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SUMMARY:Past & Future: How the Latino news media is serving its communities
DESCRIPTION:Panelists \n\nPaola Jaramillo\, Enlace Latino NC\nMacollvie Neel\, The Haitian Times\nMónica Pirela\, NotiVisión Georgia\n\n\nThe Center for Community Media’s Latino Media Initiative invites news leaders to a 60-minute virtual forum exploring how Latino media organizations are evolving and adapting to today’s challenges. \nThis forum will showcase journalism produced in the last past year and examine the challenges and emerging opportunities in the field. Publishers\, editors\, and independent journalists: your voices and experiences are crucial to this conversation. \nKey topics include: \n\nCurrent approaches to audience engagement and funding models\nThe Latino news sector’s core strengths and areas for growth\nSolutions for navigating financial pressures and editorial demands\nPractical strategies for team support\, reporting\, and technology adaptation\n\nThe forum will be held via Zoom in both Spanish and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be available. If you do not receive a confirmation email after registering or if you have any questions about the event\, email the Center for Community Media at ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for “How the Latino news media is serving its communities” \n\nPanelists \nPaola Jaramillo is co-founder and executive director of Enlace Latino NC\, North Carolina’s first Spanish-language nonprofit digital news outlet. Born in Colombia\, this social communicator-journalist’s innovative leadership has earned over 24 national awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP). As a passionate advocate for service journalism\, Jaramillo is transforming how Latino communities access information\, creating spaces that empower through well-written stories and crucial resources for informed decision-making. \nMacollvie J. Neel is a journalist and communications consultant focused on elevating Black and immigrant voices in media spaces and workplaces. As Special Projects Editor with The Haitian Times\, Macollvie leads narrative features\, investigations and select community collaborations that delve into the diaspora group’s most impactful subjects\, challenges\, and opportunities. In 2024\, she was awarded the New York Association of Black Journalists’ Ida B. Wells Award for coverage of a $250 million pyramid scam that ensnared more than 25\,000 people in the Haitian community. \nMónica Pirela is a Venezuelan journalist dedicated to empowering Georgia’s Hispanic community through impactful storytelling. To close information gaps in Central Georgia’s Latino communities\, Pirela founded NotiVisión Georgia in 2019. Last year\, her team launched a bilingual newspaper\, distributing 5\,000 copies monthly. In June 2024\, NotiVisión Georgia won an Emmy Award for a compelling story on domestic violence. That same year\, The City of Macon honored NotiVisión Georgia by proclaiming September 21st as “NotiVisión Day”\, celebrating its contributions to the community and its vital role in keeping audiences informed. The City of Warner Robins awarded the platform a Community Impact Honor\, while the cities of Perry and Centerville also recognized its ongoing commitment to serving the Hispanic population. Beyond digital journalism\, Mónica has expanded her influence in radio to ensure that Spanish-speaking audiences stay informed through multiple platforms. \nAbout CCM and the Latino Media Initiative \nThe Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism serves news organizations that provide essential local coverage for populations whose voices and issues are underrepresented in mainstream media. The Center serves as a hub of information\, resources\, and training aimed at increasing the sustainability of the local news media sector. Its Latino Media Initiative focuses on supporting Latino news media makers\, community media entrepreneurs and Latino-centered newsrooms with capacity building\, direct investment\, sector analysis and business development programs.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/past-future-how-the-latino-news-media-is-serving-its-communities/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:How Black Media Archives Black History
DESCRIPTION:Speakers \n\nBrandon Nightingale\, Howard University\nDr. Allissa V. Richardson\, University of Southern California\nSavannah Wood\, Afro Charities\n\nBlack media has been vital in preserving Black history\, printing and archiving stories and photos overlooked by mainstream media. Then and now\, these stories are crucial to understanding the Black experience in America. \nHow are Black newsrooms leveraging their archives for impact and revenue? \nJoin us for a public conversation with three community leaders who will share how they built and organized their archives\, how they monetize them\, and some of their favorite stories and images. \nYou’ll learn about: \n\nApproaches to building an archive\nHow leaders are monetizing their archives\nHistorical moments covered by Black media\n\nRegister for “How Black Media Archives Black History” \nIf you do not receive a confirmation email after registering or if you have any questions about the event\, email the Center for Community Media at ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nSpeakers \nBrandon Nightingale is a historian and the Black Press Archives digitization project manager at the Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Brandon’s project: to research and document the history of the Black press. The Black Press Archive was started at Howard in 1973\, donated by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Now\, fifty years on\, the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation has gifted the Archive $2 million to digitize the historic collection. \nDr. Allissa V. Richardson is an associate professor of journalism at USC Annenberg\, and the founder of the Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab. She researches how African Americans use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism — especially in times of crisis. Richardson is the author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans\, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism (Oxford University Press\, 2020). The award-winning book explores the lives of 15 mobile journalist-activists who have documented the Black Lives Matter movement using only mobile and social media. \nSavannah Wood\, an artist with roots in Baltimore and Los Angeles\, is the Executive Director of Afro Charities\, where she leads efforts to increase access to the AFRO American Newspapers’ archives. She has guided the organization through growth\, initiated new programming\, and attracted support from national funders. Wood graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California and is a 2024/2025 Johns Hopkins University Tabb Center Humanities Fellow. She lives and works in Baltimore\, Maryland\, sharing and preserving Black stories. \nAbout the Black Media Initiative \nThe Black Media Initiative is a national capacity building initiative for Black owned and controlled media. Its aim is to support Black media by providing research\, training and connections. We are a part of the Center for Community Media which is housed at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-black-media-archives-black-history/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:Why Black Media Matters This Election
DESCRIPTION:Speakers \n\nAswad Walker\, The Houston Defender\nKaia Shivers\, Ark Republic & Black Farmers Index\nMacollvie Neel\, The Haitian Times\n\nThree years ago\, the Black Media Initiative published Why Black Media Matters Now\, a comparative analysis between Black and mainstream media during the last presidential election cycle. The research showed that Black media talked about topics of importance to Black communities more often\, and connected news events to history in a way mainstream media did not. How has this work evolved in this election cycle? \nJoin us for a public conversation where we’ll hear from several newsroom leaders who will share their approach\, why their work matters\, and the support they need. \nIn this conversation you’ll learn more about: \n\nHow Black media is covering this election & why it is unique\nWhy Black media is so important during election periods\nWhat support Black media needs to be able to cover this\, and future elections\n\nRegister for “Why Black Media Matters This Election” \nIf you do not receive a confirmation email after registering or if you have any questions about the event email the Center for Community Media at ccm@journalism.cuny.edu \n\nSpeakers \nAswad Walker is a writer for the Houston Defender\, a leading Black publication based in Texas. In academia\, he enriches minds as a lecturer\, specifically an adjunct professor\, at the University of Houston Main Campus’s African American Studies Department\, a role he has held since 2004. His expertise shines through in courses like “The Black Church in America” and “Black Liberation Theology.” His scholarly contributions include authoring five books and providing insights for the Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia and the Journal of Black Studies. \nDr. Kaia Niambi Shivers\, a scholar in media studies focusing on identity and the African diaspora\, leads Ark Republic\, a news platform highlighting underrepresented stories. Ark Republic\, known for its global perspective and social justice\, has collaborated with over 90 contributors worldwide and hosts significant community events. Recognized for its innovative approach\, it has received multiple accolades\, including Comcast RISE and Google News Initiative Fund awards. \nMacollvie J. Neel is a writer\, editor\, and communications consultant focused on elevating voices in workplaces and media spaces through her work in journalism and communications. As a journalist\, Neel serves as special project editor of The Haitian Times. In her communications consulting roles\, Neel develops plans and content to support strategic programs at Fortune 500 companies. She also crafts communications for ambitious professionals who prioritize career advancement to navigate their jobs. Neel explores these topics in her forthcoming book\, Scripts for Success. \nAbout the Black Media Initiative \nThe Black Media Initiative is a national capacity building initiative for Black owned and controlled media. Its aim is to support Black media by providing research\, training and connections. We are a part of the Center for Community Media which is housed at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/why-black-media-matters-this-election/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:AMI Elections Forum: New Research + Tools for Covering Diverse AAPI Voters
