NewsNYC renters start to feel pain of market rateFor a $1,200 per month two-bedroom apartment, a vacancy automatically takes the new rent to $1,440 and with “claimed” improvements of $26,000, the landlord can peg the new rent at $2,100, thereby taking the apartment out of the rent stabilization and rent regulation programs. more> Korean business owners worried about new immigration enforcementKorean business owners face a two-pronged problem: less manpower and decreasing income. If they begin to hire legal immigrants, then they feel they will not be able to cover the increased costs of paying higher wages. And to find qualified workers to fill vacated slots will not be an easy task. more> Russians against Russians?Many Russian-speaking Jews living in Brighton Beach and other neighborhoods densely populated by Russian speakers complain that the atmosphere in these areas has come to resemble the atmosphere in the Soviet Union. Specifically, people have begun to sense that half-forgotten anti-Semitism in the air. more> NYPD terrorist report brings strong reactions from MuslimsAccording to Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), “the [NYPD] report paints with such a broad brush and casts suspicion on every Muslim in the city. Muslims are feeling kind of besieged.” more> |
EditorialsManhattan judge pushes for diversity“These days, there are not enough Latinos in the justice system, there aren’t enough Latinos in general. We Latinos have to be in Wall Street, in the District Attorney’s office. We have to be involved in all aspects of society, not just in the places where politicians think we should be,” Judge Rolando Acosta said in an interview. more> Independence Day celebrations and insultsNew York is awash with festivities these days. Yet, according to the author, in the Pakistani-American community, certain unscrupulous individuals are bringing Pakistan’s national day celebrations into disrepute. 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.
