NewsConvention countdownsDuring the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, police arrested more than 1,800 people, illegally fingerprinted massive numbers of detainees in a single day and crammed other demonstrators into restrictive “free speech zones.” Four years later, civil liberties lawyers and activists are laboring to ensure that NYPD tactics aren’t employed in Denver. more> Economic crisis: Bodegas in NYC on shaky groundFacing rising prices and fewer customers, the situation is getting complicated for the bodegas in New York. Marino Camilo, a manager of a small supermarket in midtown Manhattan, reports he has had to cut back hours and days for his eight employees in order to deal with the economic crisis. more> On anniversary: Crown Heights revisitedA stroll through Hamilton-Metz Park in Brooklyn on a Friday afternoon proved that the media-dramatized tensions in Crown Heights is only half of the truth. Young Black and Hasidic children can be seen at the park playing together, laughing and having a good time with no recollection that almost 20 years ago they would have been at odds with each other. more> Being Sikh in AmericaThe hunky dory life for the Premi family began to go awry when a different kind of trouble started brewing for Jagmohan in school this past winter. A boy – who Pritpal says was an “Arabi,” meaning of Middle Eastern descent – started bullying his son mercilessly, teasing him and physically accosting him at every opportunity. more> |
EditorialsUnblocking the voteWith only several weeks to go before the next president of the United States is elected, the release of a Latino policy agenda comes not only as an important guide for the candidates pursuing the Hispanic electorate but also as a warning about a democratic process in peril. more> The myth of immigrant criminalityRecent date from New Jersey and California once again confirm what researchers have found repeatedly over the past 100 years: immigrants are less likely than the native born to be in prison, and high rates of immigration are not associated with higher rates of crime. more> The shifting groundA major shift is under way in the politics and power balance of the Islamic world, and it calls for a fundamental change in American and Western strategic thinking. Handled well, the shift holds out the possibility of a lasting thaw in the tensions that now dominate relations between the West and Islam. 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.
