Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category

The Envoy Beckons

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

morris-tinyWednesday, 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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The Hunts Point Express on Editorial Alert?

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

An URL of the previous blog below (The Slippery Ethical Slope of the Hunts Point Express) was posted Monday on the The Hunts Point Express facebook page. Lo and behold, it was no longer there yesterday. In fact, the The Hunts Point Express on online is not accepting comments either.

Uh Oh! The plot thickens.

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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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Boycott the James Arsonson Awards at Hunter College

Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Send Peter Parisi a message so that James Aronson can stop turning over in his grave.

Send Peter Parisi a message so that James Aronson can stop turning over in his grave.

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The WORD at a Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Red Carpet

Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell

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An Open Letter to America about the Central Park Five

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

This was published several months ago in Indiewire by Josh Raiske but I just came across it and thought it needs to see more light of day.

It’s in my nature to overanalyze and to equivocate, and to make light of the things that are most important to me, but sometimes even those who can close off their emotions with seemingly little effort come up against a force that moves us in strange and powerful ways.

I saw The Central Park Five at the closing night of DOC NYC last night, and at the end, when the five men who’d been wrongfully convicted came up onto the stage, together in one place for the first time since that night in Central Park on April 19, 1989, I was choking back tears, and maybe all my perspective (too much fucking perspective) has gone out the window, but I think this is one of the most important films I’ve ever seen.

Full blog article here.

 

 

NYCLU Makes the Subways Safe for Photographers

Monday, April 1st, 2013

March 22, 2013 – A federal judge has ruled that a New York City Transit Authority rule requiring people using the city’s transit system to carry ID is unconstitutional. The decision is a victory for the New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit in November, 2011 defending the public’s right to take photographs in the subway system without fear of being arrested or having to show identification to police. Full story here.

Another Story About the Ippies

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

 

Mario Scott

Mario Scott

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The Ippies – Another Story, More to Come

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Ippies Audience

Mario Scott

Mario Scott

 

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2013 Ippies for Excellence in Ethnic, Community Journalism in NYC Area

Friday, March 29th, 2013

The Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism held the 11th awards ceremony last night, March 28.

Ippies Audience

In a glittering ceremony, the newly-minted Center for Community and Ethnic Media tonight honored members of the independent ethnic and community media. This was the 11th annual presentation of the IPPIES Awards and the second hosted by CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Several stories are in the works.