NEW PALTZ — For more than five decades, author and journalist Roger Kahn has written about some of the most famous people in America – from Willie Mays to Muhammad Ali to Robert Frost. Now the best of Kahn’s observations and insights, taken from his books and magazine articles, has…
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Miraldi’s biography named best communication research book in country
NEW PALTZ — Journalism professor Robert Miraldi’s biography of a forgotten turn-of-the-20th-century investigative reporter has been named the best journalism and mass communication book in the country for the year 2003. The award is for Dr. Miraldi’s book, “The Pen is Mightier: The Muckraking Life of Charles Edward Russell” (New York:…
Read moreStudent newspaper wins 10 awards
NEW PALTZ — The Oracle, the student newspaper of the State University of New York at New Paltz, recently received nine awards from the 2003 Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) college level contest and one award from the New York Press Association (NYPA). The awards the Oracle won include second place…
Read moreMedia Day focuses on communication careers
NEW PALTZ — The Department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York at New Paltz will host the third annual Media Day on March 26 in The Terrace Restaurant on the New Paltz campus. At this year’s event, visiting communication and media professionals will share knowledge…
Read moreFamous sportswriter to speak at New Paltz
NEW PALTZ — Author Roger Kahn, who is often described as the best sportswriter in America, will talk about the major influences on his writing and life in a free public lecture at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Monday, April 26, as the culmination of…
Read moreFamous sportswriter named journalism professor
NEW PALTZ — Author Roger Kahn, who is often described as the best sportswriter in America, has been named the fourth James H. Ottaway Sr. journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz. In making the announcement, college President Steven G. Poskanzer described Kahn as ?a national treasure,? citing especially Kahn’s…
Read moreJournalism student and online newspaper bring home national awards
NEW PALTZ — Andrew Hackmack, a senior journalism student at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has been awarded the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) Student Journalist of the Year Award. This national award honors an SCJ student chapter member who has represented the spirit of the…
Read moreFamous sportswriter headlines Media Day
NEW PALTZ — One of the best known sportswriters in the country will keynote this year’s media day, an all-day conference on Saturday, May 3, where practicing communication and media professionals, including several alumni, will come to share their knowledge and experiences with current and prospective students and the public. The…
Read moreThreats to journalists topic of public talk
Threats to journalists topic of public talk 03/26/2003 NEW PALTZ — On April 3, award-winning foreign correspondent Ann Cooper, who leads the nation’s foremost press freedom advocacy group, will discuss global threats to journalists in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The…
Read moreDistinguished journalist to give lecture
Alexander Stille, a distinguished journalist and author, will give a lecture on the SUNY New Paltz campus, called “Italian Jews Under Fascism,” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26, in room 100 of the Lecture Center. The lecture is sponsored by the Traverso Endowment and the Italian Studies Committee of SUNY…
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