Despite Setbacks, Neighborhood News Continues to Thrive
After 19 years, the Neighborhood News remains a core element of the Hunter journalism program. But keeping it alive hasn’t…
Latest Program News
Dept. Chair Kelly Anderson’s Latest Film Sweeps Awards in Cuba
Film and Media Chair Kelly Anderson’s latest film, Rabble Rousers, won several awards, including Best Director, this month at the…
Award-Winning Doc About the State of American Journalism Coming to Hunter College
On March 26th, filmmaker Rick Goldsmith will hold a screening at Hunter College of his new award-winning documentary, Stripped for…
Hunter Departments Co-Sponsor Palestinian Film Series on Campus
Still from Arna’s Children
Last fall, the Film and Media Department organized a screening of the film “Israelism.” The screening…
The Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship seeks applicants as deadline approaches
Student journalists looking to travel internationally to research a world issue of their choosing should submit their application for the…
Pulitzer Fellowship Info Session, Dec 6
The Hunter College journalism program is thrilled to once again be partnering with the Pulitzer Center to offer a fellowship…
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…
From Serving Life to Liberating Others Through Journalism: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas was invited as a guest speaker by the journalism department at Hunter College on Thursday, Nov…
Journalist Spotlight: Steve Friedman
Long-form magazine journalist Steve Friedman came as a guest speaker to Professor David Alm’s Magazine Writing class on Thursday, Oct,…
A Lesson in News Literacy with Adam Nagourney and Maggie Haberman
For more than 170 years, the New York Times has been regarded as the standard for investigative and substantial journalism–but…
Alumna Profile: Nora Wesson
Nora Wesson didn’t declare her major until she was a junior because she didn’t know what she wanted to do.…
Faculty Spotlight: Anna Sterling
Anna Sterling always knew she wanted to be a teacher. When she heard about the opportunity to be an adjunct…
A Lunch With Anna Louie Sussman
In early October, award-winning journalist Anna Louie Sussman came to Hunter for an intimate lunch and discussion with some of…
A Glimpse Into Journalism’s New Career-Prep Course
From College to Career: Get Hired! is a new course teaching graduating students how to land an interview, get hired,…
Faculty Spotlight: Monica Malpass
Professor Monica Malpass makes her debut this fall as an adjunct professor in the journalism program at Hunter, bringing her…
Journalism Head Breaks Down Hunter’s ChatGPT Policy
CUNY’s Hunter College Film & Media Department has established policies on ChatGPT, alternative artificial intelligence (AI) programs and the specific…
Fall Semester Course Highlights
Hunter’s journalism program has some exciting course highlights for the upcoming semester that students should know about when registering.
Ms. Magazine Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Roosevelt House
The Roosevelt House commemorated the 50th anniversary of the iconic feminist magazine Ms. on Thursday, April 27th.
Department Chair Kelly Anderson and Alum Ryan Joseph Release New Film Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
“[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.