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Journalism Program News
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.
Field Notes from our 2022 Pulitzer Fellow
By Niamh McAuliffe
This summer, I traveled to Ireland as a Pulitzer Center Fellow to report on the production of…
Hunter Journalism Student Wins The New York Women In Communications Scholarship
Growing up, Nora Wesson often found herself sitting at the kitchen table rifling through the morning paper. While she enjoyed…
Studio News Production is Back this fall!
MEDPL 388: Studio News Production is being offered this fall for the first time since Spring 2020! If you want…
Journalism Major Niamh McAuliffe Wins the 2022 Pulitzer Reporting Fellowship
By Veronika Lleshi
Hunter College’s 2022 Pulitzer Fellow Niamh McAuliffe alongside Kem Sawyer, the director of the Pulitzer Center’s Campus…
A conversation with Sal Rizzo, Washington Post reporter coming to Hunter April 6th
By Stella Chu
Washington Post reporter Salvador Rizzo is coming to Hunter to talk about his career as a fact-checker,…
Journalist Anna-Catherine Brigida Speaks About Her Pulitzer Center-Backed Project
Journalist Anna-Catherine Brigida will be discussing her report, “From Texas to Central America: How Tough Policies in the COVID-19 Era…
$2,500 Deadline Club scholarship for journalism students due March 16
By Stella Chu
The time has come to apply for Deadline Club’s annual scholarship for journalists! If you’re a student…
Prof. Sissel McCarthy’s Spring 2022 Welcome Letter
Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy welcomes back students and faculty for Spring 2022. In her letter, McCarthy shares news about…