From Construction Worker to New York Artist

A peek inside Emilio Ramos’ world with Marilyn.

Emilio and I met on Sunday afternoon at his East Harlem studio which also serves as his home. Painted fabric and some paints on the staircase outside his apartment, already give…

The Beginning of Another Spring Celebrates the Life of Poet and Activist Ricardo León Villa-Peña.

Five years after his death, his widow, friends and residents of Umbrella House — an East Village building he fought for and turned into a Co-Op—keep Ricardo alive…

Find Your Audience And Let Them Lead You

Last week in class, we had a video call with Walter Frick, senior associate editor of Harvard Business Review. The HBR is a management magazine with a specific audience that follows on topics regarding industries and management functions. Walter talked to us…

Get Your Facts Right

Verification is one of the ways to success.

Last December, news organizations like Forbes, Fox News, NY Post among others, released a report about Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán - the infamous drug dealer and most wanted man by Mexican…

Painting Brighter Futures for Young Adults

An art program offers an alternative sentence for city teens in trouble with the law

Five years ago, Daniel Aguilar was spending his teenage years trying to gain respect from…

We are all in the affected area

The Future is marked safe

Chartbeat CEO Tony Hail came to talk to us about metrics last week, where he strongly stated that traffic equals Facebook. It’s not news that Facebook dominates online traffic; the platform has become a…

Hearken To Your Community

Breaking the taboos in journalism about who asks the questions.

Throughout the semester we were introduced to a number of useful and innovative platforms to help us engage with our communities and find what are the…

“We Never Know How High We Are”.

News organizations are not afraid trying new methods to broaden their audiences, even if it means stumbling across cultural and language barriers.