A team of Radio-TV students from the State University of New York at New Paltz were semifinalists in the U.S. Postal Service’s “P.R. Professional Experience” contest. The contest is being sponsored by the Postal Service to find innovative ways to promote its online products to 18-30 year olds,…
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Kevin Sites of Yahoo! News’ "Hot Zone" is featured speaker at Media Day
NEW PALTZ — Award-winning journalist Kevin Sites, recipient of the 2006 Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism and creator of Yahoo! News’ "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone," will be the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Media Day at the State University of New York at…
Read moreNY Times publisher to be honored
NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz will award an honorary doctorate of humane letters to Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, at the May Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, on the Old Main Quadrangle. Sulzberger…
Read moreJournalism alums named as editors
NEW PALTZ — The Legislative Gazette, the weekly newspaper of New York dedicated to reporting stories on the state government, has appointed a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz’s Journalism program as editor of the publication. James Gormley, or “Jamie” as he is called…
Read more“Extreme” events to help raise money
The SUNY New Paltz Foundation and a committee of student leaders launches the 2005-2006 student giving campaign this week, titled “Extreme New Paltz.” This campaign will raise money for a peer scholarship to be awarded in May 2006. “Extreme New Paltz” will include a series of fundraising activities by…
Read moreA nose for news
Reprinted from the Daily Freeman of Kingston By Bonnie Langston John Darnton served The New York Times for nearly four decades, winning a Pulitzer Prize along the way, and now he is sharing his expertise and experience with students at SUNY New Paltz as the school’s fifth James…
Read moreNew professor joins journalism staff
By Saadia Rafiq, Contributing Writer The bright red baseball championship pennant on Rebecca Leung’s office wall of Coykendall Science Building 46 shows that she is Los Angeles Angels fan. Leung, assistant professor of Journalism is a new addition to the Communication and Media Department at SUNY New Paltz. As…
Read moreFact and fiction topic of talk
NEW PALTZ — John Darnton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, will discuss how writers are increasingly blurring the lines between fact and fiction when he gives a talk at the State University of New York at New Paltz at 5 p.m. on Nov. 9 in McKenna Theatre….
Read moreProfessor urges shield law
By Scott Gargan, Staff Writer Journalism professor and author Robert Miraldi spoke about the increased threat to journalists using anonymous sources by Federal prosecutors on Monday in his lecture ”Reporters, Sources and Jail.” ”I’m concerned about the threat to journalists ability to use anonymous sources and not end…
Read moreThe Wizard of Education: Howard Good
Reprinted from the Kingston Freeman By Bonnie Langston Anyone who thinks the educational system needs to be revamped may want to take a jaunt down the metaphorical yellow brick road of “The Theory of Oz: Rediscovering the Aims of Education.” The book is written by Howard Good, professor…
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