THE INSIDE STORY OF THE PENTAGON PAPERS CASE CUNY School Of Law November 6, 2017 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM A conversation with James Goodale, the then chief counsel for The NY Times, who led the team advising reporters &…
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CJR has story on Illustrated Courtroom exhibition
Columbia Journalism Review has a story on the new exhibition including drawings from our book The Illustrated Courtroom, which recently opened to rave reviews in Washington. And that’s no surprise, since the book has won many awards and the admiration…
Help Publish a New Book
Writer-teacher Katina Paron is the driving force behind a new comic-style journalism textbook for high school kids. We’re hoping to publish it next year — provided she can raise the money so she and her illustrator can finish it. We’ve…
You’re Invited: Panel Discussion on Writing Books from History
The Second Draft: From History to Narrative Nonfiction, Journalists on Reporting the Past Date & Time: From 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM on March 9, 2017 CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Room 308 Much of today’s best long-form nonfiction —…
CUNY J Press editor offers word advice
Tim Harper, the editor of the CUNY Journalism Press, was asked by Business Insider to come in and make a list with his list of top tips about word usage, grammar and punctuation. He had so many they had to…
Internews empowers sailors in fight against cholera
This World Radio Day, Internews – an international non-profit that was co-founded by our author David Hoffman – is celebrating a project that’s taken the fight against cholera to the airwaves. In the Central African Republic, where an outbreak of cholera…
The Legacy of Nat Hentoff
David Lewis, the author of our book “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step,” has been weighing in on the life and work of New York writer Nat Hentoff, who recently died after a long and influential career as a…
Former New York Times editor combines journalism and teaching English in new book
Almost a decade ago, Diane Nottle made a career change: her employer, The New York Times, was looking to reduce staff, and she took a buyout offer. She had already trained for a second career as a teacher of English to speakers of…
ESL Writing Coach Tackles Common Crime Reporting Errors
In her latest blog post, Diane Nottle, a writing coach for international students at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, tackles the subtleties in reporting crime stories. Nottle highlights the imprecise language used in a student’s crime lede, below: “On…
CUNY J-Press Author, Andy Carvin, On Keynote Panel For Digital Media Conference
Reported.ly, a unique newswire that uses social media platforms for real-time news reporting, will be featured for the closing keynote at this year’s 2016 Online News Association Conference, a meet-up of the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists. As…