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SUMMARY:What Are the First Amendment Rights of Non-Citizen Journalists?
DESCRIPTION:Immigrant and non-citizen journalists face unique risks—visa denials\, border restrictions\, arrests\, and deportations. This panel will spotlight high-profile cases\, including Rümeysa Öztürk and Mario Guevara\, and examine how U.S. law is shaping press freedom. \n\nMazin Sidahmed – Executive Director and co-founder of Documented\nEsha Bhandari – Deputy Director\, ACLU’s Speech\, Privacy\, and Technology Project; represents Rümeysa Öztürk\, a Turkish doctoral student detained over an op-ed\, and Mario Guevara\, an immigrant journalist arrested in Georgia\nAlfredo Corchado – Executive Editor and Correspondent\, Puente News Collaborative in El Paso\, TX\nDana Green – Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at The New York Times\nModerated by Yemile Bucay\n\nThe Safety Series \nThis event is part of the Fall 2025 Safety Series\, a three-part program from the Newmark J-School’s Journalism Protection Initiative exploring the biggest threats to media safety and press freedom in the U.S. Covering topics including shifting immigration policy; global declines in press freedom; the precarity of safe havens; and dangers to trans and non-binary journalists\, each session highlights urgent issues while offering space to share experiences\, strategies and solutions.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/what-are-the-first-amendment-rights-of-non-citizen-journalists/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Journalism Protection Initiative
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SUMMARY:A Journalist's Guide to Using Perplexity for Search
DESCRIPTION:AI search tools like Perplexity are gaining popularity in newsrooms for their ability to search information across different topics and complexity levels. In this session for Newmark J-School students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff\, you’ll learn about how to use Perplexity for citation-based searching. You’ll also learn some caveats and have a chance to practice searching related to your own interests. \nThis session is designed for those who have never used Perplexity and those who are familiar with it and want to learn more about how to use it thoughtfully. \nAs Perplexity’s Head of Publisher Partnerships\, Jessica Chan brings over a decade of expertise in forging strategic alliances across the digital content landscape. Her expertise spans across content strategy\, publisher relations\, and product partnerships where tech and media intersect. \nRSVP for this event
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/a-journalists-guide-to-using-perplexity-for-search/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Press Freedom: A Newmark J-School Wide Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a school-wide conversation with faculty and the directors of several of our centers on the growing erosion of press freedom in our country. \nThis will be an exciting and urgent discussion\, one that affects how we work today and how we should prepare for the future. We urge you to bring your questions. Pizza will be served. \nFeaturing: Kovie Biakolo\, Gina Chua\, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky\, M. Gessen\, Yoruba Richen\, and Joel Simon \nHosted by Dean Graciela Mochkofsky. \nThis event is only for Newmark J-School community members (students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff). Please use your J-School email address to RSVP.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/press-freedom-a-newmark-j-school-wide-conversation/
LOCATION:Newsroom
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Current Students
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SUMMARY:Learn to Use AI for Data Reporting: How to Find and Access Relevant Data
DESCRIPTION:Instructor:\nSandeep Junnarkar\nLeonard Tow Chair for Journalism Innovation\nDirector of Data Journalism Program\, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism \nWhere: Zoom \n\nQuickly evolving artificial intelligence technology is emerging as a potentially powerful journalism tool\, including for harnessing data in stories. But AI needs to be wielded carefully and correctly to get accurate\, trustable results in storytelling. \nJoin Sandeep Junnarkar\, Data Journalism Director at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, for a three-part training series on using AI to find and analyze data to help you produce strong\, high-quality stories for your audience. Junnarkar will be joined by Jere Hester\, director of the J-School’s Local Accountability Reporting program\, at these trainings. \nHow to find and access relevant data\nThursday\, Oct. 9 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn how to locate relevant data sets. We’ll explore – employing real-life examples – how to mine NYC Open Data and other largely untapped sources of information. \nPrompt writing and AI-powered data analysis\nThursday\, Oct. 16 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn to create effective AI prompts that\, as Junnarkar puts it\, allow you to “interrogate” the data\, asking questions that yield information and insight key to your story. \nHow to verify data and avoid AI pitfalls\nThursday\, Oct. 23 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nDiscover how to validate your data projects and prevent AI “hallucinations” along with other risks tied to this fast-evolving technology. \nRegister for the data trainings \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nSandeep Junnarkar began his journalism career helping launch The New York Times’ earliest digital editions\, writing on how technology transforms medicine\, psychiatry\, and communications. At Bloomberg\, he trains journalists in data journalism and advises on data projects. In 2019\, he received a Knight Foundation AI ethics grant to help community journalists examine AI’s impact on immigrants and low-income groups. He co-created YOU ARE HERE\, an AR storytelling app\, and launched The Hate Index\, tracking post-2016 hate incidents. He’s also developing PathChartr\, a tool for personalized news delivery. Junnarkar holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Columbia Journalism School.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/learn-to-use-ai-for-data-reporting-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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SUMMARY:Film Screening: American Coup: Wilmington 1898
