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February 2022
Black Media: Makers and Keepers of History
Join 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.
Find out more »How They Did It: A Master Class in Investigative Reporting
Join Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, and Ron Nixon of the Associated Press and Jane Sasseen, executive director of the McGraw Center for Business Journalism, for a discussion about the AP's award-winning palm oil industry series and investigative reporting.
Find out more »March 2022
How to make a podcast in two languages (Spanish/English)
Join three award-winning producers/hosts of podcasts that were released in both Spanish and English. They will take us behind the scenes of their recent projects and discuss the challenges and rewards of making narrative audio stories in two languages at once.
Find out more »April 2022
Asian Women Report: Covering the Hate Crimes Crisis in Asian Community Media
How are Asian American reporters, the majority of whom as women, cover Asian hate crimes? Join us for an important conversation between two women journalists in Asian media, serving very different audiences.
Find out more »Creator Conversation: How to build and scale your team with Mitchell Rosenberg
Mitchell Rosenberg is a 24-year-old California native and the founder of Simplified, an online platform designed to make politics accessible.
Find out more »Creator Conversation: Producing news stories on TikTok with Jules Terpak
Jules Terpak has built an audience of over 260K+ on TikTok. Her content focuses on culture-commentary regarding tech and media, which she found a passion for after being introduced to Gen Z, universal basic income, and inefficiencies within modern work simultaneously back in 2019.
Find out more »Creator Conversation: From solo project to media company with Sean Jacobs, founder of Africa Is a Country
Sean Jacobs founded Africa Is a Country a site of opinion, analysis, and new writing on and from the African Left in 2009. Over the last 10+ years, Sean has grown the site from a solo show to a niche yet influential media company with a core team of six paid permanent team members, and a host of freelance contributors working on everything from content to design to fundraising.
Find out more »Reporting a Criminal Justice Story
NYC leaders have promised to pursue tough penalties for perpetrators of hate crimes against Asians, Jews, and other targeted groups. But as THE CITY reported in a story co-written by Claudia Irizarry Aponte '18, most hate crime charges get pleaded down or dropped before conviction. Join Daryl Khan, director of Urban Reporting, as he interviews Irizarry Aponte on the story behind this important criminal justice story.
Find out more »May 2022
A Russian Correspondent Discusses Her Coverage of the Conflict in Ukraine
Elena Kostyuchenko, a former international-journalist-in-residence at the Newmark J-School, safely left Ukraine recently after her paper, Novaya Gazeta, suspended operations.
Find out more »2022 Awards For Excellence
The prizes given to four alumni recognize excellence in social justice, business, and investigative journalism as well as the graduate who best exemplifies the values, spirit, and excellence of Newsweek magazine.
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