Advisory editor Ted Hamm, editor of the The Brooklyn Rail, an IPA member publication.
NewsSeward Park High School will be gone, Chinatown concerned about fate of bilingual programChinatown is worried about the fate of Seward Park High School’s bilingual program, the largest in the city. The city is replacing the large high school with two smaller ones and promises to keep a bilingual program in one. But with the trend away from bilingual education, Chinatown’s residents are not reassured. more> Many Koreans’ illegal home improvements exposedThe New York Department of Buildings is nabbing an increasing number of Koreans for making illegal improvements to their homes. Many Korean homeowners in Queens do construction in their homes—usually to make room for illegal tenants—without first obtaining the necessary permits from the city. more> American dream or Brooklyn nightmare?American Dreams Real Estate Development, a broker on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, has been steering people into predatory loans, charges the Pratt Area Community Council. An immigrant couple were talked into a loan they couldn’t afford for a home they couldn’t afford—a home that turned out to be in rotten condition. more> Korean women are unstoppableSome Korean mothers whose children have problems in school do not discuss these situations with the school’s principal. Instead, they often visit the teacher directly, sometimes offering gifts of up to $100 to try to solve the problems, ignoring the school’s policies and customs. more> Women with political power in New YorkFour women of Dominican heritage serve their communities in important political and judicial positions, environments dominated by men and in which few Latinos have been able to gain power. more> Special FocusSpecial Section: War coverage from the ethnic press |
Editorials21st century-style peculiar institutions: George W. Bush & Co. are planters, not cowboysThe myth perpetuated is that President Bush wears the cowboy’s mantle of the American West. But the cowboy ethic isn’t what’s driving American foreign policy today. This leadership is coming from a darker place: the “peculiar” institution of the antebellum American South. more> Women’s rightsWe must take a clear-headed look at the status of women and children in our Pakistani community. If we don’t recognize the anti-women bias in our own history, we will not be able to do anything about it. 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.