DESCRIPTION:Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters have the potential to impact the outcomes in the 2024 election\, but remain flattened and undercovered in mainstream media. AAPI-led community organizations and data equity initiatives offer powerful insights and new tools for understanding the needs of our diverse communities\, including its most marginalized and under-engaged members. In this virtual forum\, hosted by the Asian Media Initiative (AMI) at the Center for Community Media\, community news media journalists will receive briefings from community-based organizations and AAPI-led research initiatives to inform your coverage of AAPI voters in New York and nationwide. \nThe forum will include two briefing sessions:  \nBarriers to Engaging Marginalized AAPI Voters in New York \n\nEngaging Indo-Caribbean and LGBTQ+ AAPI communities \nVoting access for Deaf and other disabled AAPI\nReversing low AAPI youth voter turnout \nVoter outreach to growing AAPI communities outside of NYC\n\nAAPI-Led Data Initiatives on AAPI Communities and Voters \n\nNew databases and research tools on AAPI communities\nProposed legislation to disaggregate data on diverse AAPI\, and why it matters\nOngoing national initiatives to produce high-quality data on AAPI\n\nThis event will have ASL interpretation. \nRegister to attend the AMI Elections Forum \n\nAbout the Speakers \nBarriers to Engaging Marginalized AAPI Voters in New York: \nMohamed Q. Amin (he/they) is an Indo-Caribbean Muslim immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights activist based in Richmond Hill\, Queens. He is founder of the Caribbean Equality Project\, a NYC-based grassroots community organization that advocates for Caribbean LGBTQ+ voices in New York City; co-founder of the annual LGBTQ+ Community Iftar; and leads the Phagwah Social Justice Collective\, a Hindu-centered LGBTQ+ coalition. Amin is a filmmaker and curator\, and has received numerous recognitions\, including: 2019 New York State ambassador for World Pride; 2019 Impact Award from Gay City News; 2023 and 2024 New York City LGBTQ+ Power Players; and the City and State 2024 Queens Power 100 list. Amin holds a B.A. in Economics and is currently pursuing an M.A in Political Science at Queens College. \nAngelreana Choi (she/her) is the Asian Student Civic Engagement Task Force (ASCET) Coordinator at APA VOICE/MinKwon Center for Community Action. She is currently a Yale-China Fellow in Xiuning\, Anhui\, China\, where she teaches Oral English to high school students. graduated from Yale University in 2023 with a B.A. in Economics and a Certificate in Education Studies. As an intern at the MinKwon Center in 2021\, she taught New Yorkers about ranked-choice voting and created voter guides in diverse Asian languages to make election information more accessible to immigrants. She’s excited to be back at MinKwon working to mobilize young Asian voters and creatively reflecting on what engaging in our democracy looks like through the ASCET Program. \nClement So (he/him)\, is Team Leader at the Metropolitan Asian Deaf Association. He was born Deaf and grew up with limited access to disability accommodations until entering into university. With over 15 years in serving Metropolitan Asian Deaf Association\, he has witnessed the urgent and growing call in helping Deaf Asian community to fight for better access and breaking down barriers to healthcare\, civic engagement\, employment\, language access\, and education. So graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology and holds a B.S. in Business Management / Finance. \nJohn Park (he/him)\, is Executive Director at the MinKwon Center for Community Action. He oversees all of MinKwon’s program areas\, including Advocacy & Organizing\, Civic Participation\, Social Services\, Development and Operations. Prior to joining the MinKwon Center\, he served as the Executive Director of the Korean American Youth Foundation and the Director of Operations and Development at the YWCA of Queens. He received both his B.A. and M.A. in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. \nAAPI-Led Data Initiatives on AAPI Communities and Voters: \nAlex Chew (he/him)\, Director\, Amplify AAPI: Chew is a director with NORC at the University of Chicago\, where he is championing Amplify AAPI\, the largest\, most representative survey panel of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders committed to illuminating the needs\, opinions\, and experiences of the AANHPI community. He advocates for Amplify AAPI and data equity for the AANHPI community and has over twenty years of experience leading large-scale\, multinational consumer\, B2B\, and non-profit market research projects in the U.S\, Asia\, Europe\, Latin America\, and Middle East markets. He has led the development of transformational brand and reputation programs as an advisor to senior executives at some of the world’s largest and most influential organizations. Alex received a B.A. in political economics and history from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. \nLinying He\, PhD (she/her) is Associate Director of Research\, Asian American Federation and a leading expert in research and advocacy for Asian American communities. She has overseen the production of high-impact reports on critical issues such as small businesses\, voting patterns\, mental health\, and anti-Asian hate crimes\, and her pioneering efforts led to the creation of the first online data center dedicated to capturing and analyzing demographic data for Asian Americans in New York City and State. Her extensive research includes national large-scale studies in partnership with over 20 community-based organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from Columbia University and a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.  \nLloyd Feng (he/him)\, is Data Policy Coordinator\, co-leading the Invisible No More Campaign (INM) focused on ethnicity-based disaggregation of data on Asian American\, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in city\, state\, and federal agencies. He oversees government agency implementation of the historic 2021 NYS Asian and NHPI Data Disaggregation Law and of NYC agency implementation of the 2016 NYC Demographic Data Laws. Previously\, he was a Program Associate at the Committee of 100. He is a graduate of Princeton University with a Bachelor’s degree in Art & Archaeology and a Certificate in East Asian Studies. \nModerator and Presenter: \n\nKavitha Rajagopalan directs the Asian Media Initiative at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s Center for Community Media\, the first and only national initiative dedicated to in-language and community-based journalism for and by AAPI. Under her leadership\, AMI produced the first national AAPI Media Map & Directory and groundbreaking original report on AAPI News Media\, and has launched specialized programming for AAPI media. AMI was recognized for the 2024 AAJA Community Impact Award. Rajagopalan is an author and policy expert\, whose writing appears in a range of news outlets\, policy magazines\, academic journals\, and peer-reviewed edited volumes. She was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the World Policy Institute\, a Fulbright Scholar and John. J. McCloy Journalism Fellow. She holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. from The College of William & Mary. \nAbout the Asian Media Initiative \nThe Asian Media Initiative is the first national program dedicated to building visibility and sustainability in in-language and community-based news media for and by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Launched in 2022\, the AMI published the first national AAPI Media Map & Directory in December 2023. Find dedicated elections reporting resources for AAPI news media on the AMI Elections Project.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/ami-elections-forum-new-research-tools-for-covering-diverse-aapi-voters/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:Visual AI: Tools and Techniques for Identifying Fake Images and Videos
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nInstructor: John Smock\, Director of Photojournalism\, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY \nThe Center for Community Media is organizing a training on identifying fake AI-generated images and videos\, as part of CCM’s AI-related trainings. These trainings are aimed at giving community and ethnic media the resources and knowledge to help deal with the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities of AI. \nIn light of the 2024 US elections\, this training is particularly timely and crucial. Though fears of AI-generated content swaying electorates have been fully realized to date\, there remain potential challenges to electoral integrity and public trust in media. At this critical period\, community newsrooms need to be equipped with the skills to detect and debunk false or misleading AI-generated visual content. \nThis training will empower journalists to maintain the highest standards of accuracy and reliability in their election coverage\, ensuring that their communities have access to trustworthy information during this important time. \nIn this training\, you will learn the following: \n\nFundamentals of generative visual AI and its relevance to community newsrooms\nTechniques and tools for detecting AI-generated visuals (fakes)\nDiscussion of state-of-the-art case studies\nCurrent industry trends and challenges for small and community publications\nTemplates and ideas for developing an effective visual AI policy for your newsroom\nOverview of popular visual AI tools\n\nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for the Visual AI training \n\nInstructor \nJohn Smock is the Director of Photojournalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Before taking the position at Newmark\, Smock was a photographer with the Associated Press and SIPA Press\, a photo agency with offices in New York City and Paris. Since joining the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism he has expanded his expertise into social video and animations for news. Smock has worked as a journalism trainer in several former Soviet Republics\, Cambodia\, Libya and Afghanistan. He continues to work on grant-based visual projects on a range of topics and on a range of platforms.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/visual-ai-tools-and-techniques-for-identifying-fake-images-and-videos/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:Take Cover! Newsgathering Rights and Safety Tips for Community Journalists Covering the Elections
