Lessons from a year of social journalism
Join us to hear from the class of 2017 on what they have learned about community engagement
The CUNY-J School Social Journalism program welcomes you to campus to hear what our students learned about serving communities over the course of their year-long MA program.
Bots, design thinking, social video, Snapchat, