NEW PALTZ -Howard Goldblatt of North Bethesda, Md., has made a substantial multi-year gift pledge to the Dean’s Discretionary Fund of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LA&S), the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz announced today. The gift will be used to help sponsor a lecture on…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz will host a summit conference of the International Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) Consortium on Friday, Oct. 26. The theme of the conference is “Expanding Darwin’s Reach across the Ivory Archipelago.” It will begin in the Lecture Center Lobby and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz Music Department presents the world renowned Ensemble Made in Canada. The ensemble will perform on October 30 at 8:00 p.m. in the Julien J. Studley Theatre and give a workshop on October 31 at 11:00 a.m. in the Nadia…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes Amy Waldman to speak about her first novel, The Submission, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 in Lecture Center 100. A book signing and reception will follow the event. The Submission, Amy Waldman’s debut novel,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – One Book/One New Paltz at the State University of New York at New Paltz announces the selection of the novel, The Submission by Amy Waldman as the 2012 community read. A series of events and conversations based on Waldman’s novel are scheduled throughout November both on campus…
Read MoreAcclaimed author Ha Jin will be plenary speaker NEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz will host the annual meeting of the New York Conference of Asian Studies on Sept. 28 and 29. This multi-disciplinary conference will include more than 50 panels focusing on Asian culture, politics,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to announce the appointment of David P. Ferguson as the College’s interim director of development. He will start on September 4. Ferguson comes to New Paltz from the University of Findlay, a 130-year-old private institution located in Findlay,…
Read MoreOn Saturday, September 8th, from 5-7 pm, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art will host a public reception for two new exhibitions: Shinohara Pops! The Avant-Garde Road, Tokyo/New York, curated by Hiroko Ikegami and Reiko Tomii, and Russel Wright: The Nature of Design curated by Donald Albrecht and Dianne Pierce. Both exhibitions are on display from August 29-December 16, 2012.
Read MoreNEW PALTZ -The State University of New York at New Paltz Art department in conjunction with the curatorial programs of the Dorsky Gallery present Displaced Objectives/Convoluted Conjecture. The opening reception will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5 and will remain on view through Aug. 26 at the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP) at the State University of New York at New Paltz will soon kick off its Young Writers’ Summer Institute for middle school students. The one-week enrichment program will be held at the Poughkeepsie Day School from July 16 to 20. The program…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – A group of sociology students from the State University of New York at New Paltz have been recognized for making drivers aware of the hazards of distracted driving. Kayla DiPaulo ‘13, Laura Kaempf ‘12, Dominique LaRosa ‘12, Jade Schwartz ‘13 and Jill Spadafora ‘12 received the Pride of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at the State University of New York at New Paltz inducted 44 students into the Chi Alpha Epsilon (XAE) Honor Society at a special ceremony held on April 27 at the college. To be eligible for induction into XAE, a student must be…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at New Paltz has selected three recipients to receive its new summer internship scholarships. Two recipients, Auburn Heller and Christine Deya, will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. Alexander Moser will receive a $500 scholarship. The…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – Five members of the State University of New York at New Paltz’ academic, professional and classified staff have been honored with the 2012 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence and will be recognized at the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 20, and the Graduate Ceremony on Friday, May 18,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at New Paltz has selected Dr. Jeffrey Miller as its 2011-12 Full-Time Teacher of the Year. Miller, an associate professor of political science and international relations, was nominated by Joel Lefkowitz, his department chair. “In…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz welcomes Dr. Steven Brody (’73 Psychology) as its newest member of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LA & S) Advisory Board. The board, formed a year ago, is composed of alumni and friends of New Paltz…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The SUNY New Paltz College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LA & S) has created a new scholarship program to support low-paying or unpaid summer internships for its students. This new program will offer two, $1,000 awards. An applicant will be selected based on her or his GPA, the…
Read MoreThe State University of New Paltz will welcome Dr. Debra Humphreys, an expert on liberal arts education, to the College’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100. Humphreys, the vice president for communications and public affairs at the Association of American Colleges and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – Andrew W. Lehren, an award-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times and the 2012 James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz, will give a public speech on “The Art of Investigative Reporting” on Wednesday, April 4, at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ –Andrew W. Lehren, an award-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times and the 2012 James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz, will be introduced to the campus community on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. in the Honors…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ –The State University of New Paltz will welcome Dr. Debra Humphreys, vice president for communications and public affairs at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, as a speaker in the College’s Distinguished Speaker’s Series on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100. Humphreys’ lecture…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced the recipients of the 2011 Liberal Arts & Science Awards for Excellence in Service and Excellence in Scholarship at the faculty meeting on Nov. 29. This is the second year these…
