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IMA alumna Theresa Loong’s installation on view

Responsive Communities event poster

IMA alumna Theresa Loong’s installation Bought/Brokenabout domestic violence, will be shown at El Barrio Artspace. It is part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence exhibit (video: Dec. 3-6, installation: Dec. 5).

The “Responsive Communities” exhibition will feature visual and interactive art that highlights the impacts of gender-based violence (GBV) on individuals, families, neighborhoods, and other communities. 

This exhibit takes place during the global campaign, 16 Days of Activismagainst Gender-Based Violence, which seeks to raise awareness and inspire action at the community level to end all gender violence. Light refreshments will be served.

ProPublica journalist guest speaker

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A senior ProPublica editor spoke to Hunter news literacy students on Nov. 14 about verifying information, using his own experience investigating an incident involving the NYPD on Halloween as a teachable moment.

Deputy Manager Eric Umansky told students in Professor Sissel McCarthy’s MEDIA 211 class that it’s a journalist’s job to uncover the facts and then convey them accurately and powerfully. “You need to be incredibly precise with the facts or whomever you are writing about will undermine you,” said Umansky. “We bring the receipts.”

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