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Making It, And Making It Again: My First 20 Years As A Writer In New York, Almost All Of It Without A Full-Time Job

November 21, 2019

Journalism instructor David Alm moved to New York City 20 years ago and struggled to succeed as a writer and editor. Ultimately, he built a career he is proud of as a freelancer and teacher. Here's his story about making it as a journalist in New York.

Veteran journalist Stephanie Siek visiting with Hunter News Literacy students.

MSNBC Digital Editor Shares Insights With News Literacy Students

November 21, 2019

Veteran journalist Stephanie Siek spoke to Hunter’s News Literacy classes on Nov. 13 about verification, objectivity and forging a path as a journalist of color in some of the country’s most prestigious newsrooms.

Journalism Director Addresses Growing Threats to Reporters

November 14, 2019

Hunter College Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy kicked off an Association of Foreign Correspondents USA inaugural awards and scholarship ceremony at the Roosevelt House on Nov. 4 with a speech about the growing threat to journalism and journalists here and abroad. Here's what she asked listeners to do about it.

Award-winning reporter Susan Ferriss, at center, with Hunter College students and faculty, at an Oct. 29 luncheon. PHOTO: Crystal Rand

Award-winning reporter meets with Hunter journalism students

November 14, 2019

Susan Ferriss, a senior reporter at the non-profit investigative news operation Center for Public Integrity, met with a select group of a dozen Hunter College journalism students to share insight from her years within the news business. Get inside tips about her investigative techniques and her advice to aspiring journalists.

TV Guide Magazine Editorial Internships

November 13, 2019

TV Guide Magazine has a spring 2020 internship available. Find out more and apply.

The legacy of broadcast journalism legend Mike Wallace was the subject of a Hunter College panel featuring CBS News producer Bob Anderson (above left) and Avi Belkin (middle), documentary filmmaker. Journalism Professor David Alm (at right) moderated the Nov. 6 discussion. PHOTO: Kalli Siringas

CBS News Icon A Focus Of Screening, Panel

November 8, 2019

CBS News legend Mike Wallace was the subject of a documentary film screening and panel organized by the Journalism Program on Nov. 6, and featuring filmmaker Avi Belkin and CBS News veteran producer Bob Anderson. Learn what Wallace's legacy is for young journalists today and get advice for students from Anderson. Plus, watch full video of the panel.

Course Closeup: New Class Explores Intersection of Urban Environment & Health

November 8, 2019

A new course being launched this spring will equip students to report on the growing news beat at the intersection of urban environmental and public health issues. Find out what's at stake and how the new class will equip students to cover it.

Students tour Wall Street Journal news operations.

Hunter Journalism Students Tour Wall Street Journal

November 8, 2019

Neighborhood News students took a break from the classrooms of Hunter College during midterm week to tour the Midtown offices of the Wall Street Journal. Learn what advice the news organization's editors had for the student journalists.

Student News Site, The Envoy, Is Revived

November 7, 2019

The Hunter College student news web site, The Envoy, has been relaunched. A team of students revived the publication in early November after a hiatus of a year or more. Find out what topics the site is reporting on.

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.

’60 Minutes’ Producer, Filmmaker to Visit Hunter for Documentary Screening

October 31, 2019

The long-time producer for Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" fame and the director of a newly released documentary about the iconic newsman will take part in a Nov. 6 screening of the film organized by Hunter College's journalism program. Be sure to attend and join a mixer afterwards.

Social Media & Journalism Workshop Set for Nov. 7

October 31, 2019

Join a Nov. 7 workshop that teaches how to integrate social media into your journalism. The workshop is being organized by The Society of Professional Journalists and the Facebook Journalism Project, and taught by udience engagement and homepage editor at the New York Daily News. RSVP here.

Journalism Students, Faculty Gather at Pizza Party

October 24, 2019

It was a full house at the Oct. 23 Journalism Program party, where more than three dozen faculty and students discussed the future of the journalism program at Hunter College. Find out about new spring course offerings and newly named adjunct faculty members.

CBS Execs Share Career Advice with Online Journalism Students

October 24, 2019

Students from Hunter’s Online Journalism class got a window into the inner workings of CBS Interactive on Oct. 16, along with insightful career and networking advice, thanks to a tour of its operations and an afternoon of meetings with senior executives and news producers. Find out the top tips they heard about succeeding in the profession.

Writer Amanda Hess speaks with Hunter journalism students in Prof. Douglas Alden’s feature writing class last week. Photo: Douglas Alden

NY Times Critic Offers Candid Career Insight to Journalism Students

October 17, 2019

The feature writing class was visited last week by another in its series of accomplished remarkable guests, Amanda Hess, critic-at-large at the New York Times. Read about the toughest parts of reporting for her.

Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism

Students Invited to Aronson Awards Oct. 29

October 17, 2019

Hunter journalism students and others are encouraged to come celebrate the winners of the 2019 James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism, at a ceremony and reception with free food and drink on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6:30-8:30p at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work at 2180 Third Ave. at 119th St. The awards, which recognize excellence in written reporting that exposes widespread injustices, underlying causes and possible reforms, will go to an undergraduate student winner, as well as to journalists at Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism (pictured left).

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.

Chalkbeat Summer Internships

October 16, 2019

Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization committed to covering education, is now looking for summer interns to report on education in Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York City, and Memphis. The 10-week paid internship is from June to August 2020.

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.