NewsHispanic Iowans hold key to primaryCurrently, there are about 37,000 Hispanics registered to vote in Iowa, and although there are no official numbers, the Iowa Office for Hispanic Affairs estimates that this year only between 5,000 and 8,000 of them will vote. more> 2009 will be huge political year for New YorkersWith Seats up for grabs include: the mayoralty, the public advocate, the comptroller, four borough president seats, 36 City Council seats and congressional seats, New York City’s Black community leaders are angling to take control. more> A day of police raids in ChinatownOn December 15, the New York City Police Department launched the “Peddlers and DVDs Operation” in lower Manhattan and, in a single afternoon, arrested 58 vendors. more> City report on youth violenceOne in 15 New York City public high school students have reported carrying a weapon to school within the past month, according to a recently released city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) survey. This statistic may seem alarming; however, officials noted it is a 25 percent reduction from 1997 rates and is similar to the national average of teens carrying weapons. more> |
EditorialsNeocons reduxOf the [presidential] candidates profiled so far, none do I find as disturbing as Rudolph Giuliani. It is Giuliani’s choice of advisers on the foreign policy front that has raised serious concerns among many in the Arab-American community as well as analysts across the board. more> Now quest for Pakistani nukes’ safetyAccording to the author, the talk of “sending elite British or U.S. troops to secure Pakistan’s nuclear weapons or transporting them to a secret storage depot in New Mexico or a ‘remote redoubt’ inside Pakistan” no longer raises any eyebrows in the Pakistani diplomatic community in Western capitals, Washington included. more> Have they no decency?I thought of Jose from Ecuador, an undocumented immigrant I met recently. He showed his daughter’s picture. She’s 12 and he hasn’t seen her in 11 years. His Western Union money order helps her attend school and his family survives. Michael Reagan and Patrick Kennedy would have approved of this good and decent family man. I suspect their famous off-spring would have too. 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.