Read MoreThe Institute for Disaster Mental Health has been featured prominently in the Education Section of the New York Times (Friday, June 10, p. A23) as well as the Times’s global edition, the International Herald Tribune. The article “Colleges Now Offering Education in Disaster” was written by journalist Lisa…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to announce their new, non-credit professional certificate program in Digital Marketing Communications. This program will put its graduates in the vanguard of the rapidly growing profession of digital communications and e-marketing. This program is designed for anyone interested…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s independent student newspaper, “The New Paltz Oracle,” secured a major award, the 2010 Mark of Excellence, from the Society of Professional Journalists, overcoming competition from Harvard University, Syracuse University, New York University and Vassar College. On Saturday, April 9, former…
Read MoreThe State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to announce an exhibition of satirical prints by artist Hank Virgona, on view from April 29 to June 5, 2011 in the Seminar Room of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – Susan Ingalls Lewis, associate professor, department of history at the State University of New York at New Paltz was the recipient of the prestigious Hagley Prize for her outstanding scholarly work, “Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885,” published by Ohio State University Press…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ –Peter Townshend’s Tommy, a tale of a young boy’s journey from pain to triumph will be performed April 28 – May 8 on the McKenna stage located on the campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz. Jack Wade directs the musical, with Stephen Kitsakos as…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – On Monday, April 25, the English Department and Evolutionary Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz will welcome artist and author James Prosek. He will deliver a free public lecture entitled “Eels and Naming Nature,” an event that will serve as the capstone event in this year’s Evolutionary Studies…
Read MoreThe State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to present its production of The Who’s “Tommy” running from April 28 to May 8 at the McKenna Theater. This rock opera written by Pete Townsend and Des McAnuff will electrify audiences with The Who’s groundbreaking music and its captivating…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The Women’s Studies Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz will host a one-day conference on Saturday, April 30, titled “Green Feminisms: Women, Sustainability and Environmental Justice.” This year’s conference focuses on the particular dangers that environmental degradation has posed for women throughout the world…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ- The State University of New York at New Paltz is proud to announce the formation of the first-ever Advisory Board for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, James Schiffer, has recruited a board of accomplished alumni and friends to give advice…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ– John Larson, the tenth James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz, will give his public speech on Thursday, April 14 in Lecture Center 106 at 6:00 PM. He is teaching a seminar this semester in storytelling and multimedia journalism. John…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ– The State University of New York at New Paltz welcomes Ray Suarez, author, senior correspondent for PBS News Hour, and host of Destination Casa Blanca, as a speaker in the College’s Distinguished Speaker Series at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7, in the SUNY New Paltz Athletic and Wellness Center….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – Weaving together a provocative and engaging performance, Madera Vox, the eclectic chamber ensemble will perform at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Tuesday, March 8 at 8 p.m. in McKenna Theatre. The evening’s program includes the works of Kurt Weill, Chick Corea, Libby Larsen,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – Spike Heels, opens the spring 2011 main stage season at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts, the play will be performed in McKenna Theatre March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, at 8 p.m. and March 6, and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at New Paltz has selected its full- and part-time 2009-2010 Teachers of the Year. Reynolds Scott-Childress, an associate professor of History, was named the full-time Teacher of the Year. Joan Perisse was selected as the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – DuPont-Columbia, Peabody and multiple Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and media consultant John Larson has been named the tenth James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Larson will join the faculty in the Spring 2011 semester to teach a seminar…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ – DuPont-Columbia, Peabody and multiple Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and media consultant John Larson has been named the tenth James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Larson will join the faculty in the Spring 2011 semester to teach a seminar…
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NEW PALTZ, NY — A steady snowfall did not stop nearly 100 people, mostly students, from attending the introduction of SUNY New Paltz’s seventh James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism, Martin Gottlieb, an award-winning investigative reporter who is the current weekend editor of The New York Times. Gottlieb proclaimed…
Read MoreMedia critic Jeff Cohen asked SUNY New Paltz students what it means when the “two most influential news shows” in America – “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart and “The Colbert Report” – are on the nation’s Comedy Channel. His answer, in short, was that corporate news has increasingly become…