DESCRIPTION:This training will be held online in Spanish. \nInstructors: \n\nDagmar Thiel\, CEO\, Fundamedios USA\nPatricia J. Peña\, Associate\, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP\n\nAs newsrooms across the U.S. lay out their plans for this year’s Election Day coverage\, Latino news media should take extra precaution when deploying staff\, and ensuring their safety and the access to materials and information their audiences have a right to\, but regularly need to push for. \nThe Center for Community Media’s Latino Media Initiative will hold an online\, 90-minute long training session in Spanish on the safety guidelines and information rights that Latino reporters and community journalists have to consider when covering elections. This session is held in partnership with ProJourn\, a program of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. \nThis session is open to the public as a stand-alone training that serves publishers\, editors and reporters alike. Join us for this session to: \n\nLearn about the threats and violence that community journalists and Latino reporters experience in the field.\nObtain guidance on how to get information and take photos at voting centers\, protests\, and demonstrations.\nGain insight into reporting from the field on Election Day and learn about legal safeguards available for reporters on the ground.\nLearn how to navigate encounters with law enforcement at protests.\nGet safety tips on how to address discrimination and assault from others.\n\nRegister here \nEmail CCM if you do not receive a confirmation email after registering or if you have any questions about the event: ccm@journalism.cuny.edu \n\nInstructors \nDagmar Thiel is an Ecuadorian-German journalist and activist who heads Fundamedios USA from its Washington\, D.C. office to promote freedom of expression in the region. Her work has focused on the development and promotion of media in authoritarian environments and on the training and support of journalists in exile. She has been a consultant for George Mason University\, IREX\, Internews and FLED\, among other organizations. In 2020\, she published the study “Discrimination against Latino journalists in the United States” and developed a course to reduce the wage gap that affects Latina journalists. Thiel has extensive experience in communications\, public affairs\, institutional reputation\, and corporate sustainability. \nPatricia J. Peña focuses her practice on counseling and defending large technology\, media and entertainment companies on intellectual property matters\, as well as advertising\, AdTech\, and marketing law. She also provides pre-broadcast counseling in both English and Spanish for production companies and studios. Before joining Davis Wright Tremaine LLP\, Patricia served in the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office\, where she gained litigation experience as a trial attorney. Prior to her legal career\, Patricia worked in marketing and media\, and applies her corporate knowledge and expertise to solving business legal issues. As a marketing professional\, Patricia developed and executed multi-layered campaigns for her clients’ products and services\, tailored to launch in U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets. \n\nAbout CCM and the Latino Media Initiative: The Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism serves news organizations that provide essential local coverage for populations whose voices and issues are underrepresented in mainstream media. The Center serves as a hub of information\, resources\, and training aimed at increasing the sustainability of the local news media sector. Its Latino Media Initiative focuses on supporting Latino news media makers\, community media entrepreneurs and Latino-centered newsrooms with capacity building\, direct investment\, sector analysis and business development programs. \nAbout ProJourn of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: ProJourn\, an innovative pro bono program operated by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press\, aims to “grow the bench” of attorneys standing up for journalism at this critical time when local news reporting faces dire challenges and democracy itself is at a crossroads. It’s mission is to increase the supply of pro bono attorneys trained in pre-publication review and access to public records — two of the most critical editorial legal needs of journalists — and to meet the legal demands newsrooms face in an ever-changing news landscape\, including business\, 501(c)(3)\, and operations-related needs.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/take-cover-newsgathering-rights-and-safety-tips-for-community-journalists-covering-the-elections/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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SUMMARY:Appealing to Young Black Voters
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Amanda Wilkerson\, University of Central Florida \nYoung Black voters are critical to this election cycle\, but they are often not engaging with traditional media. Furthermore\, very little research has been done about what shapes their political identity and how we can best serve their needs. \nJoin us for this session where we will be exploring research about political socialization for young Black voters and how we can use those insights to improve reporting and better engage with young voters. \nParticipants will leave understanding: \n\nThe true identity of Black youth voters\, including their priorities and concerns\nHow media uniquely shapes the political views of this dynamic group\nInnovative strategies to boost political engagement within HBCU environments\n\nRegister here \n\nSpeaker \nAmanda Wilkerson is an Assistant Professor in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida\, where she is dedicated to fostering cooperation\, collaboration\, and community action. A proud graduate of Florida A&M University with an Ed.D. in Higher Education and Policy Studies\, Amanda has authored several articles and books with Palgrave Macmillan and IGI Global\, and served as guest editor for the Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals Journal-Hillard Sizemore Special Edition. Her work focuses on developing instructional leaders who practice equity-based pedagogy and managing partnerships that support underserved student populations. A passionate advocate for civic engagement\, she actively participates in community development projects and initiatives for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. Amanda’s research includes a National Science Foundation-funded study on the political socialization of Black youth voters at Historically Black Colleges and Universities\, and she is recognized for her contributions to education and community service. Follow her on Instagram at @dravwilkerson
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/appealing-to-young-black-voters/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:Brown Bag Series: Tools for Enhancing Your Elections Reporting
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \n\nScott Klein\, Entrepreneur in Residence at Newspack\nBrandi Swicegood\, Executive Director of Sunlight Search\nJohn P. Wihbey\, Associate Professor of Media Innovation and Technology in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University\n\nIn preparation for this year’s elections\, the Center for Community Media will be producing a series of brown bag talks focused on tools to support journalists and newsroom leaders in their elections coverage. \nIn the first hour-long session\, Scott Klein of the Knight Election Hub\, an initiative focused on connecting more than 150 resources with local and community outlets\, will give a demo of the hub\, and walk us through some of the resources and how you can get access. Brandi Swicegood\, of Sunlight Search\, will talk about the research organization\, which trains and helps journalists to conduct in-depth background research on candidates running for political office. John P. Wihbey\, of Chip50\, will speak about the value of ongoing efforts to get a comparative understanding of American public opinion in a more regional and local way; and explore the questions that newsrooms might want to insert in the upcoming survey waves. \nWhat you’ll learn: \n\nHow your newsroom can take advantage of available Knight Election Hub resources.\nHow your newsroom can help voters make more informed choices with Sunlight Search candidate accountability research training.\nHow your newsroom can potentially partner with survey researchers and leverage the final data and products.\n\nRegister here \n\nThe Knight Election Hub provides free or reduced-price resources and services to U.S. newsrooms covering the 2024 elections at the federal\, state\, and local levels. These resources help publishers serve their audiences by giving them the information they need to make informed voting decisions\, have confidence in the election process and results\, and understand the role newsrooms play in providing reliable civic information. \nSunlight Search is a nonpartisan research organization that specializes in accountability research on candidates for public office. Our mission is to strengthen democracy by providing voters information they need to make informed decisions. \nNortheastern University has developed the capacity for conducting large-scale surveys\, based on its experiences with the COVID States Project/Chip50. With the support of the NSF\, NIH\, and a handful of foundations\, we have conducted 1\,400+ state-level surveys since April\, 2020\, producing 100+ public facing reports and a wide set of “data dashboards.” We now seek to transform this effort\, working with journalist stakeholders\, into a stream of value for news. In partnership with news media outlets\, we seek to craft state-level surveys that would be valuable to news outlets’ audiences. \n\nSpeakers \nScott Klein is an entrepreneur in residence at Newspack\, helping publishers on any platform do great election coverage by building and adopting innovative tools and by working together. He was previously at ProPublica and at THE CITY. He’s also on the board of Muckrock. He’s based in Brooklyn. \n  \nBrandi Swicegood is the executive director of Sunlight Search. She is a veteran investigative journalist. She spent nearly two decades reporting and editing stories about issues ranging from politics and immigration to criminal justice and the environment. Brandi has worked for publications including The Texas Tribune\, where she was a founding staffer\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Dallas Morning News and USA Today. \nJohn P. Wihbey is an associate professor of media innovation and technology in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University\, a faculty researcher at the Ethics Institute\, and a founder of Northeastern’s Internet Democracy Initiative. He has worked in print\, radio\, and digital journalism.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/brown-bag-series-tools-for-enhancing-your-elections-reporting/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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SUMMARY:Asian Media Initiative Forum: Safety and Press Freedom in AAPI Media
DESCRIPTION:CONTENT WARNING: This forum will include discussions of sensitive topics related to safety\, hate crimes\, and state violence. The event will not be recorded. \nCCM’s Asian Media Initiative is hosting a forum to bring AAPI community news media journalists into dialogue with experts in surveillance\, transnational repression\, press freedom\, and journalism safety. This is a dedicated space for AAPI journalists to share their lived experiences and strategies for navigating these threats\, and to gain access to emerging tools\, resources\, and insights.​​ \nAAPI journalists working in community media newsrooms face unique threats to their press freedom and safety\, often from overseas as well as within the U.S. In this election’s central debates – overseas wars\, immigration\, and reproductive rights – Asian American community journalists are both frontline defenders and targets of disinformation campaigns\, discrimination\, and political violence. \n\nHow do AAPI media experience and respond effectively to surveillance\, censorship\, and harassment campaigns?\nHow does urban surveillance infrastructure or transnational repression uniquely affect AAPI journalists?\nWhat legal rights and protections are available to AAPI journalists covering protests\, or when community events (including political events) become sites of protest?\nHow do “informal” or “soft” forms of surveillance and censorship – deplatforming\, exclusion\, retaliation\, or litigation – impact AAPI media legitimacy and sustainability?