Colin Powell School’s Moynihan Center Introduces 2024-25 Public Service Fellows
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK—May 9, 2024— The Moynihan Center at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York has introduced its second cohort of the Moynihan Public Service Fellowship, which supports promising undergraduate students pursuing innovative careers in public service. Moynihan Public Service Fellows receive awards totaling $10,000, take two elective […]
Announcing Connected Corridors: Envisioning the Future of Our Main Streets
URBAN DESIGN FORUM—May 6, 2024—Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Brownsville, Brooklyn; Sunnyside, Queens; and the Bronx Capitol District will receive funding and technical assistance to envision the future of their public spaces through the Local Center, a partnership between Urban Design Forum and the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (“ANHD”). The Local Center’s Connected Corridors: […]
NYC youth voter turnout is always low. Can this digital tool change that?
GOTHAMIST—April 19, 2024—A new tool is poised to help Gen Z New Yorkers strengthen their civic muscle. The Youth Civic Hub offers high-school-aged New Yorkers and other young people a one-stop resource for information about elections, community events, and opportunities — both volunteer and paid — with local community and civic organizations across the city. […]
Most NYC high schools lack newspapers. A new journalism curriculum could help change that
CHALKBEAT—April 18, 2024—While more than three-quarters of the schools with the highest concentrations of white and Asian American students had student publications, the same was true for just 8% of schools with high concentrations of Black students and 16% of those with large shares of Latino students, according to [a] study. Schools with higher rates […]
Commentary: Judicial appointment process must be transparent
TIMES UNION—March 20, 2024—In the wake of a New York Times investigation demonstrating that ex-Congressman George Santos fabricated portions of his resume, veteran media critic Margaret Sullivan pointed to the decline of local journalism as the reason Santos got elected. With nearly one-third of newspapers operating in the country in 2005 shuttered today, fewer journalists […]
One Way to Help a Journalism Industry in Crisis: Make J-School Free
NEW YORK TIMES—March 18, 2024—Many uncertainties haunt the field of journalism today — among them, how we can reach our audience, build public trust in our work, and who is going to pay for it all. But one thing is certain: as complicated and dark as the world looks today, it would be much worse […]
New Short Films from The Local Center
URBAN DESIGN FORUM—February 15,2024—The Local Center is a community design network led by the Urban Design Forum and the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development. The Local Center brings together neighborhood leaders, designers, and government agencies to realize local visions for public space. Their partners are planning markets, art installations, and cultural programs that will […]
Newmark Students Land Summer Data Journalism ‘Equity’ Internships
CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM—March 1, 2024—Three Newmark students have notched summer data journalism internships at two top nonprofit newsrooms — becoming the first to gain crucial work experience opportunities through the J-School’s Equity Through Data Project. Ashley Borja and Max Rivera will be spending the summer at THE CITY, while Mia Hollie is heading to Chalkbeat’s […]
Jonathan Rosen with Julie Sandorf: The Best Minds
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY—Author Jonathan Rosen will discuss his New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic Top 10 Book of 2023 The Best Minds with Julie Sandorf on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL). A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, The Best Minds explores the ways in […]
Safeguarding Israeli journalists
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL—January 3,2024— Startled by the predawn hour of his editor’s phone call, the journalist raced his car southward to capture events he never fathomed he would be telling the world. “In the excruciating long hours of October 7th, when terrorists were shooting at us from all directions, the personal and professional were intertwined. […]