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.
newsMortgage foreclosures in Brooklyn and Queens remain worrisome"With our economy being as it is, people not receiving raises on their jobs, people actually being laid off, we are nowhere being our of the woods yet," stated U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn. more> Russian spy arrests expose raw nerveMany members of the Russian Jewish community at Brighton Beach are angered less by the revelations about a group of ineffectual gumshoes than by the perception that they themselves had managed to escape Russia to start new lives in America, only to find that Russia has followed them here.
VIDEO :: CBS News reports on the fate of the children of Russian agents exchanged in a spy swap and how they are coping with the international scandal. more> Overhauling New York juvenile justiceAt New York City's three juvenile justice facilities, a few hundred teenagers sleep in locked buildings fenced behind barbed wire. They wear uniforms and have their movements monitored, as if they were in jail more> Time for change: Head of New York juvenile prisons is listening to teensInterview with Gladys Carrión, a lawyer from the Bronx and commissioner of the state's Office of Children and Family Services. Carrión talks about necessary improvements for New York's juvenile detention centers more> A flight interrupted: Polish child held by immigration at NJ airportWhen immigration authorities realized the six-year-old girl from Poland had come to visit her father, an undocumented immigrant living in New Jersey, they voided her visa and detained her.
U.S. working on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Pakistan’s tribal areasArchitects of the legislation believe the program could help decrease religious extremism in a region that the United States considers a major threat to its national security. more> ELECTIONS MATTERRising stars
AUDIO :: NPR reports on the primary victory of Nikki Haley in South Carolina and the new wave of Indian-American political candidates. Political commentator, Reihan Salam, spoke to Tell Me More. more> |
editorialsOur commitment to journalistic integrityYesterday the Wall Street Journal, one of country's most influential newspapers, published an editorial about El Diario containing so many inaccuracies that we are compelled to respond. more> Racism in the Tea Party must endIt is unfortunate that at a time when our nation is enduring one of the most devastating downturns in our economy since the Great Depression, when people across America are struggling to hold onto their homes, when a precious portion of our ecosystem is facing irreversible damage along the Gulf Coast, that the NAACP is compelled to deal with a disturbing, corrosive attack from the Tea Party.
VIDEO :: NAACP President Ben Jealous says tea party supporters need to publicly condemn racist behavior among some of the group's members. The civil rights organization accused tea party activists of tolerating bigotry. more> The well trod line between church and stateIt would seem clear that Americans resent clergy who mix politics and the pulpit, at least, that is, when they disagree with the clergy's position. more> briefsPutting a stop to hate crimes
In the wake of recent bias attacks against Hispanic immigrants in Staten Island, the Department of Justice and NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force held a community forum in Port Richmond. NY1 Reports. more> Out on the streets understanding the Section 8 housing crisis
AUDIO :: WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports on a formerly homeless family that received a Section 8 voucher just to have it taken away two months later. more> |
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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.
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