\n\nIf you are an AAPI community media journalist\, and would like to share your press freedom concerns anonymously\, please complete this questionnaire. \nRegister for the forum \nIf you have any questions\, contact Kavitha at kavitha.rajagopalan@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nPanelists \nKiran Nazish is an award winning journalist\, and founding director of the Coalition For Women In Journalism. She spent two decades as a journalist and foreign correspondent covering Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Syria\, and Mexico\, among other places\, for the New York Times\, LA Times\, MSNBC\, ABC News\, USA Today and  others. Witnessing the inequality and discrimination women journalists faced in newsrooms around the world\, she founded the Coalition For Women In Journalism\, a global organization that primarily focuses on support and advocacy for women\, LGBTQ and nonbinary journalists. In 2019\, Kiran launched the Press Freedom Newsroom to bring awareness to how women journalists in particular are targeted by repressive regimes\, and now covers violations from 128 countries around the world. She was the Stanley Knowles Distinguished Professor in 2019 and 2020\, and a senior fellow in international security at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C. in 2016. \nGabe Rottman is a senior attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press\, where he directs the Technology and Press Freedom Project\, a six-year-old initiative that combines legal work\, policy development and advocacy\, and public education to address emerging challenges and opportunities at the intersection of technology and press freedom. Rottman also directs the First Amendment Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. He previously served in various roles at PEN America\, the Center for Democracy and Technology\, and led federal First Amendment legislative and regulatory advocacy at the ACLU. Rottman has a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in political science and history from McGill University. \nMadi Whitman is the Assistant Director of Curriculum Development in the Center for Science and Society and a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. As a cultural anthropologist and STS researcher\, Madi investigates data collection and surveillance in higher education in the U.S. This work is currently focused on subjectivity and marginality among students in changing regimes of data collection in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. \nYemile Bucay is a journalism risk advisor and safety trainer. She is resident security advisor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School for Journalism at CUNY and advises PEN America’s Free Expression Programs on safety and security matters. Previously\, she was BuzzFeed’s Risk & Security Manager\, and was a Fellow in the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Next Gen Safety Trainers program. Before working in news safety\, Yemile was a journalist who reported on immigration. She produced a documentary on violence in her native Mexico\, led research on online information ecosystems\, and taught at Columbia’s Journalism School. Yemile received a B.A. in Humanities from Yale University\, and a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. \nModerator \n\nKavitha Rajagopalan is the director of the Asian Media Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s Center for Community Media. \n  \n  \n\nThe Center for Community Media’s Asian Media Initiative is the first national program dedicated to building visibility and sustainability in in-language and community-based news media for and by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Launched in 2022\, the AMI published the first national AAPI Media Map & Directory in December 2023.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/asian-media-initiative-forum-safety-and-press-freedom-in-aapi-media/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T140000
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SUMMARY:Fundraising for Community Media: Let’s Get that Corporate Funding
DESCRIPTION:Instructor/Speaker: Melanie Figueiredo\, Vice President of Advertising and Sponsorship Sales\, URL Media \nCorporate funding can be a critical resource for media publications\, and often take one of two forms: corporate sponsorship or corporate advertising. Corporate sponsorship is often a form of marketing in which a company pays to be associated with a project\, program\, platform or mission. Or where a company prioritizes amplifying their own missions\, values\, or corporate social responsibility initiatives. Corporate advertising aims to promote a specific product\, brand or client campaign and requires more specific reporting on the client’s return of investment. \nIn general\, corporate funding not only helps news organizations cover operational costs but also often aligns businesses with positive community impact\, enhancing their brand image. It is an often untapped revenue source that can help news organizations achieve financial sustainability. \nThe Center for Community Media’s Asian\, Black\, and Latino Media Initiatives will hold an online\, hour-long training session on navigating corporate funding for newsrooms in the community news media sector. \nThis session is open to the public as an extended training from the Fundraising for Community Media program that launched in the early Spring. Join us for this session to: \n\nLearn the types of corporate funding you can seek out whether corporate sponsorship or advertising\nGain insight on how to engage and sustain a relationship with potential corporate funders\nObtain guidance on how to build your value proposition and proposals\nTroubleshoot and navigate corporate funding campaigns \n\nSimultaneous interpretation may be made available on request. If you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for the corporate funding training \n\nMelanie Figueiredo is the Vice President of Advertising and Sponsorship Sales\, spearheading URL Media’s advertising sales\, ad operations and client servicing efforts. From 2013 – 2021\, Melanie led national corporate sponsorships for a majority of the PBS KIDS national television roster and NOVA out of GBH\, launching\, renewing and upselling corporate sponsorships for over a dozen award-winning series and shepherding upwards of $40m to the public media system. In her previous role as the Director of Member Services at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce\, Melanie engaged high-level members with strategic Chamber offerings\, networking at more than 100 business programs per year. Prior to her time at the Chamber\, Melanie directed the Trade Services Department at the South Carolina World Trade Center and managed operations at the Global Trading Consortium. Melanie hails from Boston\, and holds a B.A. in Communications and Culture from Clark University\, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She has been a contributing writer to several publications including Business Insider\, and sits on the advisory board of EPIC\, a non-profit for young leaders with disabilities. She’s a former Americorps alum\, and the proud mother of two children.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/fundraising-for-community-media-lets-get-that-corporate-funding/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T160000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Reporting in an Age of Conflict
DESCRIPTION:How can journalists report on divisive topics without causing more polarization? \nThis in-person workshop and fireside chat focuses on what journalists can learn from conflict mediators about reporting on polarizing topics with deep empathy\, humanity\, and nuance. \nThe Good Conflict reporting style applies the practices of conflict mediation\, solutions journalism\, and social psychology to the storytelling process. It is designed to help journalists adapt what they do for our current age of political polarization\, based on everything researchers now know about what humans need to thrive in a highly interdependent\, information-saturated\, fast-changing world. \nThe content discussed and the skills learned here will apply to journalists reporting on everything from local school board meetings to inter-community conflicts to international disputes. \nWhat you will learn in this workshop: \n\nA shared vocabulary for covering conflict\nAn understanding of the deeper\, hidden\, more interesting stories underneath a conflict that helps cut through the noise\nHow to use deep listening/looping to find the understory\nHow to use revealing questions to help excavate the deeper meaning behind discord\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Jehangir Khattak at jehangir.khattak@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nHélène Biandudi Hofer is a broadcast journalist\, documentary filmmaker\, media entrepreneur\, and conflict navigation coach. She led an award-winning TV news magazine program in Western New York for nearly a decade\, exploring remedies to societal challenges. Her work spans investigating police reform in Camden\, New Jersey\, to examining education opportunities in South Sudan. Hélène is a founding principal of Good Conflict\, LLC\, along with fellow journalist and writer Amanda Ripley. Good Conflict helps communities\, companies\, and groups get smarter about how they fight. Through her work in conflict\, Hélène has trained nearly two thousand journalists across 175 newsrooms worldwide on how to transform their coverage of controversial and divisive issues.  Hélène has worked with CBS\, NPR\, and PBS and collaborated with reporters\, filmmakers\, and journalist-serving organizations around the globe. Hélène credits her passion for journalism and storytelling to her great-grandmother\, the oral historian of the Biandudi family in Kinshasa\, Congo.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/reporting-in-an-age-of-conflict/
LOCATION:442
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T140000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:AAPI Media: Resilience and Rebirth
DESCRIPTION:One hundred years ago this month\, the U.S. passed the Immigration Act of 1924 (the Johnson-Reed Act)\, which banned all immigration to the U.S. from Asia. As we commemorate this dark chapter in U.S. history\, Asian American communities again face xenophobic rhetoric and policies similar to the pre-Johnson-Reed era. \nPlease join us in conversation with three Asian American news media leaders serving communities that have been targeted by xenophobic violence and policies in the past – and which face similar threats today: Denver’s Chinatown\, destroyed in 1880 by a racist mob; New York City’s Little Syria\, destroyed in 1946 by immigration policies and urban planning; and Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo\, targeted by Executive Order 9066\, mandating the forced removal of Japanese Americans during WW2. \nHow does inflammatory rhetoric in the run-up to the 2024 election mirror the pre-Johnson-Reed era? How are Asian American publishers navigating rising discrimination from Sinophobic property bans to anti-Arab censorship\, and what lessons can we learn from the survival and resilience of earlier AAPI news media? \nIf you have any questions\, contact Kavitha at kavitha.rajagopalan@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for “AAPI Media: Resilience and Rebirth” \n\nPanelists \n\nAnnie Guo VanDan (she/her/hers) is the co-founder and president of Asian Avenue magazine\, a monthly publication that lifts up the stories of Denver’s Asian communities. She is also the executive director of the nonprofit Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network\, where she works to create equitable spaces and opportunities for Asian American Pacific Islanders. Born in Taipei\, Taiwan\, her family immigrated to Denver in 1988. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri – Columbia’s journalism school and a Maynard 200 Fellow\, a fellowship program for journalists of color. \nAdnan Khalil is publisher and editor-in-chief of Al Hawadeth for Arab Americans\, a monthly Arabic-language newspaper in New York City and New Jersey. He was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugees\, and enjoyed a career as a banking strategic planner and trade union leader before immigrating to the U.S. in 2013. He launched Al Hawadeth the same year. He holds a BSc in physics and sociology from the University of Jordan. \nMichael Komai is publisher of Rafu Shimpo\, a bilingual Japanese-English daily newspaper based in Los Angeles\, California’s Little Tokyo neighborhood. Komai is the third-generation publisher of the newspaper\, which has published continuously since 1903 – except during the forcible internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. \n\nThe Center for Community Media’s Asian Media Initiative is the first national program dedicated to building visibility and sustainability in in-language and community-based news media for and by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Launched in 2022\, the AMI published the first national AAPI Media Map & Directory in December 2023.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/aapi-media-resilience-and-rebirth/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T153000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20240513T164647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240516T143726Z
