INVESTIGATIVE VIDEO REPORTING: The Children’s Story

MEDP 399.58 / IMA 780.58 / URBG 787.16
Mondays, 5:30-8:30, Room 436HN

This course will meld investigative and video reporting techniques to explore child welfare issues in New York City. The course, taught by this year’s Jack Newfield Visiting Professor, Barbara Nevins Taylor, honors the memory of late award winning, muckraking journalist Jack Newfield. In the Newfield tradition the class will investigate issues that affect the poorest children in the city. Our focus includes hunger, foster care, the juvenile justice system, homelessness and HIV/AIDS. The class will produce video reports to air on a professional platform.
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THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW (Occupy Cuny)
(by Iva Radivojevic & Martyna Starosta)

The Time For Action Is Now (Occupy CUNY) from ivarad on Vimeo.

“In 1969, a group of black and Puerto Rican students occupied City College demanding the integration of CUNY, which at the time had an overwhelmingly white student body. The occupation spread to other CUNY campuses, forcing the Board of Trustees to implement a ground-breaking new admissions policy.”

Such occupations also occurred in the 1980s and 2000s. It’s that time again.

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IMA students Betty Yu and Toyin Adebanjo’s film in progress “Against the Grain”, which focuses on gender fluidity & cultural identities will be screening in The Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival on November 6th, 2011.