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Aronson Awards Ceremony Celebrates Social Justice Journalism

October 31, 2019

Hunter College hosted its annual showcase of award-winning social justice journalism on Oct. 29, with CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriquez headlining the Aronson Awards program. Hunter journalism student Maria Luisa Imbachi was singled out as the 2019 Aronson Undergraduate award winner in part for her work covering issues facing undocumented students. Check out the other winners and get additional highlights from the program.

News Literacy Expert Visits Hunter College

October 31, 2019

Students in Professor Sissel McCarthy’s MEDIA 211 class learned all about bias, fairness and balance in the news media from one of the nation’s preeminent scholars on news literacy, during a guest lecture on Oct. 24. Find out what three questions he urged students to ask when consuming news.

Nov. 4 Panel Discusses Threat to Journalism

October 17, 2019

Join a panel on “The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World,” on Monday, Nov. 4, at the Roosevelt House, 47 East 65th Street. The program features Sissel McCarthy, director of Hunter College’s journalism program, as well as news executives from CNN, Yahoo News and others.

Hunter Prof Offers Students Insights on Eco-Journalism

October 10, 2019

More than 400 Hunter College students got a guided tour of the field of environmental reporting from eco-journalism veteran and Hunter lecturer Adam Glenn Oct. 7. Read more about some of the unique challenges facing environmental journalists, and view the presentation and video.

Pizza Party: Dine on Journalism Program ‘Menu’

October 10, 2019

RSVP for a journalism concentration pizza party on Oct. 23, where you'll learn about upcoming courses, meet new faculty and hear from our latest Pulitzer Center fellow.

NewsLiteracyMatters.com Launches

September 26, 2019

A new online platform dedicated to news literacy is up and running, courtesy of Hunter's Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy. She created the site to help journalism students and others develop what she considers a new core competency.

Feature Writing Prof’s Eclectic Journey to Find His Voice

September 18, 2019

Feature Writing Professor Douglas Alden, a successful journalist, producer and entrepreneur, started as an aimless college student. Find out what got him on track, in this "Professor Profile."

Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Journalism Program Sissel McCarthy attended this year’s NAMLE conference to give a talk about news literacy education.

Prof. McCarthy Represents Hunter at News Literacy Conference

September 4, 2019

Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy attended a news literacy education conference in Washington, D.C., to share Hunter curriculum.

Director’s Fall 2019 Welcome Letter

August 28, 2019

Journalism Director Sissel McCarthy introduces a half-dozen new adjunct faculty who will be teaching fall courses ranging from feature writing to news video reporting. Plus, she shares Hunter journalism events coming up in October and November. Find out more about what's in store this term in her Fall 2019 Welcome Letter.

Prof McCarthy with her News Literacy students

Course Closeup: News Literacy Now Hunter-wide Core Course

May 20, 2019

Journalism’s MEDIA 211, also known as “News Literacy in A Digital Age,” is now the fourth class that Hunter students can use to fulfill the CUNY Common Core English Composition 2 requirement.

NY Times Writer Talks Climate, Meets With Hunter Journalism Students

April 15, 2019

New York Times writer Nathaniel Rich visited with Hunter journalism students after a talk about his climate change reporting to an audience of 150 at Roosevelt House April 8.

Students Get Inside Look at ABC News Operations

April 8, 2019

Hunter journalism students were invited to explore the core of ABC News broadcast operations in late March, as part of a pair of tours organized by Prof. Adam Glenn, a former senior producer at the network.

Narrative Journalism Conference Offers Challenges, Insight

March 25, 2019

Prominent journalists at a gathering on the "power of narrative" this past weekend warned that crucial voices and context are missing in the journalism profession, while at the same time offering up recipes for repairing the gap through more diverse hiring, and better reporting, interviewing and storytelling.

Wall Street Journal student editors summit

Student Editors’ Summit Draws Hunter, CUNY Attendees

March 25, 2019

The Wall Street Journal hosted a Student Editors’ Summit on March 22 that drew several CUNY students, along with two Hunter College students and a faculty member.

‘Know Your Facts,’ Advises Broadcast Journalist

March 17, 2019

Broadcast journalist Ivette Davila-Richards reviewed the first Hunter News Now show of the semester in class and shared her production expertise with students.

Neighborhood News Prof Puts Teachings to Work

March 4, 2019

Prof. Pamela Frederick puts her journalism teachings to work, as she purchases a community blog and takes on the online equivalent of being the neighborhood watch.

Research session for student journalists

Student Reporters Get Pro Research Tips

March 4, 2019

Hunter College librarian Tony Doyle met with Prof. Sissel McCarthy’s MEDPL 202 Reporting and Writing 2 students on Feb. 28 to take them through all the research tools and resources available to them at their fingertips.

“Beers of Joy,” a new film pitched as a documentary, turned out to be something else entirely, once a news literacy instructor began to look closer.

News Literacy Prof Drains New ‘Beers’ Doc

February 24, 2019

Prof. David Alm put to work the news literacy skills he teaches Hunter journalism students and found the "Beers of Joy" documentary to be something else entirely.

Director’s ‘Welcome Back’ Letter!

February 3, 2019

Dear journalism students and faculty — welcome back to Hunter! I hope your 2019 is off to a good start. We have a great lineup of courses and events for you this semester.

McCarthy to CUNY IT: News Literacy a ‘Core Competency’

December 11, 2018

Journalism professor Sissel McCarthy made the case that news literacy is a must-have core competency for all students at the CUNY IT Conference at John Jay College last week.