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SUMMARY:Demystifying AI Visuals for Community Media
DESCRIPTION:Instructors: \n\nJohn Smock\, Director of Photojournalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\nParis M. Brown\, Associate Publisher\, The Baltimore Times\n\nAI presents possibilities and obstacles for community journalism. Within this evolving landscape\, newsrooms have opportunities to use AI to optimize and enhance newsroom work and editorial content.  However\, alongside these developments\, the proliferation of disinformation\, misinformation\, and fake content is on the rise. \nThis 90-minute training session aims to examine how newsrooms can ethically use AI-generated visuals while also keeping issues and risks in mind. \nThe session will cover the following topics: \n\nHands-on and practical instruction on how to begin to introduce visual AI tools into your newsroom.\nCase studies about how other publications\, especially community publications\, are using visual AI tools.\nEthical and professional guidelines for using visual AI tools\, most notably around topics like elections\, protests and other sensitive material.\nTools and tips for verifying the veracity of visuals for your readers.\nWhat’s next? How do you “future proof” your publication in such a rapidly changing media space?\n\nThis training has been developed by the Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, and is funded by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. If you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for the AI visuals training \n\nJohn Smock is the Director of Photojournalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Before taking the position at Newmark\, Smock was a photographer with the Associated Press and SIPA Press\, a photo agency with offices in New York City and Paris. Since joining the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism he has expanded his expertise into social video and animations for news. Smock has worked as a journalism trainer in several former Soviet Republics\, Cambodia\, Libya and Afghanistan. He continues to work on grant-based visual projects on a range of topics and on a range of platforms. \nParis M. Brown\, Associate Publisher of The Baltimore Times\, leverages her 20+ years of business development expertise to drive digital innovation and revenue growth. Under her guidance\, the newspaper has seen increased digital revenue and audience engagement through integrated solutions and strategic campaigns. Brown uses technology effectively\, exploring AI for non-editorial use and VR and AR for storytelling\, content creation and audience interaction. She also innovates by marketing newspaper boxes as billboards and strengthening partnerships\, making the newspaper a pivotal media partner for major city-wide events. Serving on the National Newspaper Publishers Association National Marketing Committee and MACPA Board of Directors and promoting community-focused initiatives\, Brown fosters strong community ties and a positive impact.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/demystifying-ai-visuals-for-community-media/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T153000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:How to Cover an Election
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Katie Honan\, Senior Reporter at THE CITY \nAs the run-up to the November 5 elections heats up\, so does the need for the media to focus on the races and issues that matter to the communities they cover. Election season is also an opportunity for community media to expand their readership and reach. Delivering high-impact\, in-depth stories on tight deadlines and expanding coverage with limited resources requires robust and efficient editorial decisions and reporting. \nThis 90-minute training will cover these reporting challenges and opportunities: \n\nEthical journalism and objectivity\nCovering candidates and campaigns\nPolling and data analysis\nMisinformation and disinformation concerns\nEngaging with audiences\n\nThis training is funded by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. If you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for the elections coverage training \n\nKatie Honan is a senior reporter at THE CITY\, a nonprofit newsroom covering New York City. She previously covered City Hall for The Wall Street Journal\, neighborhoods in Queens for DNAinfo\, and as a web editor at NBC 4 New York. She is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and is a lifelong Queens resident.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-to-cover-an-election/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T150000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:How Community Media Can Obtain NYC Press Credentials
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Samer Nasser\, Executive Director\, Press Credentials Office\, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment \nThis hour-long workshop will delve into the process of applying for New York City press credentials. It will also explain the changes introduced by Local Law 46 of 2021\, which transferred the responsibility of issuing press credentials from the NYPD to the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and established the Press Credentials Office (PCO). \nDesigned for media professionals aspiring to obtain a City of New York Press Card\, the event offers guidance on rules and procedures governing issuance\, denial\, suspension\, or revocation of NYC press cards. \nBy the end of this workshop\, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the press credentials portal and successfully submit an application for a City of New York Press Card. Topics to be discussed will include the following: \n\nAbout MOME/PCO (Rules and Law 46 of 2021)\nCity of New York Press Cards (Types/Uses)\nApplication Portal (Digital Process)\nCardholder Rights (Privileges & Responsibilities)\n\nCCM is organizing this workshop in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. If you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for the NYC Press Credentials training \n\nSamer Nasser is the Executive Director of the Press Credentials Office (PCO) at the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) where she oversees the City’s press credentialing operations\, helps qualified journalists obtain press cards\, and works with City government agencies and other organizations like the Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. As a native New Yorker and a first-generation Arab American fluent in Arabic\, Samer’s expertise was honed at CBS News as a National News Producer\, overseeing editorial elements for prominent programs. Her 20+ year career in journalism includes roles such as International News Editor at Al Jazeera America and Business News Desk Manager at Fox Business Network.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-community-media-can-obtain-nyc-press-credentials/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T163000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20240312T155042Z
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SUMMARY:Black Media Futures
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Center for Community Media’s Black Media Initiative\, Black Media Futures is a half-day virtual conference that aims to explore the current state and future prospects of Black media. The conference will feature a range of expert speakers and panelists who will share their insights and perspectives on the past\, present\, and future of Black media. \nThis event will be held on Mar 14\, 2024\, in celebration of the 197th birthday of the Black press. ​​​​​ \nSessions\n\n1:00-1:50: The Black Vote – Shaping Democracy’s Future: This keynote will feature insights on the key issues and trends that will shape the upcoming election cycle\, and the vital role that Black media plays in informing and empowering the Black community.\n2:00 – 2:55: Reparations for Black Media: This session will explore the urgent and vital topic of funding for Black media. A panel of experts and practitioners will discuss the historical and contemporary challenges faced by Black media outlets\, the opportunities and strategies to secure sustainable and equitable funding\, and the moral and political case for reparations for Black media as a form of justice and empowerment.\n3:00 – 3:55: Leveraging AI for Impact: In this panel\, we’ll explore how Black media professionals are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their workflows\, streamline processes\, and save valuable time. Our expert speakers will share practical tips and insights on integrating AI tools effectively into their daily routines. Whether you’re a journalist\, content creator\, or media manager\, this session will provide actionable strategies to optimize your work.\n4:00 – 4:30: Freelancer Networking Session: This session is designed to foster connections and collaborations between Black freelancers and Black media leaders. It is an opportunity for freelancers who are part of the Black media freelance directory to showcase their skills and pitch their ideas to influential editors\, producers and publishers. Participants will be able to exchange contacts and feedback\, as well as learn from the experiences and insights of the media leaders.\n\nSee speaker bios here. If you have any questions\, contact Black Media Initiative Director Cheryl Thompson-Morton at cheryl.thompson-morton@journalism.cuny.edu. \nRegister for Black Media Futures
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/black-media-futures-2/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Community Media":MAILTO:ccm@journalism.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T140000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20230510T180746Z
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SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM: Covering Hate Crimes in Black\, Asian\, Jewish\, and LGBTQ Media
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Community Media is hosting a symposium on how community media can and do respond to hate crimes targeting Black\, Asian\, Jewish\, and LGBTQ communities. How do community journalists help keep the most vulnerable members of their communities safe and informed\, and bring diverse community members together to support each other? How can we cover hate crimes without re-traumatizing survivors? What is the legal and media history of how we define and document hate crimes – and how have hate crimes data functioned in our popular and in-community narratives around racism\, solidarity\, and safety? \nFeaturing two distinguished speakers with expertise in civil rights\, racism\, and community safety; a panel discussion with Black\, Asian\, Jewish\, and LGBTQ community media journalists covering hate crimes in their communities; and two workshops on research and editorial best practices\, this conference will bring community media journalists\, journalism students\, and members of the Newmark J-School community into a conversation about how we can collectively understand and respond to ongoing crises of racist\, xenophobic\, antisemitic\, homophobic and transphobic violence in our society today. \nRSVP here \nLocation:  This hybrid event will take place in-person on a CUNY campus in midtown Manhattan\, New York City\, with a Zoom registration option available for those who wish to attend virtually. Breakfast\, coffee\, and lunch will be provided to in-person attendees. The exact location of the symposium and in-person workshop will be confirmed prior to the symposium and shared in advance. \n  \nDistinguished Speakers \nMaya Wiley is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. A nationally respected civil rights attorney\, Wiley has been a litigator for the ACLU\, NAACP Legal Defense Fund\, Inc.\, and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She has been a program creator in philanthropy\, non-profits\, government\, and higher education. She helped create a criminal justice program for a major foundation in South Africa. Wiley co-founded and led a national policy advocacy organization\, the Center for Social Inclusion\, now a part of Race Forward\, a national policy strategy organization working to end structural racism. She became the first Black woman to be Counsel to a New York City Mayor\, Bill de Blasio\, where she worked to protect and expand civil rights\, Minority and Women-Owned Business contracts and broadband access. Wiley became a Senior Vice President for Social Justice at the New School University\, where she also founded the Digital Equity Laboratory. While there\, she chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). As chair\, she led the release of the “hold” on proceedings against Daniel Pantaleo whose illegal chokehold killed Eric Garner\, and Co-Chaired the Mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group that authored two major reports on integrating New York City public schools. Wiley has received numerous awards\, and has been a public voice for rights\, justice\, and democracy\, through written opinion editorials and as a former legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. \nTamara K. Nopper is a sociologist\, writer\, educator\, and editor. She is the editor of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice\, a book of Mariame Kaba’s writings and interviews (Haymarket Books)\, researcher and writer of several data stories for Colin Kaepernick’s Abolition for the People series and edited book\, and guest editor of the recently published Critical Sociology forum “Race and Money.” Tamara’s research\, academic publications\, popular pieces\, and public educational lectures focus on Black-Asian solidarity politics\, Asian American communities\, data literacy (particularly around crime data)\, policing and surveillance\, and the racial wealth gap. \n  \nPanelists \nPhilissa Cramer is the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s editor-in-chief. Prior to joining JTA in 2020\, she was a founder and editor at Chalkbeat\, the nonprofit news organization covering education. A graduate of Brown University\, she lives in suburban New York City with her husband\, a rabbi\, and their two children. \nJason Villemez is the editor of the Philadelphia Gay News and writes frequently on LGBTQ history. His work has appeared in the PBS NewsHour\, LGBTQ Nation\, and local LGBTQ publications across the country. He lives in Philadelphia with his husband. \nYiyan Zheng is a bilingual journalist with more than six years of experience. Her multimedia work has appeared in media outlets such as World Journal\, Sampan Newspaper\, Beijing TV\, Propeller TV and City Limits. She is New York based and work as a reporter and a journalist at World Journal\, the largest Chinese-language daily newspaper in the U.S. Her beat is to cover Asian and immigrant communities on politics\, education and health. She was a CUNY 2022 New York State Elections Reporting Fellow\, an Age Boom Academy Fellow at Columbia University and a Journalist Fellow of Aging Program at the Gerontological Society of America. She was a finalist of the Chinese-Language Journalism Award for Overseas Media in 2022. A graduate of Waseda University in Tokyo\, with a BA in Comparative Literature\, Yiyan received her MS in Journalism from Boston University. \nChristina Carrega is an award-winning journalist and the National Criminal Justice Reporter for Capital B. Previously\, Christina was a Crime and Justice Reporter for CNN\, Multimedia Reporter for ABC News\, News Editor of The Queens Daily Eagle and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspapers as well as a Criminal Justice Reporter for The New York Daily News and The New York Post. During Christina’s career\, she has covered wrongful conviction cases\, thoroughly reported on high-profile trials and investigated alleged scams in the travel and childcare industries. Christina’s professional journalism career began as a freelancer with the Canarsie Courier and as the Newspaper Director for The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council\, a non-profit after-school program in Queens\, New York. The New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) awarded her first place for 2017’s’ and 2014’s Best Spot News and in 2013 was a finalist for the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) Best Single News Story. She previously served as NYABJ’s Vice President of Broadcast. Christina is an adjunct professor with the American Journalism Online Graduate Program at New York University and serves on the board of Princess Chambers Inc.\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting underprivileged youth. Christina is a first-generation born American and was raised in Brooklyn\, New York. She graduated from St. John’s University\, where she majored in Journalism and minored in International Studies. \n  \nWorkshop Leaders \nHeather E. Murray is the Managing Attorney of the Local Journalism Project at the Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic. In this role\, she oversees the Local Journalism Project’s pro bono work with journalists and news outlets\, including providing legal advice and representation in suits seeking access to public records and court proceedings and defending First Amendment and newsgathering rights. She previously was a litigation associate in the New York City offices of two international law firms and a local journalist for newspapers in Westchester and New York City. She serves as the chair of the board of directors of Queens and Brooklyn child welfare agency Forestdale\, Inc. \nMichael Kilian is New York state editor for Gannett\, overseeing news sites upstate and downstate\, including his hometown newspaper the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle\, where he is the executive editor. He has been a newspaper editor since 1990\, working primarily with Gannett Co. Inc. in locations including Saratoga Springs\, Utica and Rochester\, New York; Burlington\, Vermont; Salisbury\, Maryland; and Cincinnati\, Ohio. While news director at The Cincinnati Enquirer\, the newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2018 for coverage of the heroin epidemic. Kilian is a graduate of Cornell University.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/symposium-covering-hate-crimes-in-black-asian-jewish-and-lgbtq-media/
LOCATION:Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, 219 W. 40th St.\, New York\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Admitted Students,Alumni,Center for Community Media,Current Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T153000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Briefing: How to Cover Gender-Based Violence in Asian and Black Communities
DESCRIPTION:**CONTENT WARNING: This event will include discussions and descriptions of sexual assault\, abuse\, intimate partner and domestic violence\, trafficking\, and other forms of gender-based violence. Additional warnings will be provided prior to sharing any imagery or video footage.**\n  \nThe Center for Community Media’s Asian and Black Media Initiatives are holding a briefing for community media journalists and members of the Newmark J-School community on how to effectively and sensitively cover gender-based violence in Asian American and Black communities. \nAsian American and Black communities across the U.S. experience disproportionate rates of sexual assault\, domestic and intimate partner violence\, trafficking\, and other forms of gender-based violence. Many in these communities also face intersecting vulnerabilities and multiple barriers to safety and protection for victims and survivors. In-language and community-based media can serve as a vital resource for victims\, survivors and other people affected by gender-based violence in Asian American and Black communities.  \nThis news briefing\, featuring expert advocates serving Asian American and Black communities across the U.S.\, will provide community media journalists with critical information and resources to inform and support coverage of gender-based violence in their communities. Participants will receive data and statistics about gender-based violence in diverse Asian American and Black communities\, insight into intersecting legal and social issues that undergird gender-based violence in these communities\, and guidance for sensitively covering domestic violence\, sexual assault\, trafficking\, and more. \nThis is the first offering in this new joint initiative between CCM’s Asian and Black Media Initiatives aimed at expanding and deepening coverage of intimate partner violence\, sexual violence\, and other forms of gender-based violence in Black and AAPI community media. \nRegister here \nAbout the Speakers \nRebekah Duvall-Taylor\, Executive Director\, Black Women Lead: Black Femme Fund \nRebekah Duvall-Taylor is the Executive Director of Black Women Lead: Black Femme Fund\, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that offers empowerment and immediate aid to at-risk Black Women and Girls. Over the past decade\, she has dedicated herself to teaching and advocating for my community\, Through extensive research\, community service\, and organizing advancement conferences to honor and empower Black Women while shining a light on the complex and far-reaching issues we face. She has always been passionate about helping the most vulnerable members of her community: Black Women and Girls.  \nJeehae Fischer\, Executive Director\, Korean American Family Service Center \nIn 2019\, Jeehae Fischer assumed the position of Executive Director at the Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC)\, a role she previously held as Director of Programs and Administration from 2012 to 2015. Jeehae’s association with KAFSC dates back to 2011 when she served as the Self-Sufficiency Program Coordinator\, working directly with immigrants. Prior to rejoining KAFSC\, Jeehae was the Director of Development and Communications at the Internationals Network for Public Schools\, with a focus on education for immigrant students. Jeehae is an appointed member of the Fatality Review Committee by the Mayor’s office and a member of The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) Advisory Committee. \nYasmeen Hamza\, CEO\, Womankind \nYasmeen Hamza is Womankind’s CEO. Prior to starting her tenure as CEO in August 2020\, she oversaw the entirety of Womankind’s Community Programs division\, which encompasses all programs and direct services. She earned her Masters of Social Work from New York University and gathered a breadth of experience in working with both survivors of domestic violence on intervention and prevention over the past 15 years. She joined Womankind in 2012 as the Assistant Director of Client Services and was promoted to Director of Client Services in 2014\, before becoming CEO. \nZainab Muzaffar\, Sakhi for South Asian Women \nZainab Muzaffar is the Senior Associate Director of Communications and Development at Sakhi for South Asian Women\, where she is responsible for developing and executing the organization’s communication strategy. A new member of the Sakhi team\, Zainab builds and maintains relationships with external partners and the media to uplift and center survivors\, engage in advocacy\, and raise awareness of critical issues surrounding gender-based violence in the South Asian community. Before joining Sakhi\, Zainab leveraged her expertise in growth and marketing strategies to successfully establish and expand brands in new markets. Zainab is the founder and current Board Co-Chair of The Citizens Foundation\, New York Chapter. \nShenikqwa Phillip\, Black Women in Motion \nShenikqwa Phillip’s passions are serving her community and creating constructive and accessible spaces for Black youth. In her current role as Program Manager at Black Women in Motion\, she oversees the effective planning and implementation of the Black Peer Education Network\, a project dedicated to creating healthier and safer learning spaces for Black youth to collectively work through dismantling and challenging rape culture and sexual violence within the black community. \n\nAbout the Collaboration \nCCM’s Asian and Black Media Initiatives are pleased to announce this first collaborative effort to bring Black and AAPI community media journalists together to dismantle barriers they face in covering this major and underreported issue affecting both communities. Through this collaboration\, BMI and AMI seek to:  \n\nbring expert advocates supporting Asian American and Black survivors of gender-based violence into conversation with community media journalists working in and on behalf of both communities;\nshare reporting tools and resources with community media journalists\nand work with Asian American and Black community journalists to expand and deepen their coverage of gender-based violence.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/how-to-cover-gender-based-violence-in-black-and-asian-communities/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Admitted Students,Alumni,Center for Community Media,Current Students,Future Students,Student Affairs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T173000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20221121T202811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221121T203014Z
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SUMMARY:Black Media and the Spirit of Kwanzaa
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a public conversation and celebration where we’ll highlight the ways Black media embraces the principles of Kwanzaa. After the conversation\, we will have time to network with other Black media professionals. \nREGISTER HERE.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/black-media-and-the-spirit-of-kwanzaa/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media,CUNY Newswire
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221030
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20220914T140305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T142209Z
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SUMMARY:Black Media Summit
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URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/black-media-summit/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T174500
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20220831T164615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T190800Z
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SUMMARY:Asian Media\, Past and Future
DESCRIPTION:Serving Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in an Evolving Media Landscape \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nNewmark J-School and the Center for Community Media are hosting a virtual town hall to launch the Asian Media Initiative\, the first national initiative to organize and build sustainability for community media for and by Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. \nHow can AAPI-serving media support and connect both new arrivals and longstanding Indigenous and Asian American news audiences in the face of rampant online disinformation\, political polarization\, ongoing anti-Asian violence\, and more? This town hall will engage thought leaders and Asian media journalists in a reflection on the history of Asian and AAPI-serving media in the U.S.\, and a dialogue on the future of community media in the age of social media. \nFollowing welcoming remarks by Newmark J-School dean Graciela Mochkofsky\, newly appointed Asian Media Initiative director Kavitha Rajagopalan will introduce the initiative. Rajagopalan will then moderate a panel discussion on the history of legacy Asian community media and digital storytelling\, featuring CCM communications director and longtime community media advocate Jehangir Khattak\, and digital storytelling pioneer Dr. Shirley Suet-ling Tang (鄧雪齡). \nThe following Asian media journalists will share insights to kick off a town hall conversation between journalists\, publishers\, and stakeholders in AAPI-serving community media. \n\n\nRong Xiaoqing (榮筱箐)\, Sing Tao Daily  \n\n\nKishor Panthi\, Khasokhas and NepYork \n\n\nIndah Nuritasari\, Indonesian Lantern \n\n\nGiannina Ong\, Mochi Magazine \n\n\nPanelists: \nJehangir Khattak is Communications Director at the Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. In addition to helping manage the center’s outreach to New York City’s community media\, he oversees journalism training\, fellowships\, and Newsmakers series Q&As. Khattak has worked for and with the metro New York-based community media for more than two decades. He is passionate about a sustainable community media ecosystem that produces journalism that informs and educates communities and promotes civic engagement.  He began his journalism career in 1986 in Pakistan\, working for a variety of English daily newspapers. During the 1990s\, he covered the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan\, the subsequent civil war\, the rise of the Taliban\, and upheavals in Pakistan. He remained president of the largest press club in northwestern Pakistan and worked for international organizations such as Reporters Sans Frontiers. \nDr. Shirley S. Tang (鄧雪齡) is Professor of Asian American Studies in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development and College of Education & Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Shirley is a national leader in developing a model of curricular innovation for digital storytelling\, pedagogies of wholeness\, and AANAPISI-centered knowledge production. She has more than two dozen publications in print and received the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at UMass Boston in 2016\, making her the first woman of color to receive this honor in the university’s history. Shirley is currently a co-Investigator for UMass Boston’s three-year NASA MUREP grant and a co-Principal Investigator for the university’s five-year AANAPISI Part F grant. As co-principal investigator\, co-investigator\, or collaborator with partners at UMass Boston and other higher education institutions\, Dr. Tang has garnered substantial funding to support research\, curriculum development\, community engagement\, and other projects from the U.S. Department of Education\, NASA\, National Endowment for Humanities\, National Institutes for Health and the Rockefeller Foundation\, among other organizations. Led by Dr. Tang\, the Digital Storytelling in Asian American Studies Lab is a nearly 20-year commitment to student- and community-centered knowledge co-production\, research and documentation\, and archival development. Digital storytelling productions from the lab contribute to training\, community capacity building\, and public awareness. \n\nKavitha Rajagopalan is director of the Asian Media Initiative at the Center for Community Media at CUNY’s Newmark J-School. She leads efforts to bring resources and sustainability programming to AAPI-serving community media across the U.S. Previously\, she served as CCM’s community engagement manager\, where she produced the center’s biweekly newsletter and ran its social media strategy\, managed strategic relationships with regional partners\, hosted public events and wrote special feature reports\, and created community spaces and networks for community media journalists. She is the author of Muslims of Metropolis (Rutgers University Press)\, and a contributing author to edited volumes on global migration. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Nation\, Atlantic’s CityLab\, and she was an op-ed columnist for The Observer\, Newsday\, and PBS. She is a Fulbright Scholar\, and received her Master’s degree in international media and communications from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. \n\nAbout the Asian Media Initiative \nThe Asian Media Initiative is dedicated to bringing sustainability and visibility to AAPI-serving media across the U.S. Building on CCM’s previous efforts to support and amplify AAPI-serving community media\, the Asian Media Initiative will create a national Asian media map and directory\, publish original research on this critical media ecosystem\, develop targeted sustainability programs and peer-to-peer resource exchange networks for Asian media publishers\, and amplify expertise in the sector through public conversations.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/asian-media-past-and-future-serving-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-communities-in-an-evolving-media-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T180000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Asian Women Report: Covering the Hate Crimes Crisis in Asian Community Media
