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Hundreds of protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan on Thursday, July 29 in protest against Arizona's SB 1070 Bill, NYCMA interns Maria Karagianni and Stacey E. Williams report.
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Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue
newsHurt by economy, NY Mexicans take on odd jobs and homelessnessAt times like these money goes into hiding, or so it seems to many of the city's immigrants.
VIDEO :: Because of the falling U.S. economy, Mexican immigrants are finding it increasingly difficult to make it here. more> Patients pack emergency roomsThe closing of several hospitals in Queens has made the emergency situation created by the flu in this borough worse.
VIDEO :: Queens hospitals see an increased number of patients worried about the swine flu. Doctors call many of them the "worried well." more>Bronx DA Robert Johnson fights for justice in death of taxi driver Roberto Pita"When a man is robbed or loses his life so young, we have to ask for justice and better protection, and more than anything, we have to ask for unity among all the drivers to always remember Roberto," said Fernando Mateo spokesman for the Federation of Taxi Drivers in New York. more> The changing complexion of New York City’s judiciaryThe hand of State Senator John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) is seen in the promotions Black and Hispanic judges and women moving up the courts' ladder. more> Plea to stop arrests and deportations as immigration lobbyists ply Capitol Hill"There was no indication to make us think that Congress would pass an immigration bill that would benefit all of the 14 million undocumented immigrants, despite President Obama having spoken on the issue more than once," said DRUM Executive Director Monami Maulik. more> |
editorialsA message to LatinasThe Sotomayor story is one of courage and sacrifice by a pioneer generation – a generation that braved daily struggles in a new land for the sake of a better future for their children. more> Treyf tactics in PostvilleOne year after a federal immigration raid at the nation's largest kosher slaughterhouse exposed deep flaws in the kosher meat industry, much has changed, but too many injustices remain. more> briefsEducation Watch |
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NYCMA holds training workshop for ethnic media journalists on Elections 2010
New York: New York Community Media Alliance hosted the first of two workshops -- Elections 101: NYC, Albany and the Elections 2010 -- on Thursday, July 15 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.
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NYCMA Launches Summer 2010 Ethnic Media Internship Program!
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
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.
NYCMA holds first Net Neutrality Conference for ethnic media, Announces Writing Challenge
Helen Brunner, Director of the Media Democracy Fund addressing the inaugural session of NYCMA Forum on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities. – Photo by Zooey Salazar
New York Community Media Alliance hosted its first conference on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities, Tuesday, June 8 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. In attendance were journalists from a range of publications as well as many communications justice activists – all who sought to expose the connections between communications policy and the everyday life of community members. The conference also focused on wireless services and how their policies affect communities.
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein addressing NYCMA Fellows
Chancellor Klein explained the challenges the DOE faces in the current environment of budgetary cuts and answered journalists' questions as part of NYCMA's eight-month long Ethnic and Community Press Fellowship -- Developing an Education Beet-II on April 8. – Photo by A. Sherpa
FPI releases data about unemployment rates for New York City residents
Fiscal Policy Institute has released a fuller set of data, with detail on immigrant unemployment by gender, and comparing recent immigrants with those who have been here more than 10 years. This is a data release from the Fiscal Policy Institute that is not connected with a full report. For information to explain how to read this data and comment on what it means, please contact David Dyssegaard Kallick (212-721-7164, ddkallick@fiscalpolicy.org), or James Parrott (212-721-5624, parrott@fiscalpolicy.org)