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Healthy Workplace NYS Bill S3863 Passes Muster

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

This past Monday, June 3, Healthy Workplace Bill, S3863 was passed by the New York State Senate Labor Committee. More about this later but I had this to say …

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Tags:Academic Bullying, D:F/M, Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College, NY Health Workplace Bill, the usual suspects, workplace bullying
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Ode to a D:F/M Legacy

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Peter Parisi

It was several years ago that Colleague Peter Parisi, inspired by a muse yet to be understood or identified – but I have suspicions that it is as old as time itself – emailed our D:F/M Colleagues that he had decided that the WORD, a collaborative creation between me and my students, and a primary teaching tool, awarded several grants from the College, the FORD Foundation and others, with a stellar reputation and track record for helping students with career decisions, was passé and that it was time for the department to support the Hunts Point Express which had been started by Colleague Bernard Stein.

I still have my copy of the Parisi email.

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Tags:academic integrity, Jay Roman, Peter Parisi, Tami Gold, The James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism
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The D:F/M BF Lie

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

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Tags:Academic Bullying, D:F/M, Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College, the usual suspects
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The Envoy Beckons

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

morris-tiny Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 12:31 p.m. I got an email from Envoy reporter Sophie Simon who wanted to interview me about the call I put out for a boycott of the Aronson Awards. She was fed, according to her email, bogus information (of course) which she accepted as gospel (of course).

The plot thickens.

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Tags:Arson Awards, collegiate journalism, Hunter College, Hunter D:F/M, Hunter Envoy, journalism awards, journalism ethics, Sophie Simon, Student Journalism
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The Slippery Ethical Slope for the Hunts Point Express?

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

D:F/M has been in a state of academic stasis for years and years but in recent years Colleagues have resorted to all manner of fabrications to cover up its failings. What follows reveals a venial sin/omission compared to a mortal sin/omission (catechism from Catholic schools still resonates slightly). It also could be merely a mistake.

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Tags:Aronson Awards, Bernard Stein, Hunter College, journalism, Kimberly Devi Milner, Pulitzer Prize winners, The Hunts Point Express, The Riverdale Press, unethical journalism
Posted in Blogroll, Dogfighting in the Department of Chimera, Ethics, It Was One of Those Semesters, It's Been One of Those Semesters, Journalism, Journalism Education, State of Journalism, Student Journalism, The Controversy Continues | Comments Closed