DESCRIPTION:AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the only coup d’état in the history of the US. Stoking fears of “Negro Rule\,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected\, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today\, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history. \nJoin us for a film screening and conversation with the film’s directors\, Brad Lichtenstein and Newmark J-School Professor Yoruba Richen\, and executive producer Cameo George.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/film-screening-american-coup-wilmington-1898/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Better Together: Developing Solutions for a Fractured Media Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Audiences and the distribution channels to reach them have fragmented. Mission-driven news organizations need new tools\, intelligence and strategies to not only navigate this more complex landscape\, but also understand what their reporting is accomplishing. \nINN is hosting Better Together\, a day-long workshop to grapple with the causes of media and audience fragmentation and build new tools and strategies for news to respond in an increasingly complex landscape. \nHear from speakers\, including: \n\nAman Sethi\, Editor in Chief\, openDemocracy\nThomas Brennan\, Founder & executive director\, The War Horse\nYancey Strickler\, Co-founder\, Kickstarter and Metalabel\n\nRegister for this event on INN’s website. Select free seats are available for Newmark J-School students; please contact events@journalism.cuny.edu to request a seat.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/better-together-developing-solutions-for-a-fractured-media-ecosystem/
LOCATION:Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, 219 W. 40th St.\, New York\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Is the US Still a Safe Haven for Journalists Under Threat?
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, persecuted journalists found refuge in the U.S. through fellowships and temporary stays. Today\, restrictive visa policies and mounting pressures are reshaping that reality. Journalists from across the globe will share their experiences in this off-the-record conversation. \nPanelists \n\nGustavo Gorriti – Investigative journalist from Peru\, director of IDL-Reporteros\, known for exposing government corruption; currently a Knight Press Freedom Fellow.\nYasmine El Rashidi – Egyptian journalist and writer (joining via Zoom from Cairo)\, contributing writer\, New York Review of Books\nBaktygul Chynybaeva – journalist from Kyrgyzstan\, specializing in human rights\, and former correspondent with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty\nMikhail Zygar – journalist\, historian\, and best-selling author\, known for his work on Russian politics\, propaganda\, and authoritarianism\nModerated by Joel Simon – Executive Director of the Journalism Protection Initiative\n\nThe Safety Series \nThis event is part of the Fall 2025 Safety Series\, a three-part program from the Newmark J-School’s Journalism Protection Initiative exploring the biggest threats to media safety and press freedom in the U.S. Covering topics including shifting immigration policy; global declines in press freedom; the precarity of safe havens; and dangers to trans and non-binary journalists\, each session highlights urgent issues while offering space to share experiences\, strategies and solutions.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/is-the-us-still-a-safe-haven-for-journalists-under-threat/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Journalism Protection Initiative
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SUMMARY:Help Errol Louis Prepare for the Mayoral Debate
DESCRIPTION:How do the journalists moderating political debates prep for the crucial face-offs? Get an inside look — and suggest questions for the final mayor debate — during a wide-ranging discussion with NY1 Political Anchor and J-School Adjunct Prof. Errol Louis on Oct. 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 308. \nErrol will be among the questioners at the Oct. 22 final mayoral debate\, which the Newmark J-School is co-hosting with NY1\, WNYC/Gothamist\, THE CITY\, New York Law School\, the Museum of the City of New York\, and John Jay College. \nThis event is available for Newmark J-School students and select media partners. If you are interested in a spot\, please email events@journalism.cuny.edu.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/help-errol-louis-prepare-for-the-mayoral-debate/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Current Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T153000
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SUMMARY:Learn to Use AI for Data Reporting: Prompt Writing and AI-Powered Data Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Instructor:\nSandeep Junnarkar\nLeonard Tow Chair for Journalism Innovation\nDirector of Data Journalism Program\, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism \nWhere: Zoom \n\nQuickly evolving artificial intelligence technology is emerging as a potentially powerful journalism tool\, including for harnessing data in stories. But AI needs to be wielded carefully and correctly to get accurate\, trustable results in storytelling. \nJoin Sandeep Junnarkar\, Data Journalism Director at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, for a three-part training series on using AI to find and analyze data to help you produce strong\, high-quality stories for your audience. Junnarkar will be joined by Jere Hester\, director of the J-School’s Local Accountability Reporting program\, at these trainings. \nHow to find and access relevant data\nThursday\, Oct. 9 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn how to locate relevant data sets. We’ll explore – employing real-life examples – how to mine NYC Open Data and other