing, story development, professional development
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Newsroom
Email: estrin@nytimes.com - MacVey, Matt
Coaching Area(s): 360 video and immersive media
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Emerging Tech Lab 448
Email: matthew.macvey@journalism.cuny.edu - McIntosh, Setty
Coaching Area(s): Premiere/video editing, motion graphics, graphic design, videography
Days/Hours: By appointment
Location: Room 342
Email: setty.mcintosh@journalism.cuny.edu - Mitaru, Ilie
Coaching Area(s): C100 help, premiere help, story development, producing, idea generation
Days/Hours: Mondays 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., and by appointment
Location: Newsroom
Email: ilie.mitaru@journalism.cuny.edu - Mullarkey, Karen
Coaching Area(s): photo editing, story generation/development, photojournalism
Days/Hours: By appointment on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Location: Newsroom
Email: karenmullarkey@gmail.com - Smock, John
Coaching Area(s): photojournalism, animations, Photoshop
Days/Hours: Wednesdays 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., or by appointment
Location: Cubicle 419-J
Email: john.smock@journalism.cuny.edu
WRITING
- Harper, Tim
Coaching Area(s): writing, pitching
Days/Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., or by appointment
Location: Room 413
Email: tim.harper@journalism.cuny.edu - Stead, Deb
Coaching Area(s): writing
Days/Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Cublicle 419-F
Email: deborah.stead@journalism.cuny.edu - Svoboda, Wayne
Coaching Area(s): writing
Days/Hours: email for appointments Mondays noon – 3 p.m., Tuesdays 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m., and Wednesdays noon – 3 p.m.
Location: Room 405
Email: wayne.svoboda@journalism.cuny.edu