Students in Professor Sissel McCarthy’s Studio News Production class are getting ready for the third season of Hunter News Now, a biweekly newscast that focuses on the Hunter College community. Students will produce and anchor the 20 minute show that covers campus news as well as the arts and Hunter athletics. Chief CLT Renato Tonelli came to class last week to give students a quick lesson on their high definition cameras while Chief Digital Media CLT and Production Coordinator Peter Jackson introduced his tech-terns who will run the studio and control room. Studio news production students are already out and about on campus working on their first stories and looking for people to interview for our “Hunter Students Speak” series, so feel free to share your opinion and tune in for our first show on Wednesday, March 6th on the Hunter College Journalism YouTube channel.
Journalism Professor Sissel McCarthy made the case that news literacy is a must-have core competency for all students at the CUNY IT Conference at John Jay College last week. In her talk, “How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate: A New Core Competency”, McCarthy told the audience about a Pew Research study earlier this year that shows 7 in 10 people have news fatigue and feel overwhelmed by the amount of news they encounter on their digital devices. New technologies that make it possible and profitable to spread misinformation are another challenge facing the public. 
