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Reporting for BBC, Franz Strasser '09 returns to eastern Germany 11/23/2009 Just six weeks after being hired as a digital reporter/producer by BBC World News America in Washington, D.C., Franz Strasser '09 went off to Germany to report for his own video blog on the BBC's Web site. Read more |
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Toni Stabile Student Center wins architecture award 11/20/2009 The Toni Stabile Student Center has been recognized by the Annual Design Review, a new awards program showcasing the best American architecture of the year, and was featured in Architect magazine. Read more |
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Christine Young's coverage helps free an innocent man from prison 11/20/2009 Working as a reporter for the Times Herald Record 20 years ago, Christine Young, a Knight-Bagehot Fellow, covered the case of Lebrew Jones, who was convicted of sexual assault and murder, and sentenced to 22 years to life in prison. Read more |
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Obama congratulates Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez on Cabot Prize win 11/20/2009 Yoani Sánchez, a Cuban blogger who was awarded a Maria Moors Cabot Prize special citation, recently asked President Barack Obama seven questions. Yesterday, Sánchez posted the president's response on her blog, Generacion Y. Read more |
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Karla Bruning '08 launches Washington Times blog 11/19/2009 Karla Bruning '08 has launched a new blog, "Run, Karla, Run! Notes From a Running Nerd," on The Washington Times Communities. Read more |
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RW1 students investigate real estate deal gone bad 11/17/2009 A group of RW1 students reporting for The Bronx Ink have uncovered the remarkable story of a real estate deal gone bad at the height of the housing bubble in the Bronx. Read more |
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Hilke Schellmann '09 produces multimedia project for WSJ.com 11/16/2009 After just two days as an intern at the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Hilke Schellmann's boss approached her with an idea. Read more |
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David Cohn's Spot.us makes headlines 11/16/2009 Spot.us, David Cohn's inventive Web site that invites the public to review journalists' pitches and financially support reporting for the stories they'd like to see developed, hit a milestone last week when one of its projects was published in The New York Times. Read more |
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Joel Stonington '09 investigates child labor 11/16/2009 Joel Stonington '09 spent last summer investigating child labor in the agricultural fields of the United States for ABC's Brian Ross Investigative Unit . Read more |
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Schudson & Downie: 'University-Based Reporting Could Keep Journalism Alive' 11/16/2009 Prof. Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie, Jr., authors of a recent report on the future of journalism, discuss the role university programs are playing in the changing media landscape in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read more |
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WATCH: The Changing Media Landscape 11/12/2009 The annual panel discussion and webcast on the changing media landscape was held Thursday evening. Watch it here. Read more |
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Knight Case Studies Initiative introduces new case on coverage of culture wars 11/12/2009 The Knight Case Studies Initiative has introduced a new "teaching" case study on the challenges and pitfalls of covering the US culture wars. Read more |
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Veterans Day at the J-School 11/11/2009 In acknowledgment of Veterans' Day, the Journalism School recognizes seven current students who have served in the United States military. Read more |
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William Wheeler '07 wins Earth Journalism Award 11/10/2009 William Wheeler '07 is being honored with an Earth Journalism Award for "The Water's Edge," a story he reported on the Indo-Pakistani water tensions over the Indus River. Read more |
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Documentary by Tamara Bock '09 & Angel Canales '09 aired on WLIW 11/09/2009 "Running Wild," a film directed and produced by Tamara Bock '09 and Angel Canales '09, was broadcast Nov. 11 at 11:30 p.m. on the New York public television station WLIW, Channel 21. Read more |
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Artis Henderson '10 & Alex Hotz '10 produce digital media obit 11/04/2009 Two RW1 students -- Artis Henderson '10 and Alex Hotz '10 -- took a new approach to an obituary assignment by producing an audio slide show. It was picked up by The Local, a New York Times blog. Read more |
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Elizabeth Dwoskin '09 writes Village Voice cover story 11/04/2009 Elizabeth Dwoskin '09 wrote the cover story of the Nov. 3 issue of The Village Voice about a Chinatown lodging house with a very strange landlord-tenant relationship. Read more |
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WEBCAST: Prof. Helen Benedict on her new novel 11/04/2009 Prof. Helen Benedict recently discussed her new novel, "The Edge of Eden," which was released on Nov. 2, in a webcast with Sree Sreenivasan, dean of student affairs. Read more |
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Abigail Hauslohner, M.A. '09, covers Egypt & Gaza for TIME 11/02/2009 Abigail Hauslohner, M.A. '09, a freelance reporter and producer living in Cairo, had a six-page spread in TIME and an accompanying video on Time.com on the tunnel economy of the Gaza Strip. Read more |
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F.C.C. names adviser to lead examination of American media 10/29/2009 The Federal Communications Commission has tapped Steven Waldman to lead an examination of American media. Read more |
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Hechinger Report will cover national education issues 10/29/2009 The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, an independently funded arm of Teachers College at Columbia University, announced the creation of an innovative news gathering effort called The Hechinger Report. Read more |
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Newsweek's Jon Meacham on religion reporting in the U.S. 10/29/2009 Newsweek editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham spoke last night at the Journalism School about his experiences covering religion and expressed his views on the future of journalism. Read more |
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Spencer Fellow Nancy Solomon produces radio documentary 10/28/2009 "Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools Are Failing Black Students," a radio documentary by Spencer Fellow Nancy Solomon, will air twice this weekend on WNYC. Read more |
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New York Times' Jennifer Preston talks social media & journalism with students 10/27/2009 Jennifer Preston, the social media editor at The New York Times, spoke to a group of students about the importance of social media in journalism. Read more |
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Downie and Schudson present their report to J-School students 10/26/2009 The Journalism School set out to assess the road ahead for the news industry, and on October 19, 2009, released the 98-page report it commissioned, “The Reconstruction of American Journalism.” Read more |
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