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NewsDead WaterOnce a place where families strolled its shore, the Newton Creek runs along the industrial border of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens. Today it is a toxic waterway, a dumping ground with floating oil from nearby refineries. Right in the heart of New York City, Newton Creek is one of the dirtiest bodies of water in the United States—and the subject of a lawsuit in district court. more> Puerto Ricans are among the poorest Latinos“Puerto Rico literally means land of wealth and abundance, but we Puerto Ricans are the poorest,” reflected Ricky Pérez, a Puerto Rican man in Manhattan. According to a recent report by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Puerto Rican population in the United States is statistically among the poorest within the Latino community. more> Once violent Staten Island school woos Chinese students back with scholars programThe once frequent reports of violence at I.S. 49 in Staten Island prompted many Chinese parents to remove their children from the school. But new academic initiatives—and beefed up security—have worked well to bring the community back. more> Bad air linked to low birth weight, small head size in NYC say Columbia researchersA new study on the effects of urban air pollution on unborn children has expectant moms holding their breath. As pollution is especially ubiquitous in Northern Manhattan—due to the disproportionate presence of polluting facilities in the area—the findings give added weight to WE ACT’s position that residents are bearing an unduly burden of harmful pollutants. more> |
EditorialsThe American industrial prison complexThe atrocities that have surfaced in the Abu Ghraib prison are not unique to Iraq. These “excesses?are also found in prisons across the U.S. where the privatization of prisons is big business. more> This war and racism: Media denial in overdriveAmong the millions of words that have appeared in the U.S. press since late April about abuse and torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, one has been notably missing: racism. more> Briefs |
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CUNY new home for Voices and Ippies Awards
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is proud to be the new home for Voices That Must Be Heard. Over the next few months, we will be reaching out to community and ethnic journalists to get their feedback on Voices, as we develop our plans for expanding the publication's content and audience. Stay tuned!
ReportNYCMA releases Education Fellowship 2010 anthology
NYCMANYCMA Ethnic Media Student Internship Program
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
Check out student interns' stories
NYCMA is thrilled to announce the start of our summer internship program. We are able to place high school seniors with a passion for journalism in the real world of pad and pen. Students are given a rare insight and understanding into the power and function of New York's community media and the ability to hone writing skills in preparation for a career in journalism. This program is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
