New name, renewed purpose
Engagement Journalism event highlights how putting the community’s needs first means addressing injustice and the failings of objectivity in journalism
This month marked a big change for us a the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. After six years as the Social Journalism program, we became the Engagement Journalism program, as we believe that engagement is now a better recognized term in the industry today.
To celebrate the name change and the work of our alumni – and to recognize the impactful work being done in the field – we held our first event on April 9 as “Engagement Journalism.”
You can watch video from each session below:
First, we heard from Philadelphia journalists Sofiya Ballin, Tauhid Chappell, Jesenia DeMoya Correa, Aaron Eaton and Kristine Villanueva during the session How journalists are engaging with diverse communities in Philadelphia.
Next, we heard from alumni Beatrix Lockwood, Mekdela Maskal, Alyxaundria Sanford, Isadora Varejão during the session So what does an audience engagement job look like?
Finally, we heard from Allen Arthur, Ko Bragg, Cierra Brown Hinton, DaLyah Jones during the session Movement Journalism — What does it mean to engage communities in service of liberation?
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