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Reporters and editors from news organizations that cover ethnic communities in the New York City area can register now for an April workshop focusing on watchdog reporting skills. Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc (IRE) will conduct the workshop on April 16-17 at The New York Times Building. College students studying journalism also are invited to participate.
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In Brooklyn, mortgage crisis eats away wealth of several generations of Hispanics.
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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.
newsMexicans fear legal status could prevent access to vaccine"I honestly don't know what will happen; I don't even want to think about it. It has been said that the vaccine will only be given to some, not to all," said Gumersindo Eleuterio, an immigrant who earns a living by loading and unloading packages and boxes. more> Bloomberg’s policies fail when it comes to povertyAccording to executive director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger Joel Berg, anti-poverty programs initiated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg aid only 3 percent of New Yorkers in poverty.
VIDEO :: In its latest report, the Census Bureau says the Bronx continues to be the poorest urban county in the nation. NY1's Dean Meminger reported. Korean businesses woo Chinese customersSmall businesses such as restaurants, real estate brokers and beauty supply shops, are hiring bilingual Korean and Chinese speakers, so-called Chosunjok, or Korean-Chinese students majoring in Chinese. more> As housewives work, husbands stay at homeSince they immigrated to the United States in 2006, there has been a dramatic reversal in those roles. Rosette is now a registered nurse who works for a nursing home, while her husband Ronaldo has been managing the household chores.
VIDEO :: As the economy knocks men out of the work force, the women are keeping the money flowing. Henni Espinosa of the Filipino Channel reports. more> Chinatown apartment building to be demolished, AAFE cries foul playThe Buildings Department and an independent engineering specialist suggested practical measures by which the building could be saved, said Christopher Kui, executive director of AAFE. But the landlord acted unilaterally to demolish this rent-stabilized building without considering other options.
AUDIO :: Two years ago, WNYC's Lisa Chow reports on Chinatown's resistance to gentrification. more> |
editorialsJohn Liu: Comptroller today, mayor tomorrow?With voter participation in primaries at an all-time-low, political analysts were shocked to see more than 22,000 voters turn out for the Democratic runoff for comptroller, roughly 30 percent more than forecast. more> Latinos: An invisible giantOne of the reasons we are not seen as the largest minority group in the country is due to the fact that the Latino community has been a prisoner to one issue: immigration. more> Voluntary segregationThe author opines that the enthusiasm at the recent signing by Governor Paterson of the bill that will make all election materials available in Russian may be misplaced. By embracing the bill, he says, Russian-speaking voters – U.S. citizens with a minimum of five or six years in the country – have admitted to their own illiteracy. more> American taxpayers and Zardari's pocketThe U.S. Senate and billionaire pledges for aid by friends of Pakistan have given a new lease of life to President Asif Ali Zardari's government. However, what is the guarantee that the money will not end up in President Zardari's personal Swiss bank accounts? more> briefsStudents armed with new anti-recruiter regulations
VIDEO :: Prior to the new regulations, the New York Civil Liberties Union protested recruiter access to New York City's high school students. more> |
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NYCMA Announcements
FPI releases detailed data
Immigrants' contribution to New York metro economy
David Kallick of the Fiscal Policy Institute releasing data about the contribution of immigrants to the NY economy at a press briefing organized by NYCMA in collaboration with SEIU 32BJ on January 21st, 2010. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli tells ethnic media
New York's budgetary challenges to persist
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli addressing the ethnic and community media at the open house organized by New York Community Media Alliance. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
Ippies Awards 2009
Full House at Ippies Awards 2009
Net Neutrality
NYCMA takes a stand on net neutrality at City Council Hearing held on 11/20/2009 (Read full text)
Read Blog: Net Neutrality & Social Justice for NYC's Immigrant Communities Health care briefing for ethnic media: Immigrants have a huge stake in reform
New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Chung-Wha Hong addressing members of ethnic media at the briefing. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
New York needs new direction, new leadership, says Bill Thompson
Democratic candidate for Office of New York City Mayor, Comptroller Bill Thompson, addressing New York's ethnic and community media at a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance on October 26. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
Equal opportunity, equal protection to NYC’s communities, Councilman Liu promises ethnic/community media
John Liu addressing New York's ethnic and community media at a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance on October 27. -- Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
We need more immigrants, not less, Bloomberg tells ethnic, community media
Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressng a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance for the city's ethnic and community media on October 8 at CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz