“[If] you don’t fight for your home, you’re gonna lose it,” Frances Goldin, a community activist until her death in 2020, says in the new documentary, Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square. So Goldin fought, and won.
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.
Hunter College’s journalism program has grown significantly in recent years, with more students enrolling, working journalists coming in to teach and new courses being added to the curriculum.
Applications for the Deadline Club scholarship are due March 26th. Last year the club disbursed six merit-based scholarships of $2,500 each. The number and size of scholarships available this year is yet to be determined.
Hunter Journalism students who are interested in reporting internationally this year can apply for the Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellowship. The deadline has been extended to March 3rd, 2023.
On February 2nd, journalist and adjunct media studies professor Charity C. Elder spoke with fellow media studies professor, journalist and radio talk show host Karen Hunter about Elder’s first book, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America, at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.
Want to level up your political journalism game? Interested in advancing your journalism skills to better report on how state policy decisions are impacting your community? Look at the States Newsroom Fellowship: a summer program that places students and early-career journalists with our affiliate newsrooms across the country.
Hunter College’s Journalism Program held its Fall Information Session to speak to students about spring courses and internship opportunities. Students heard from several professors and networked after the session.
Students interested in reporting on a story overseas can apply for the 2023 Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellowship. The $3,000 grant will once again be awarded to one lucky Hunter College student journalist. You can learn more at a Pulitzer Fellowship Information Session on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Hunter North 503 and on Zoom.
Anyone who spends time on the internet knows how challenging it is to figure out what’s true and what isn’t. But misinformation expert Nina Jankowicz helped some Hunter College students learn how to spot false claims and propaganda during her talk, “How to Win the Information War.”
POLITICO is accepting applications for the 2023 session of the POLITICO Journalism Institute (PJI), an intensive training program designed to advance newsroom diversity. Their eighth year of this program will be from May 30, 2023 - June 9, 2023.
Please come to our Journalism Program Info Session on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 2:30-4p!
You’ll hear about spring courses, learn about journalism internships and meet faculty, alums and fellow students.