Read MoreSydney H. Schanberg, an internationally known reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1976, will teach a class on “Democracy and the Press” this spring at the College at New Paltz. Schanberg’s class is open to a select few students from both the Honors Program and the Journalism…
Read MoreEd Carroll, a 1985 graduate of the college who is now the president of a major cable television network, gave students seven tips to a path to success in a recent visit to New Paltz. And his first tip was one all of the students had already acted on: he…
Read MoreJason Wrench, the newest Communication and Media professor at SUNY New Paltz, says he always wanted to be a teacher. He was born in San Jose, California and raised mostly in Lubbock, Texas. There was a lot of traveling in Professor Wrench’s youth because his parents were in the Navy. But…
Read MoreWill Hermes, who was born and raised in Queens, has written for The New York Times, Spin Magazine, and The Village Voice. But now he is the newest faculty member in the Journalism Program here at SUNY New Paltz and the writing skills that he has brought to big-name magazines…
Read MoreMartin Gottlieb, an award-winning investigative reporter and long-time editor at The New York Times, has been named the seventh James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism. Martin Gottlieb, an award-winning investigative reporter and long-time editor at The New York Times, has been named the seventh James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of…
Read MoreJeff Cohen, the founder of one of America’s first media criticism groups and the author of a recent book on his experiences inside cable television news, will speak at the State University of New York at New Paltz at 5 p.m. on Nov. 14 in Lecture Center 108. The event…
Read MoreEVENTS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Gullickson October 4, 2007 (845) 257-3245 Communication and Media to offer video documentaries during Alumni Weekend NEW PALTZ – The Communication and Media Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz will showcase a series of productions and presentations in conjunction with…
Read MoreTwenty international students – from Sweden, Mexico, Germany and Australia – will soon be departing New Paltz after a two-month stay during which they studied marketing and public relations. They will go next to spend two months working as interns in New York City at some of the city’s largest…
Read MoreSecond-year professor Sandrine Dincki has helped shift the curriculum for Public Relations in the Communication and Media department at SUNY New Paltz and is encouraging her students to explore non-profit publicity. In the fall semester of 2006, in her first semester at the college, Dr. Dincki had her students compete in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York at New Paltz will host a panel of six of the region’s top newspaper professionals as a part of the sixth annual Communication and Media Day beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Award-winning journalist Trudy Lieberman, who is considered one of the best consumer reporters in America, will kick off the Sojourner Truth Library’s celebration of National Library Week with a talk on Monday, April 16, on the topic “Can health care ever be reformed?” The event will be at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Howard Good, a veteran journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has recently published his 12th book, titled “Mis-Education in Schools: Beyond the Slogans and Double-Talk.” Using both scholarly research and personal anecdotes, Good delves into what he sees as the key…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Journalism Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz will welcome Amy Goodman, host of the nationally syndicated television and radio news talk show “Democracy Now,” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, in Lecture Center 100. The event is free and open…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Award-winning reporter Trudy Lieberman, who is considered one of the best consumer reporters in America, has been named the sixth James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism, the State University of New York at New Paltz announced today. Lieberman has been an investigative reporter for 35 years and…
Read MoreFrom the Kingston Daily Freeman Spotlight on the airwaves By BONNIE LANGSTON, Freeman staff Woodstock author Lisa A. Phillips is grateful for an interview that began in a bathroom with jazz great Marian McPartland. The interchange helped jump-start the publication of her book, "Public Radio: Behind the Voices." It is published by…
Read MoreDanielle Ziemba, Weekend and Special Sections editor of The Daily Star, has won a prestigious Dow Jones Special Achievement Award, one of only five or six given out annually to Ottaway Newspapers and Dow Jones employees, presenters announced Thursday. Ziemba is a 1998 graduate of the Journalism Program at SUNY…
Read MoreA 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,…
Read MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreThe 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 MoreReprinted 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 MoreBy 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreBy 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 MoreReprinted 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…
Read MoreJournalism professor Robert Miraldi will describe why reporters are increasingly under pressure from the government to reveal their confidential sources of information and why some are actually being sent to jail when he gives a talk sponsored by the Honors Program on Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. in College Hall. His…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Riverdale Press reporter Marie Villani, a 2001 State University of New York at New Paltz journalism graduate, has been named Writer of the Year by The New York Press Association at its annual conference of community newspapers held recently in Albany. In giving her the association’s…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — New York Times reporter John Darnton, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his daring reporting from Poland, has been named the fifth James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism by the State University of New York at New Paltz. Darnton, now a senior…
