Riverdale Press Editor Kate Pastor (’07) Named Weekly Editor of the Year
The Local Media Association has named Class of ’07 alumna Kate Pastor editor of the year in the weekly newspaper category for her stewardship of The Riverdale Press in the…
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Journalists’ Group Calls for Protection of Reporter Who Wrote Exposé of Genital Mutilation in Liberia
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the government of Liberia to safeguard a journalist who has been threatened for exposing female genital mutilation practices in the country. The…
McGraw-Hill Establishes Scholarship Fund in Memory of a Long-time Executive
The McGraw-Hill Companies has donated $75,000 to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to establish a scholarship fund in memory of Donald S. Rubin, an executive who passed away Feb.…
Second Annual Global Documentary Film Festival on Women’s Human Rights Coming Mar. 29-31
Lonnie Isabel, director of the International Reporting Program, speaks about CUNY’s Second Annual Global Documentary Film Festival on Women’s Human Rights, Mar. 29-31.
Simone Sebastian (’10) Wins International Reporting Fellowship
Class of 2010 alumna Simone Sebastian has been named an International Reporting Fellow by the International Center for Journalists in Washington D.C. The fellowship program is funded by the Ford…
Editor & Publisher Runs Feature on Voices of NY
The news-industry journal Editor & Publisher has posted a story on Voices of NY, the CUNY J-School’s online publication that showcases the work of New York City’s community and ethnic…
Clips of the Week
Some great news: We scored seven finalist slots in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 1, which covers most of the Northeast. We’ll find out…
J-School Notches Seven Finalist Slots in SPJ Contest
Podcasts and multimedia story packages featured on the CUNY J-School’s NYCity News Service scored seven finalist slots in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards. First-place…
New Scholarships for Innovation Awarded
Michael Mccutcheon and Brianne Garcia are the first recipients of the J. Douglas Creighton scholarships, funded by Digital First Media CEO John Paton in memory of his mentor, a Toronto…