newsMedia warn AT&T/T-Mobile deal could hurt ethnic communities
AT&T's recently announced acquisition of T-Mobile will significantly impact ethnic communities around the United States, especially low-income populations that could be confronted by reduced service access and higher costs. more> Scavenging the CityWith 43.6 million Americans living in poverty and the real unemployment rate at 15.9 percent, many New Yorkers are turning to the informal economy to scrape by. Street vendors, bucket drummers and day laborers fill the cracks in the formal economy, as do canners. more> Education over incarcerationNAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization is challenging America to re-evaluate its spending priorities in the report, titled "Misplaced Priorities: Under Educate, Over Incarcerate." more> Discrimination rife against Muslims, minorities, India AbroadEven nearly 10 years after 9/11, Muslim Americans, South Asian Americans and Sikh Americans continue to be discriminated against and subjected to racist taunts and hate crimes, Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez told a United States Senate panel last week. more> Hearing details violence, discrimination against Muslim Americans
West Indians facing housing woes, despite their relatively high incomesWest Indians, including a large number of Jamaicans, Haitians and Guyanese, may be one of the largest immigrants groups in New York City and, in the main, are middle-income residents, but far too many of them are forced to live in sub-standard housing. more> Searching the Census for 17,751 Northern Manhattanites; finding fewer HispanicsLast month's release of the first detailed set of data from the decennial U.S. Census count shocked many Northern Manhattanites when it was revealed that Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill in the Bronx had lost a total of 17,751 residents. more> African Americans fearful as unemployment rises
Black Americans still face higher unemployment, incarceration rates, and lower wages
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OP/EDRhetoric vs. realityLast week at a public forum sponsored by Univision, Karen Maldonado, a student, with a deportation order in her hand, asked Obama if it was true they were not deporting students, because she and other students keep on getting letters with the bad news. more> Don’t separate familiesA group of legislators from the House of Representatives has launched a campaign aimed at putting an end to separating immigrant families. Such initiatives can only be applauded. more> My name is Otis and I’m an Internet addict: I waste time—but I’ve also connected with peopleAddiction is consuming something you can't seem to get enough of even if it harms your life. By that definition I've been addicted to the Internet since 2004. Sometimes I'm online for a whole day without even a chance to see the world outside my windows. more> Internet addiction disorder
The Neuroscience of Internet addiction
Education WatchFacing a nightmareCaribbean teachers who came to New York City a decade ago, from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and other island-nations, to help end a dire shortage of classroom professionals, are now facing a nightmare of their own: a possible loss of their jobs and eventual deportation. Hundreds of Filipino teachers face lay off in MarylandDue to serious budget concerns, hundreds of Filipino teachers at the Prince George County (PGC) Schools in Maryland will be laid off and Filipino-American groups have started campaigns to save these teachers from arbitrary dismissals. more> Andrew Cuomo speaks about teacher layoffs
Concern over changes to TAP programStarting in August, new changes to CUNY's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) will require that students take 15 credits instead of the usual 12. Thousands of Hispanic and minority university students will be affected. briefsObama housing plan fails, big banks are basking in success
Poll: Housing crisis a major worry among Latinos
AUDIO: A new poll, just out, reveals the impact of the housing crisis on the nation's fastest growing population group: Hispanics. The survey was carried out by politically-focused group, Latino Decisions, and Hispanic news content provider, Impre-media. To discuss the findings, guest host Allison Keyes speaks with Matt Barreto, a pollster and director of the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. NPR more> New York, new work: The new Irish exodus
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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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