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Finalists Announced in 2020 Mirror Awards Competition
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2020 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced June 11 at mirrorawards.syr.edu. The finalists, selected by a group of journalists and…
Mercury Matters 2020: A Science Brief for Journalists
MATS and Mercury in Context Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury in the U.S., accounting for approximately 48% of mercury emissions in 20151. The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) were finalized in 2012 to regulate emissions…
Local Journalists Innovate Coverage During the Pandemic
Chris Tuohey, associate professor and chair of the broadcast and digital journalism program, was quoted in the RTDNA story “Local TV News May Never Be the Same.” Tuohey recognizes the tremendous effort being made by journalists across the country to…
Cruel April 2020 Kicks Off with a Livestream Reading by Natalie Scenters-Zapico on April 2
Point of Contact will once again host nationally and internationally celebrated poets for this year’s Cruel April Reading Series, which will be held Thursdays in April at 6 p.m. In response to the rapidly developing situation surrounding COVID-19, Point of…
Millions of Americans Are Being Laid Off, Journalists Included
Joel Kaplan, Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the CNN story, “Hundreds of journalists are being laid off, right when the public needs them the…
Zell Lecture with Magda Matache Examines Centuries of Roma Enslavement and Road to Healing
Romani justice scholar and activist Margareta (Magda) Matache, director of the Roma program at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, will present the School of Education’s annual Zell Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in…
Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Reality Dating Show: A Twist On Modern Romance
Bob Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the NBC News article “Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ brings the reality dating show into 2020.” In the story,…
Applications Now Open for 2020 RvD iPrize Competition and Regional Qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition
Applications are being accepted now through March 13 for the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship pitch competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award (Watson Award) for full and part-time…
Award-Winning Journalist and New Yorker Writer Jelani Cobb to Discuss Race, Politics and News
As part of this semester’s University Lectures series, acclaimed author, educator and journalist Jelani Cobb will speak about race, politics and the news on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—co-sponsored by the College of Arts…