Serving Brooklyn Renters’ Info Needs Through Collaboration and Digital Art1.5 million renters in New York can’t pay their rent and are at risk of eviction, according to the Housing Justice for All coalition.Dec 19, 2020Dec 19, 2020
Serving the Caribbean Community in BrooklynMy name is Terrence. I was born and bred in Brooklyn. I come from a Caribbean family that’s been in New York since the 1960s.Dec 15, 2019Dec 15, 2019
Community Organizing & Relationship BuildingThis week, I had the opportunity to hear from Brit Harley, a community organizer who’s lived in Newark all her life. It was nice to…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
Readers Should Pick News Stories. Also, We Can Make Comments Great Again(too soon?)Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
Engaging with Humanist Qualitative Research as a Community JournalistLisbeth Barbary worked with an artist to create a comic book that’s relevant to the lives of bi women. I appreciated that the comic…Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
Who’s a Real Journalist? And Why Does It Matter?Amy Goodman is a popular independent journalist. And in 2016, she covered the Standing Rock protests for her award-winning show, Democracy…Nov 4, 2019Nov 4, 2019
Hate and Online CommentsThis week’s classes have been about comments on social media.Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
Power in JournalismDuring our last Community Engagement class, we had an interesting discussion about the power of journalists as compared with the community…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
Impartiality: The Best Thing to Happen for RacismJournalists choose the most important and interesting details based on evidence they research, observe, or are told about. Then, they…Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Thinking about Jassmine and “Flint’s Deadly Water”Five years ago, the general public heard about the brown, lead-tainted water and how the lead water destroyed people’s lives in Flint. But…Sep 14, 2019Sep 14, 2019