largely untapped sources of information. \nPrompt writing and AI-powered data analysis\nThursday\, Oct. 16 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn to create effective AI prompts that\, as Junnarkar puts it\, allow you to “interrogate” the data\, asking questions that yield information and insight key to your story. \nHow to verify data and avoid AI pitfalls\nThursday\, Oct. 23 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nDiscover how to validate your data projects and prevent AI “hallucinations” along with other risks tied to this fast-evolving technology. \nRegister for the data trainings \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nSandeep Junnarkar began his journalism career helping launch The New York Times’ earliest digital editions\, writing on how technology transforms medicine\, psychiatry\, and communications. At Bloomberg\, he trains journalists in data journalism and advises on data projects. In 2019\, he received a Knight Foundation AI ethics grant to help community journalists examine AI’s impact on immigrants and low-income groups. He co-created YOU ARE HERE\, an AR storytelling app\, and launched The Hate Index\, tracking post-2016 hate incidents. He’s also developing PathChartr\, a tool for personalized news delivery. Junnarkar holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Columbia Journalism School.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/learn-to-use-ai-for-data-reporting-3/
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:20251022T123000
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SUMMARY:Journalism in Hard Times: A Conversation With Allison Davis & M. Gessen
DESCRIPTION:How have journalists navigated political and social upheaval? Join the Newmark J-School Diversity committee on Oct. 22 at 12:30 pm to hear from Allison J. Davis\, trailblazing founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)\, alongside Newmark J-School Distinguished Professor M. Gessen\, for a conversation on history and what it takes to tell the truth when times are toughest. \nThis event is only for Newmark J-School community members (students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff). Please use your J-School email address to RSVP.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/journalism-in-hard-times-a-conversation-with-allison-davis-m-gessen/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Admitted Students,Alumni,Current Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260908T215410
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SUMMARY:The Power of Storytelling and Its Intersections
DESCRIPTION:Join AAJA alongside its chapters at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and New York\, in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop\, for a conversation on the power of writing. We will explore how storytelling\, from features in AAJA and UCLA’s book “Intersections” to how AAPI storytelling stands in this digital age\, informs how we can transform complex ideas into meaningful narratives that inform\, amplify\, and inspire Asian American voices. \nPanelists: \n\n\nHannah Bae — Freelance journalist\, nonfiction writer\, and illustrator at work on a memoir about building an adult life after family estrangement. Her writing has appeared in No Contact (Catapult\, 2026)\, Uncertain Girls in Uncertain Times (Red Hen Press\, 2026)\, Our Red Book (Simon & Schuster\, 2022)\, and more. A 2024 NYSCA Literature grantee\, she was also a nonfiction juror for the Kirkus Prize. \n\n\nLam Thuy Vo — Associate Professor of Data Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and author of Mining Social Media. A leading figure in the field\, her storytelling has earned more than 30 accolades\, including recognition from the Overseas Press Club\, Online News Association\, and the Poynter Institute. \n\n\nJeannie Park — She has championed diversity and racial equity throughout her 22-year journalism career and now as a nonprofit leader. Beginning as a copy editor at the Korea Herald in Seoul\, she later joined Time Inc. through AAJA LA connections\, spending more than two decades at Time\, Entertainment Weekly\, InStyle\, and People. In 1987\, she became the founding president of AAJA’s New York chapter\, co-chaired two national conventions\, and served as national secretary and long-time facilitator for the Executive Leadership Program. Today\, she dedicates herself to nonprofits\, serving on the boards of the Korean American Community Foundation and the Donors of Color Network\, and co-founding the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard to advance racial equity in higher \n\n\nModerator: Xintian Tina Wang — Journalist\, cultural critic\, and president of AAJA New York. Her writing has appeared in TIME\, HuffPost\, NBC News\, ELLE\, ARTNews\, and Business Insider. She has led media equity and community storytelling programs at AAJA in partnership with The New York Times\, NBC\, The Met\, ESPN\, AAWW\, etc. \nRSVP for The Power of Storytelling and Its Intersections
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/the-power-of-storytelling-and-its-intersections/
LOCATION:Room 308
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SUMMARY:Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI - Karen Hao in Conversation with John Borthwick
DESCRIPTION:In Empire of AI (“startling and intensely researched” — Vulture) Karen Hao lifts the veil on the industry defining our era. With access to the world of Sam Altman’s OpenAI from the beginning\, Hao had an insider’s view of the development of this world-changing technology\, the breakthrough of Chat GPT\, and the company’s path from idealism to a pursuit of power consuming vast information and resources. Hao\, an award-winning journalist covering artificial intelligence\, has written for The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal and was senior editor of the MIT Technology Review. She speaks about her provocative new book with John Borthwick\, a leader in the New York startup technology business for over three decades\, who is founder and CEO of beta works. \nPresented with the Leon Levy Center for Biography and the CUNY Graduate Center. Register for the event through CUNY Graduate Center.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/empire-of-ai-dreams-and-nightmares-in-sam-altmans-openai-karen-hao-in-conversation-with-john-borthwick/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 1201: Elebash Recital Hall\, 365 Fifth Ave.\, New York\, NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T190000