Read MorePRSSA SUNY New Paltz Chapter News Release For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Cavallaro cavall10@newpaltz.edu Ellie Peppard Peppar03@newpaltz.edu WEB JUNKIE TO BRING A LITTLE COLLEGE HUMOR TO CAMPUS: Jakob Lodwick of CollegeHumor.com to speak at SUNY New Paltz event NEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) announced today…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Charles J. Hanley of The Associated Press will be the featured speaker on Thursday, April 14, as the Communication and Media Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz kicks off the fourth annual Communication and Media Day. Hanley’s talk…
Read MoreBy Jillian Nolan, Assistant Managing Editor The Media Ethics class offered here is designed to teach students how to make ethical decisions in journalism, advertising and public relations. We review past cases and use ethical models to conclude what would be the right thing to do. Taking that…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — New York Times reporter John Darnton, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his daring reporting from Poland, has been named the fifth James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism by the State University of New York at New Paltz. Darnton, now a senior…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 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 MoreAlexander 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…
Read MoreThis February, the Legislative Gazette, the student run newspaper dedicated to New York Government politics in Albany, will enter into the 25th year of its’ internship program. What started as a handful of students working on the first edition with only one phone, a desk and a little bit of…
Read MoreJournalism Professor Robert Miraldi’s new biography of a turn-of-the-century investigative reporter recreates the turbulent and controversial life of a forgotten but once-famous reform journalist. But it also finds remarkable similarities in problems found in 1903 that still plague America in 2003. The book, The Pen Is Mightier: The Muckraking Life of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Sydney Schanberg, an internationally-known reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1976, will discuss with students what the American public needs from the press in light of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the nation and the possible war with Iraq that hangs over the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Award-winning reporter Ann Cooper, who currently heads up the foremost advocacy group in the world that seeks to protect endangered journalists, has been named the third James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Cooper will…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Beginning Sept. 12, SUNY New Paltz students, faculty, staff, alumni, prospective students and the world will be able to read the already established print version of The Oracle, the student newspaper, online. President of the Student Association Jonathan Amoia believes the benefits are limitless. “The online…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Journalism professor Howard Good’s seventh book, which examines how journalists are portrayed in the movies, will be published this month by Praeger Publishers. It is entitled “Media Ethics Goes to the Movies” and is intended to be used as a text for classes in media ethics….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Roger Kahn, who has been called the best baseball writer in America, will discuss his recently completed book on the 1978 New York Yankees while visiting with students from a literary journalism class at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 12:30 p.m. in Jacobson Faculty…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — To all those seeking to “break into news,” the SUNY New Paltz Society for Collegiate Journalists is holding its annual Media Day on Saturday, May 4 to promote interest in the field of journalism and offer advice on what the future holds for today’s journalism student….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — State University of New York at New Paltz students Melissa Mansfield of Poughkeepsie and Joe Burke of Huntington have received top honors from the New York Press Association for their writing in the student newspaper, The Oracle. Mansfield received first place in column writing and Burke…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bernard Stein and poet Robert Polito will speak at a writing symposium Thursday, April 18 at the State University of New York at SUNY New Paltz. The symposium, titled “Language as Power: Writing in Response to Terrorism,” is an annual event sponsored by…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — In the wake of the terror attacks of Sept 11, there has been much talk about the alleged conflict between patriotism and journalism. Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the co-author of “Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Kleber Delgado, a SUNY New Paltz senior, is one of only five college students selected nationwide to receive the Scripps Howard Most Valuable Staffer Award. This recognition includes a $10,000 monetary contribution to be split equally between the student and the SUNY New Paltz TV Station,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — NOTICE TO EDITORS: Bernard Stein will be the guest of honor at a reception and media availability at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in Room 54 of the Coykendall Science Building. Bernard L. Stein, who won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1998 for his…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz’ student-run newspaper, The Oracle, recently won second place in the Society for Collegiate Journalists Awards for general excellence. This is the second consecutive award for the Oracle, which won third place in 1999. In addition to the general excellence award, Oracle reporter Melissa…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A symposium on critical writing will be held at SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in the auditorium of the Coykendall Science Building. The panelists for the forum will be Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and visiting…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Professor Lynn Spangler’s compelling documentary on the life of Hudson Valley legend Sojourner Truth will be premiered on Thursday, March 1, at the State University of New York at New Paltz. The showing is free and open to the public. Truth was born into slavery in Ulster…
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