Journalism 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…
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…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Legislative Gazette, the weekly newspaper of New York state government and SUNY New Paltz’s semester-long internship program in public affairs journalism in Albany, has hired a new editor to replace Glenn Doty, who retired in December after 23 years with the newspaper. John Bechtel, who…
Read MoreRobert Miraldi (Communication & Media) has edited an anthology, The Muckrakers: Evangelical Crusaders, which will be published in fall 2000 by Greenwood Press. It is a collection of articles about turn-of-the-century investigative reporting. Miraldi wrote the book’s introduction and also contributed a chapter. Howard Good (Communication & Media) authored the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz professor Howard Good’s latest book, The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype, has recently been published by Scarecrow Press. According to Good, who has taught journalism at New Paltz since 1985, there is a long and complicated history to the prevalent…
Read MoreMary Kahl (Communication & Media) recently concluded a term as chair of the Public Address Division of the National Communication Association – a professional alliance of communication scholars. She currently serves on the NCA’s Legislative Council. Her paper, “Doing the People’s Business in the Wake of Impeachment: The Rhetorical and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz campus newspaper, The Oracle, won third place honors for overall excellence in a national contest of the Society for Collegiate Journalists – the nation’s oldest honor society for students of mass communication, according to Shelly Wright, a lecturer in the university’s Journalism Program….
Read MoreDesiree Grand (Senior/Journalism), currently in Albany completing her Journalism Program internship with the Legislative Gazette, was a finalist in the Los Angeles Times’ prestigious METPRO Program for Minority Journalists – an extremely competitive project and “a great step upward” even for experienced journalists, according to Jessica Siegel (Communication & Media)….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A panel discussion on political activism and journalism will take place March 29 in SUNY New Paltz’s Parker Theatre from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m. Award-winning journalist and author Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News will highlight a panel which includes journalist and professor Karl Grossman,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz journalism student Tracy Vanstaalduinen has been awarded a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund 12-week summer internship in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She will perform writing, editing and page design for the daily newspaper Plattsburgh Press-Republican, which has a circulation of 23,000 covering the northeastern Clinton, Essex and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and author Colman McCarthy, who is also well known as an educator and pacifist, will speak on the topic, “How to be an Effective Peacemaker,” at SUNY New Paltz on December 1 at 7 p.m. in LC 102. McCarthy is a Washington…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Alex Storozynski, a SUNY New Paltz graduate who won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism last April, will visit the New Paltz campus and speak with students on Monday, October 25, at 3:30 p.m. in the Faculty Tower Room 1000. Storozynski, who graduated in 1983, won journalism’s…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Rob Miraldi, who teaches journalism in the Communication and Media Department at SUNY New Paltz, has received the second place award from the Associated Press for his monthly newspaper column on freedom of speech and the First Amendment. His work was entered in the column writing category….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Alex Storozynski, a 1983 graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, was among the winners of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. Storozynski is a member of the editorial board at the New York Daily News that earned the prestigious award for…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — June Beallor, a 1983 graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, was among those on stage when the Academy Award for the Best Feature Length Documentary, “The Last Days,” was handed out Sunday evening. She joined director and editor James Moll, who immediately…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Howard Good, a professor of journalism in the department of communication and media at the State University of New York at New Paltz will discuss his most recent book, Girl Reporter: Gender, Journalism and the Movies at a November 3 colloquium sponsored by the women’s studies program….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A new course of study in Public Relations will begin this fall at the State University of New York at New Paltz, according to William W. Vasse vice president for academic affairs. Students will be able to take introductory and advanced courses in public relations, as…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — -SUNY New Paltz Professor Howard Good’s fifth book, Girl Reporter: Gender, Journalism, and the Movies, has been published by Scarecrow Press. Using Torchy Blane, the hero of nine Warner Brothers films from the 1930s, as the centerpiece, this cultural study examines Hollywood’s infatuation with the female reporter….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Robert Miraldi, chair of the communication and media department at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has received a first prize award for his newspaper column from the New York State Newspaper Publishers Association. The award was handed out Monday at an annual…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Applications are now being accepted for the third annual Summer Institute of Journalism to be held at the State University of New York at New Paltz July 8 through 17. The Summer Institute is a scholarship program designed for students from groups now underrepresented in the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Howard Good, a faculty member at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has written his fourth book, Diamonds in the Dark: America, Baseball, and the Movies. Published by Scarecrow Press, the book examines Hollywood’s love affair with baseball, providing information on hundreds of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Janice W. Anderson, a faculty member at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has written a book that provides practical suggestions for dealing with conflict in the workplace. In Communication Skills for Surviving Conflicts at Work, Anderson, with co-authors Myrna Foster-Kuehn of Clarion…
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