Brandon Gates Stepped Through the TV Screen and Into a Dream
When Professor Brandon Gates was just 8 years old, he already knew he wanted to become a journalist.
His mother…
Professor Profiles
From Choir Class to the Newsroom: Coralie Carlson’s Career Across Media
When Professor Coralie Carlson first joined her high school newspaper, The Spud, in northwestern Minnesota, she was looking for a…
Emmanuel Felton: An Unconventional Journey into Journalism
Professor Emmanuel Felton grew up with a keen interest in the world around him, but it wasn’t until Hurricane Katrina…
Robert Barba Turns Real-World Reporting Into Classroom Lessons
Robert Barba
He grew up in a family of storytellers, where listening closely and retelling events came naturally. Robert Barba…
Breaking the Standards: Nina Sen’s Perspective on Newsrooms and Classrooms
For Nina Sen, Hunter professor and director of standards – race, class, and gender at NBC, rules are the least…
Carol Anne Riddell: From Newsroom to News Literacy
As a little girl, she rewrote books into plays and documented camp rule-breakers like a professional reporter, listing names, ages,…
Professor Seyma Bayram’s Journalism Courses
In her first semester at Hunter College, Professor Seyma Bayram brings journalism to life in her Reporting and Writing II…
Faculty Spotlight: Amy Levine-Kennedy
There are journalists who knew that’s what they wanted to do practically from the day they were born. Amy Levine-Kennedy…
Faculty Spotlight: Lambeth Hochwald
Professor Lambeth Hochwald
Professor Lambeth Hochwald has returned to Hunter College to teach Entertainment Journalism for the second time. The…
Faculty Spotlight: Eric Umansky
Professor Eric Umansky teaches how to “stand up against bullies” as he leads this semester’s Social Justice Journalism course.
Umansky,…
Faculty Spotlight: Roxanne Scott
Roxanne Scott jumped at the idea of teaching Neighborhood News. “Someone had told me that there was a Neighborhood News…
Professor Roxanne Scott Takes on Neighborhood News
This fall, adjunct professor Roxanne Scott continues the legacy of Neighborhood News, a journalism program staple for 20 years and…
Faculty Spotlight: Stephanie Siek
Returning to Hunter this Spring 2024 as a News Literacy in a Digital Age professor, Stephanie Siek is excited to…
Faculty Spotlight: Anna Sterling
Anna Sterling always knew she wanted to be a teacher. When she heard about the opportunity to be an adjunct…
Faculty Spotlight: Alyxaundria Sanford
Professor Alyxaundria Sanford remembers traveling to New York for the first time to intern for the “Today Show.” While there, she became interested in national news and the variety of topics covered in a morning broadcast. After getting a taste of being a journalist in the city, she knew she would be back.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: ALEX NEWMAN
Professor Alex Newman is eager to bring her expertise in data journalism to the Hunter College Journalism Department.
Newman got…
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: POLLY LEIDER
As a self-proclaimed evangelist for writing, Professor Polly Leider finds writing to be an indispensable survival skill.
Leider knew early…
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: EMMA CILLEKENS
For Professor Emma Cillekens, it’s all about the storytelling.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: JEANIE AHN
Join us in welcoming Professor Ahn! Read more about her professional career.
Professor Profile: Khristopher Brooks, Newshound with Boundaries
Reporting and Writing 1 instructor Kristopher Brooks’ morning starts at 5 a.m. with coffee, cereal and a frantic consumption of news. It ends with his cats. In between, advice from the CBS News reporter on reading, pitching, writing and "breaking down" the news. Read this Professor Profile.