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Jan 20, 2026

Award-Winning Palestinian Journalist Mohammed R. Mhawish Named Knight Press Freedom Fellow

New York, NY, January 20, 2026 — The Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY announced that distinguished journalist Mohammed R. Mhawish has been…

Jan 14, 2026

The Center for Community Media Responds to Mayor Mamdani’s Restructuring of Ethnic and Community Media Office

The Center for Community Media (CCM) welcomes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent executive…

Jan 13, 2026

Eight Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants from Newmark J-School

Eight veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business…

Jan 12, 2026

23 News Leaders Chosen for AI Journalism Lab: Leaders Cohort

The AI Journalism Labs at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, supported by Microsoft, is pleased to introduce the next cohort of the program — the AI Journalism Lab: Leaders.

Dec 18, 2025

Community and Ethic Media Outlets Call on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to Restore Advertising Lifeline

New York, NY, December 18, 2025 – Fifty-one ethnic and community media outlets, who publish…

Dec 11, 2025

McGraw Fellow Robert Lopez wins Sidney Award for Detailing Child Labor Abuses on California Farms

Robert Lopez has won the December Sidney Award for his two-part investigation into California’s failure…

Nov 20, 2025

How a Newmark Alum Creates Trust with Bilingual Reporting

For Rommel Ojeda (‘21), a typical workday might include visiting a community center in Queens,…

Nov 12, 2025

Tow-Knight Center Relaunches as Center for Journalism Futures Under New Leadership

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY today announced a new name and…

Nov 07, 2025

MacArthur Foundation Awards $750,000 to Support the Center for Community Media’s Work with Latino and Spanish-Language News Outlets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2025 (New York, NY)—The Center for Community Media (CCM) at…