‘Hunter News Now’ Team Kicks Off Third Season
The team behind Hunter News Now, a live newscast on issues and events for the Hunter College audience, wrapped the first show of its third season on March 6.
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Neighborhood News Prof Puts Teachings to Work
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.
Student Reporters Get Pro Research Tips
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.
Hunter’s Pulitzer Fellowship Applications Due March 8
The deadline is approaching March 8 for applications to the Pulitzer Center summer reporting fellowship, which each year provides one Hunter student with $3,000 to cover an under-reported global story from overseas.
Career Fair and More This Week
Hunter’s Career Development Services office has several upcoming events of note this week, including programs on building your resume through volunteer work and on preparing for the upcoming career fair, as well as the career fair itself on Friday, March 1.
Hunter Career Services Provides Resume, Cover Letter Support
Hunter Career Development Services office is offering a “Resume & Raffles” and “Cover Letters and Cookies” events for the next two Tuesdays, Feb. 12 and 19.
AAJA Offers One-on-One Resume Feedback
The Asian American Journalists Association’s NY Chapter is organizing one-on-one session for members to meet with senior journalists to receive personalized feedback on their résumés.
Journalism Panel to Address Press Freedoms
An event focused on press freedom in a “post-truth” era is set for Feb. 12.
Journalism Site Features Improved Design
The Hunter College Journalism website now features a new look. highlighted by a more attractive homepage.
NY1 News Channel Hosts Journalism Students
Hunter journalism students spent the afternoon on Dec. 13 touring the newsroom and studios of cable news channel NY1 in Manhattan’s Chelsea Market.
Neighborhood News Students Tour NY Times
Prof. Pam Frederick's Neighborhood News class, which publishes the Hunter Athenian, got a tour of The New York Times and a chance to talk to a longtime editor and reporter at the paper's offices in midtown.
ProPublica Reporter Explores the ‘Why’ of Journalism
Neha Prakash, senior editor on the social news desk at Condé Nast, and ProPublica senior reporter Jack Gillum visited Prof. Pam Frederick's News Literacy class in December.
‘Scavenger Hunt’ Helps Students Learn from Street Photos
An urban photography exhibit at Manhattan’s El Museo del Barrio served as an impromptu classroom for several advanced reporting and writing students earlier this month, as they learned how images can be used to tell effective stories.
Beef Up Your Skills During the Break with January Academy
If you’re a junior or senior, why not use the before spring semester to expand your journalistic skills with a series of January Academy enrichment workshops offered by CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism? They’re available free to select CUNY undergraduates.
Alum Leads Tour of News Literacy Students to Bloomberg HQ
Prof. Sissel McCarthy’s Macaulay Honors News Literacy students checked out Bloomberg’s headquarters just down the road at 58th Street and Lexington Avenue last week, thanks to an invite from Hunter alum Mike Nizza.
McCarthy to CUNY IT: News Literacy a ‘Core Competency’
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.
Journalism Prof. Addresses Verification for Media Studies Students
Journalism Prof. Adam Glenn guest lectured Dec. 5 about the journalistic challenges of truth-seeking and verification for the several hundred students of Prof. Robert Stanley’s Media 180 Introduction to Media Studies.
Ex-CBS News President Visits Video Reporting Students
"Do less better" is the resounding advice from former CBS News President Andrew Heyward to Professor Sissel McCarthy’s news video reporting students.
Visiting Videographer Stresses Problem-Solving
Frank Posillico, a videographer at The New York Daily News for the past five years, visited Prof. Jon Friedman's News Literacy in a Digital Age classroom in November and imparted some career advice for the members of the class.
Behind the scenes at Fox
by Jon Friedman
Briana Panetta, an intern at Fox 5 here in New York City, visited my News Literacy class…