DTSTAMP:20260908T215410
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SUMMARY:NYC Mayoral Debate
DESCRIPTION:The final NYC mayoral debate at LaGuardia Community College will feature Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani\, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and independent Andrew Cuomo ahead of the November 4th election. \nStream it live on Spectrum News NY1\, WNYC radio or YouTube. \nCo-hosted by the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, NY1\, WNYC/Gothamist\, THE CITY\, New York Law School\, the Museum of the City of New York and John Jay College.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/nyc-mayoral-debate/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T153000
DTSTAMP:20260908T215410
CREATED:20251001T204219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T204221Z
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SUMMARY:Learn to Use AI for Data Reporting: How to Verify Data and Avoid AI Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:Instructor:\nSandeep Junnarkar\nLeonard Tow Chair for Journalism Innovation\nDirector of Data Journalism Program\, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism \nWhere: Zoom \n\nQuickly evolving artificial intelligence technology is emerging as a potentially powerful journalism tool\, including for harnessing data in stories. But AI needs to be wielded carefully and correctly to get accurate\, trustable results in storytelling. \nJoin Sandeep Junnarkar\, Data Journalism Director at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, for a three-part training series on using AI to find and analyze data to help you produce strong\, high-quality stories for your audience. Junnarkar will be joined by Jere Hester\, director of the J-School’s Local Accountability Reporting program\, at these trainings. \nHow to find and access relevant data\nThursday\, Oct. 9 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn how to locate relevant data sets. We’ll explore – employing real-life examples – how to mine NYC Open Data and other largely untapped sources of information. \nPrompt writing and AI-powered data analysis\nThursday\, Oct. 16 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nLearn to create effective AI prompts that\, as Junnarkar puts it\, allow you to “interrogate” the data\, asking questions that yield information and insight key to your story. \nHow to verify data and avoid AI pitfalls\nThursday\, Oct. 23 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET\nDiscover how to validate your data projects and prevent AI “hallucinations” along with other risks tied to this fast-evolving technology. \nRegister for the data trainings \nIf you have any questions\, contact ccm@journalism.cuny.edu. \n\nInstructor \nSandeep Junnarkar began his journalism career helping launch The New York Times’ earliest digital editions\, writing on how technology transforms medicine\, psychiatry\, and communications. At Bloomberg\, he trains journalists in data journalism and advises on data projects. In 2019\, he received a Knight Foundation AI ethics grant to help community journalists examine AI’s impact on immigrants and low-income groups. He co-created YOU ARE HERE\, an AR storytelling app\, and launched The Hate Index\, tracking post-2016 hate incidents. He’s also developing PathChartr\, a tool for personalized news delivery. Junnarkar holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Columbia Journalism School.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/learn-to-use-ai-for-data-reporting-4/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Center for Community Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T173000
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SUMMARY:Safety for Trans\, Non-binary\, and Gender Non-conforming Journalists
DESCRIPTION:Trans\, non-binary\, and gender non-conforming journalists face heightened risks amid rising intolerance and legal restrictions. This roundtable\, co-organized with the Trans Journalists Association\, will feature leading voices in journalism\, advocacy\, and safety. Space is limited\, please contact events@journalism.cuny.edu to request a spot. \nParticipants \n\nGina Chua – Executive Editor of Semafor and founder of The Chua Project\nM. Gessen – Opinion columnist for The New York Times and Distinguished Professor at Newmark J-School\nEditors\, safety experts\, and legal advocates – A small group of invited participants bringing on-the-ground expertise and strategies to support trans and non-binary journalists.\n\nThe Safety Series \nThis event is part of the Fall 2025 Safety Series\, a three-part program from the Newmark J-School’s Journalism Protection Initiative exploring the biggest threats to media safety and press freedom in the U.S. Covering topics including shifting immigration policy; global declines in press freedom; the precarity of safe havens; and dangers to trans and non-binary journalists\, each session highlights urgent issues while offering space to share experiences\, strategies and solutions.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/safety-for-rights-of-trans-non-binary-and-gender-non-conforming-journalists/
LOCATION:Room 308
CATEGORIES:Journalism Protection Initiative
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SUMMARY:The Hell Gate Podcast Is Going Live\, With Zohran Mamdani
DESCRIPTION:Hell Gate will be in conversation with Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani\, where they’ll discuss Mamdani’s journey as a candidate\, his campaign promises and more. \nTickets are sold out\, but recording of the podcast will be available at Hell Gate after the event. \nCo-presented by the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
URL:https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/the-hell-gate-podcast-is-going-live-with-zohran-mamdani/
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