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Latest issue of The Hunts Point Express

The latest issue of The Hunts Point Express, the community newspaper staffed by
Hunter students covering the poorest neighborhood in the poorest Congressional
District in the United States, is out.

It includes stories on a parade to celebrate the “heroes” who helped rebuild the
neighborhood; a controversy over a homeless shelter; the rise of prostitution;
an ambitious effort to clean up the East and Bronx rivers; a hidden park; a city
programs to bring fresh food to the underserved neighborhood, and more. Find
them at www.huntspointexpress.com.

Congrats to Film & Media Student Joseph Gallagher

Hunter College honored Joseph Gallagher with its Aronson Award for Social Justice for his reporting in The Hunts Point Express, in a ceremony on May 3 that also included awards to a group of outstanding professional journalists for far-reaching investigative reporting and commentary.

The judges praised Gallagher’s investigative reporting of federal stimulus money, which disclosed that the government’s claim that it was providing new funds to an economically-depressed neighborhood were false, and that instead, the money was just a re-branding of funds long provided to housing, health and educational organizations.
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