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…
Journalism Program News
Hunter Students Take News Literacy to London
Professor Sissel McCarthy and students in her News Literacy in a Digital Age course toured the BBC newsroom in London…
Film and Media Department Acquires Sony Equipment
Courtesy of Luke Mess
The Film and Media Studies Department has partnered with Sony to acquire new and updated audiovisual…
Reporting and Writing 2 Students Visit The New York Times and WNYC/Gothamist
Professor Seyma Bayram’s Reporting and Writing 2 class wrapped up the spring 2026 semester with visits to The New York…
Media 211 Integrates Custom AI Assistant for Writing Instruction
Across CUNY, faculty are testing new ways to implement generative artificial intelligence into the classroom, where students can critically engage…
A Story in the Making
Reagan Grant, a Hunter College senior, turns lifelong love of storytelling into a Pulitzer Center reporting opportunity
Every morning before…
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…
Natalie Keyssar on Photojournalism and Documenting Crisis
On April 14 at the Roosevelt House of Hunter College, Natalie Keyssar, a Pulitzer Center grantee, discussed the power of…
Senior Editor Brendan Fitzgerald Highlights the Intersection of Reporting, Writing, Thinking, and Questioning
Zooming in from Canada, Brendan Fitzgerald, a senior editor at Longreads, spoke to Hunter College students in Professor David Alm’s…
Classroom Visit from Freelance Journalist Gabriella Spielberg
On March 17, freelance journalist Gabriella Spielberg visited Professor David Alm’s feature writing class. Spielberg works with More Perfect Union,…
Pulitzer Center Talk
Published and Award-winning Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar will speak at The Roosevelt House
The Pulitzer Center is hosting a talk at…
Jenisha Watts Joins David Alm’s Feature Writing Class to Discuss “Jenisha From Kentucky”
On March 3, Jenisha Watts joined David Alm’s feature writing class over Zoom and offered a rule she follows in…
News Literacy Students Visit CUNY TV
Students in Professor Sissel McCarthy’s Media 211 News Literacy in a Digital Age class went behind the scenes at CUNY…
Study News Literacy in London
CUNY students can now study Media 211 News Literacy in a Digital Age in London. The new program will be…
Magazine Students Visit the New York Times
This fall, students in Professor David Alm’s Magazine Writing class visited The New York Times museum, where Stella Raine Chu,…
Kelsey Russell Says Print is Far From Dead
On October 8th, Kelsey Russell, a news literacy influencer, spoke with Professor David Alm at Hunter College, where she shared…
New Faculty Position Now Open
The Department of Film and Media Studies is hiring a new professor to join its full-time journalism faculty. This tenure-track…
Kelsey Russell to Speak at Hunter
On Wednesday, October 8th, media literacy influencer Kelsey Russell will join Professor David Alm in the Lang Auditorium to discuss…
Prof. Sterling’s RW1 Class Visits NYT, Hosted by Astead Herndon
The New York Times national politics reporter and host of “The Run Up” podcast Astead Herndon gave Professor Anna Sterling’s…
Lauren Markham on ‘The Future of The Border’ at the Pulitzer Center
The Great Wall of China. Hadrian’s Wall. The Berlin Wall. Throughout history, there have been calls to erect barriers, defining…