Newmark J-School Research Professor Helina Selemon (she/her) won an inaugural Solutions Journalism Network award for her reporting on extreme heat and gun violence for New York Amsterdam News. Congrats to her! thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/announcing-the…

The CUNY Board of Trustees bypassed normal procedures to okay a $4m contract for a security company that describes student protesters as “engaged in guerrilla warfare.” Luca Saeed and I are back at it again, this time for Hell Gate *subscribe today!*! hellgatenyc.com/cuny-contract-…

Big news from the Newmark J-School. ↓ John Thornton, a leader in non-profit news and the future of local journalism, is joining Newmark as a Senior Fellow. journalism.cuny.edu/2024/05/newmar…

ICYMI: #NewmarkJ Distinguished Professor Masha Gessen (m. gessen) is joining the The New York Times as an opinion columnist. The New York Times Opinion desk is lucky to have them. We're honored that our students get to learn from Gessen, a powerful voice and educator. nytco.com/press/masha-ge…

Excited I'll get to work with this amazing group of young journalists next week, the first cohort of Knight Science Journalism HBCU fellows. My colleague Alicia Chang will also be teaching. Alicia Chang KSJ at MIT Newmark J-School bit.ly/3X4t2Tn

I knew, but didn’t fully appreciate until reading this NYT Magazine piece by Linda Villarosa about the dangers of hair relaxers, how my parents truly protected my health and well-being! They encouraged my sister and me to love our natural hair despite anti-Black messaging everywhere.

Welcome 𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖆 𝖅𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖎 🧉 to Newmark J-School! Very excited about this appointment.

How do news teams connect with the public beyond social media? Democracy depends on us figuring that out so we can provide readers with high-quality news. Join us for an all-day event by Institute for Nonprofit News on the urgent topic. When: August 16 Where: Newmark J-School eventbrite.com/e/the-post-pla…

Our National Elections Reporting Grant program from Center for Community Media aims to get election coverage to underserved communities. We're supporting newsrooms in GA, MI, NV, PA and WI, including The Atlanta Voice, BridgeDetroit, Latino Press and more. Read more. journalism.cuny.edu/2024/08/ccm-ki…

This is such an important program. Named after the late Dick Ravitch, who was a champion of the Newmark J-School, & led by the incomparable Greg David @thecity, it has trained hundreds of journalists on fiscal reporting topics. Thanks to the Ravitch Foundation for the renewed support.

Proud to announce this new milestone in our campaign to make the Newmark J-School tuition-free by the end of 2026: more than 2/3 of the Class of 2025 will attend on full scholarships! journalism.cuny.edu/2024/08/a-new-…

Exciting news for @NewmarkJSchool at The City University of New York! We’re thrilled to share that over two-thirds of the incoming Class of 2025 will attend tuition-free. #NewmarkJ #journalism #journalismeducation #futureofjournalism #tuitionfreegradschool

Announcing our 2024-2026 Tow Professors Lam Thuy Vo and Vanessa Botelho ⚡️ We are so fortunate to have these fabulous journalists teaching full time at Newmark J-School while also doing remarkable work in the field! #NewmarkJ #luckydean

Apply for Poynter's Power of Diverse Voices, a tuition-free writing workshop for journalists of color. Deadline coming up on Sept. 6. The seminar is Nov. 12-15 in St. Pete. Learn from Aisha Sultan Fernanda Santos Eric Deggans at NPR and me! bit.ly/divvoices24

1/ Yesterday, we broke the news that federal authorities had raided the homes of three of Mayor Eric Adams’ top aides: First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Phil Banks and Chancellor David Banks. It didn’t end there. 🧵 thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi…

Delighted to announce @lourdesgnavarro will be Newmark J-School’s commencement speaker in December! 🤩

More AI journalism labs at Newmark J-School! Apply! 👇🏼

The Newmark J-School is looking for a Director of Communications and Events. If you know someone who would be great for this position, please share the link with them. If this is you, apply! shorturl.at/jz7DB

The students in Emily Laber-Warren & Justine Calma's Covering the Climate Crisis course are hard at work bringing climate stories into this year’s elections. Current student Liya Cui ‘24 wrote about what the next president will mean for the South Bronx. cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

This AI lab is designed for community media (that is, media outlets serving communities of color, immigrant and linguistic communities, and hiperlocal communities) and will focus on audience development and engagement. And it’s tuition free! Proud of this Newmark J-School program.