DESCRIPTION:Asian community media have played a critical role in supporting and informing diverse Asian American communities through an ongoing and unmitigated hate crimes crisis. The majority of reporters in Asian community media are women\, and a growing number of women publishers and editors lead Asian community media newsrooms. \nHow are they covering these crimes? How are they supporting each other and staying safe while they report? How are they serving — and centering — their communities? Join us for an important conversation between two women journalists in Asian media\, serving very different audiences. \nSpeakers \n\nYiyan Zheng is an award-winning journalist and reporter at World Journal\, the largest Chinese-language daily newspaper in North America. Her multimedia work has appeared in media outlets such as World Journal\, Sampan Newspaper\, Beijing TV\, Propeller TV and City Limits. She is currently based in Queens and delves into topics and subjects including education\, inequality\, and Asian American communities.\nShawna R. Chen is the editorial director of the AAPI outlet The Yappie and a breaking news reporter at Axios with a focus on race and justice. She has scooped stories on strategic political outreach to people of color in the U.S. and reported on human rights abuses around the world. Her work has appeared in Politico\, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press\, and Palo Alto Online. She is a Bay Area native and an Amherst College alum.\n\nREGISTER HERE \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/asian-women-report-covering-the-hate-crimes-crisis-in-asian-community-media/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media,CUNY Newswire
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T183000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Black Media: Makers and Keepers of History
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nNehemiah Frank\, The Black Wall Street Times\nCash Michaels\, The Wilmington Journal\nMiya Williams Fayne\, PhD\, California State University Fullerton\nVenneikia Williams\, Free Press \nLast year\, the Black Media Initiative commissioned a comparative content analysis of the Black press and U.S. mainstream media. We found that Black media connects present events to the historical record\, keeping track of Black experience. The word “history” itself is uniquely prevalent in Black media across a diversity of topics when compared to mainstream media. What role does history play in the present and future of the Black press and its coverage? \nJoin us for a public conversation where we’ll highlight the ways Black media uniquely integrates history into coverage\, the harm that has been done historically against Black media\, and the ways that individuals and organizations can be a part of the solution of reparative justice. \nREGISTER HERE. \nIn this conversation\, hear from Black publishers and media leaders about: \n– The importance of history in Black media\n– The historical and present harms perpetrated against Black media\n– What reparations for Black media might look like \nIf you have any questions\, contact Cheryl at\ncheryl.thompson-morton@journalism.cuny.edu \nREGISTER HERE. \n——————- \nThe Black Media Initiative (https://bit.ly/ccm-bmi) is a national capacity building initiative for Black owned and controlled media. Its aim is to support Black media by providing research\, training and connections. We are a part of the Center for Community Media which is housed at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/black-media-makers-and-keepers-of-history/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T173000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Asian Media Respond to Hate Crimes
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, March 26\, join us for a town hall discussion centering on the perspectives and expertise of publishers and journalists in Asian media\, serving diverse Asian American audiences across the country. The event is sponsored by the Center for Community Media at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe brutal attacks in Atlanta were the latest in an escalating crisis of racist anti-Asian violence toward the many and diverse Asian American communities across the U.S. At the same time\, Asian Americans have faced disproportionate infection and death from COVID-19\, manning the front lines as healthcare and other essential service workers\, and have seen tremendous economic hardship with the loss of community-owned businesses since the beginning of the pandemic. \nCommunity-based media for and by Asian Americans have served their communities throughout these devastating\, converging crises. They have kept their communities informed about how to stay safe\, and they have told their stories with nuance and depth even as these communities remain under-represented in the wider U.S. media landscape. \nConfirmed participants include: \nChristina Oriel\, Asian Journal\nJudy Kim\, WIN-TV\nJoe Wei\, World Journal\nNoel Pangilinan\, Asian American Writers’ Workshop\nJinxia Niu\, Justice Patch\nSeungjae Seo\, freelancer \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/asian-media-respond-to-hate-crimes/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media,CUNY Newswire,Student Affairs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T150000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20210311T212039Z
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SUMMARY:CCM's Third NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER VIA ZOOM \nCANDIDATES:\nArt Chang\, Reform Activist\, Technology Innovator\nBarbara Kavovit\, CEO\, Evergreen Construction\nRay McGuire\, Financial Executive\, Investment Banker\nJoycelyn M. Taylor\, CEO\, TaylorMade Contracting LLC \nMODERATOR:\nRong Xiaoqing\, Sing Tao Daily \nThe Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY will host the third virtual debate with mayoral candidates aiming to replace Bill de Blasio. This is part of a series of debates taking place between January and June\, when primaries will be held. \nThe series offers a unique opportunity for community media journalists to ask the candidates questions that are important to their respective audiences\, largely immigrants and people of color\, who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic. Mayoral candidates will have the opportunity to share their vision for a city that will face serious challenges as it starts to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. All debates are moderated by journalists from the community media. \nREGISTER VIA ZOOM \nThe forum will be held online using Zoom. Please follow the instructions you receive from CCM after registering. Email CCM if you do not receive a confirmation message.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/ccms-third-nyc-mayoral-candidates-forum/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T150000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
CREATED:20210209T182043Z
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SUMMARY:CCM Newsmakers: Second NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum
DESCRIPTION:WHO:\nShaun Donovan\, Former Secretary\, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\nQuanda S. Francis\, President\, Sykes Capital Management\nCarlos Menchaca\, Member\, New York City Council\nMaya Wiley\, Former Counsel to the Mayor \nMODERATOR: Debralee Santos\, Manhattan Times \nREGISTER \nThe Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY will host the second virtual debate with mayoral candidates aiming to replace Bill de Blasio. This is part of a series of debates taking place between January and June\, when primaries will be held. \nThe series offers a unique opportunity for community media journalists to ask the candidates questions that are important to their respective audiences\, largely immigrants and people of color\, who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic. Mayoral candidates will have the opportunity to share their vision for a city that will face serious challenges as it starts to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. All debates are moderated by journalists from the community media. \nThe forums will be held on Zoom. \nREGISTER \nAbout Newsmakers Series  \nThese debates are part of CCM’s signature Newsmakers Series. Newsmakers Q&As are on-the-record conversations of public officials\, civic leaders\, advocates and academics with journalists from the city’s very diverse community media. The series aims to increase coverage in this media sector of the city government\, as well as foster better communication and promote civic engagement.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/ccm-newsmakers-second-nyc-mayoral-candidates-forum/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media,CUNY Newswire
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T133000
DTSTAMP:20260913T044251
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SUMMARY:Polarization Conversation Series: Publishers Serving Communities with Historic Trauma
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nCierra Brown Hinton\, Publisher\, Scalawag Magazine (@iolabhinton)\nDeborah Kolben\, Editorial Director\, 70 Faces Media (@dkolben)\nMaritza Félix\, Publisher\, Conecta Arizona (@maritzalfelix) \nModerator:\nKavitha Rajagopalan\, Community Engagement Manager\, CCM (@kxraja) \nREGISTER \nThere is no doubt that political polarization is threatening both U.S. democracy and the practice of journalism. Yet\, for too long\, polarization has been presented in simplistic binaries – rural vs. urban\, left vs. right – that elide its complex drivers and manifestations. \nThis conversation\, the first of three this February\, will take place between three publishers serving communities with historic trauma from white nationalist violence and terrorism – Black communities in the South\, diverse Jewish American communities\, and undocumented Latinx communities on the U.S.-Mexico border. How have they covered U.S. politics\, ascendant white nationalism\, and legislative threats to their communities’ safety and rights? How have they supported news audiences and staff coping with trauma? How is political polarization affecting and shaping their communities? How are they using their outlets to help their readers build community – and power? \nREGISTER \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \nAbout the series:\nThe CCM Polarization Conversation Series centers both the perspectives and the expertise of publishers who serve communities that have been navigating political polarization\, white nationalism\, and right-wing extremism for many decades. These conversations are a first step toward shifting the way polarization is understood and defined\, and elevating the knowledge and insight of publishers serving communities most impacted by the polarization crisis.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/polarization-conversation-series-publishers-serving-communities-with-historic-trauma/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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SUMMARY:NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum
DESCRIPTION:This is the first in a series of debates between January and June with the candidates hoping to replace Bill de Blasio as New York City mayor. The forums will be hosted by the Center for Community Media at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. \nHere’s the lineup for Thursday\, January 28. \nEric Adams\, Brooklyn Borough President\nKathryn Garcia\, Former Commissioner\, New York City Department of Sanitation\nScott Stringer\, Comptroller\, New York City \nLoree Sutton\, Retired Brigadier General\, U.S. Army \nMODERATOR: Jarrett Murphy\, City Limits \nCandidates will share their vision for a city that faces serious challenges as it recovers from the impact of the COVID-19. Journalists from the community media will have a chance to ask questions that are important to their respective audiences\, most of whom are made of immigrants and people of color who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/nyc-mayoral-candidates-forum/
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media,CUNY Newswire
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