Read an important message from Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy with the latest update on Hunter online learning. Prof. McCarthy talks about the start of distance classes today, staying safe while reporting and how this crisis is also an opportunity for journalism, plus other notes for moving forward with your course work.
Hunter college will move to distance learning on March 19 through the remainder of the spring term. Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy and journalism faculty member Adam Glenn offers updates on how the program will adapt to the new approach.
Former Hunter Journalism student Kadia Goba helped cover impeachment proceedings against President Trump this winter. Find out about her road from working as a sales rep in the New York fashion industry to a politics reporting for Buzzfeed on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
A makeup artist who works with celebrity journalists and the stars visited Studio News Production class last week to teach journalism students how to apply high definition makeup as their first Hunter News Now newscast approaches. Get his top tips, plus a discount.
Join Pulitzer Center grantee and PBS NewsHour special correspondent Nick Schifrin and Hunter College Distinguished Lecturer Sissel McCarthy on March 30 at the Roosevelt House for a conversation about the social, economic and political forces behind China's rise in power. The event, which will begin at 6 pm and be followed by a reception from 7-8 pm, is open to Hunter College students. Get the details and RSVP here.
A standing room-only crowd jammed the Journalism Lab in Hunter North last week for pizza, cookies and an afternoon of internship advice from two recent alums and a pair of newly minted Bloomberg News reporters. Find out their top tips on getting the right internship and making the most of the opportunity.
Hunter News Now students honed their anchoring skills last week with on-air talent coach Lennart Bourin in preparation for their first newscast on March 11. Learn what Bourin, a 40-year industry veteran, tells professional anchors and reporters going on air.
CNN videographer Michael Fequiere came to Prof. Sissel McCarthy’s Studio News Production class last week to talk about his work and to offer advice about visual storytelling. Get his top tips.
Meet with early-career reporters and past Hunter interns and alums to learn how to land an internship and thrive in a professional newsroom. Click to RSVP for this Journalism Program-sponsored workshop and lunch on Feb. 26, 1-2:30 p.m.
Hunter Journalism Intern Kalli Siringas attended a Jan. 29 Urban Food Policy Forum on new directions in media reporting on food at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Read on to learn a key takeaway for improving food coverage in the news.
News12 multimedia journalist Emily Lorsch gave Hunter News Now students tips on visual storytelling last week. See what's on her checklist for producing a compelling video report.
Amy Russo, a 2017 Hunter Journalism graduate, this month is joining NBCUniversal as an associate producer with Quibi, a mobile streaming service set to launch in April. Find out more about the new app and Russo’s role. Plus, are you a Hunter journalism alum landing a new job? Share the details.
A Hunter College website focused on news literacy has started off the spring term in the last week with a burst of new content. Faculty and students alike contributed items on TikTok, libel, social media, censorship and disinformation. Check out the latest on NewsLiteracyMatters.com.
A dozen Hunter College students gathered Feb. 6 for a pizza and information session on the Pulitzer Center 2020 fellowship, complete with previous winners, Pulitzer staff and Hunter journalism faculty. See what advice they received about successfully applying, and find out how to apply yourself.
From coaching high school students on the realities of journalism, to collaborating with collegiate journalists as a Hunter professor and editor of Dateline: CUNY, Professor Katina Paron puts students first. Read our latest Professor Profile to find out why it matters so much to her.
Student journalist Audrey Henson applied on a whim to a Pulitzer Center grant — and won a $3,000 fellowship that took her on a reporting trip to Japan last summer, resulting in a multimedia story package and presentation in Washington, D.C., Here's how the adventure unfolded and how she managed its many challenges.
Hunter journalism students joined high school and college journalists around the country to celebrate Student Press Freedom Day. Find out which student news outlets were represented.
CBS News veteran Bob Anderson speaks with Hunter Journalism Intern Rich Mendez about his decades of work at "60 Minutes," and about advice for student journalists. Read interview excerpts and listen to audio clips.
Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy welcomes back students and faculty with her start-of-term letter. Get news about new faculty, new courses, upcoming events and more.
Come celebrate Student Press Freedom Day with student journalists from The Envoy, The Athenian, WHCS and Hunter News Now. The event takes place outside the cafeteria in Hunter West on Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 11:30a-1:30 p.m.
