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Hunter’s Journalism Program Director speaks out on World Press Freedom Day

Hunter Journalism Program on zoom image

Hunter College’s Journalism Program Director Sissel McCarthy celebrated World Press Freedom Day on May 3 by calling on the public to recognize the value of a free press and support local journalism. She made her remarks at a virtual event hosted by the Association of Foreign Correspondents (AFC) on the current state of press freedom in the U.S. and around the globe.

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HNN students learn about producing stories for a national audience

CBS News Producer Phil Rosenbaum on Zoom

CBS News Producer Phil Rosenbaum has been in the news business more than 30 years, but he never gets tired of telling stories. After nearly 25 years at CNN, he joined CBS Newspath in 2018 and now produces stories for more than 200 network affiliates to use in their local newscasts. “Newspath is like its own news division,” says Rosenbaum, who visited Professor Sissel McCarthy’s MEDPL Studio News Production class in late April.

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