Maya Neria, Director of Product at The New York Times, Visits Prof. Alm’s News Literacy Class
Maya Neria, second from right, with News Literacy in a Digital Age students in early December
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News Literacy Students Tour the New York Times
Professor Sissel McCarthy’s News Literacy in a Digital Age class took a trip to the New York Times on Dec.…
Journalism Info Session Introduced a Wide Array of Course Offerings, Opportunities
On November 6th, the Journalism Program held an information session on its course offerings for the Spring 2025 semester. Hosted…
Film and Media Department to Hire Advisor on Internship and Job Placement
The Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College has been approved for the CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative. CIE,…
Editor Alex Hoyt Offers Hope for Longform Journalism in Prof. Alm’s Magazine Class
Discipline can be more important than raw talent, says Alex Hoyt, a special projects editor at National Geographic and editorial…
Science Journalists Meet With Hunter Students
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, more than a dozen journalism students gathered in the Film and Media Studies department office for…
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…
Meet the 2024 Pulitzer Fellow, Andrew Balaban
Andrew Balaban, a first-year student at Hunter College, will be the school’s 2024 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow.
Entering Hunter last…
Welcome to the Newsroom
After graduating from college, many people feel their undergraduate experience didn’t prepare them for what the workforce would be like.…
Journalism Course Offerings for Spring
As spring registration began in November, the Hunter journalism program held its annual info session in Hunter North. Program Director…
Fall Semester Course Highlights
Hunter’s journalism program has some exciting course highlights for the upcoming semester that students should know about when registering.
Laila Gad Wins Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellowship
Laila Gad came to Hunter College to prepare for a career in medicine. But after she took a course titled Peopling NY through the Macaulay Honors College, Gad became fascinated with climate change and its effects on public health. She decided to add a second major in journalism, to explore this interest and to find ways to write about it for a wide audience.
The Journalism Department Has Grown in Recent Years
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.
Schooling ChatGPT: How CUNY is Navigating the World of AI
Although ChatGPT had been making headlines for months, I somehow managed to avoid it entirely. I am what you would…
Deadline Club Scholarship Applications Due March 26
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 Visit MSNBC With the Director of Public Policy at Roosevelt House
In February, Hunter journalism students toured MSNBC, where they saw the inner workings of the television studio, control rooms and newsroom.
Deadline Extended For The Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellowship
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.
HUNTER COLLEGE JOURNALISM PROFESSOR TACKLES OMEGLE IN MOTHER JONES FEATURE
Professor David Alm’s latest piece, The Internet is Full of Predators. Omegle Lets You Meet Them, was recently published in Mother Jones.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: ALEX NEWMAN
Professor Alex Newman is eager to bring her expertise in data journalism to the Hunter College Journalism Department.
Newman got…
Hunter Journalism Professor Releases Book, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America
Professor Charity Elder contends that there is no better time to be a Black woman in America in her first book titled, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America.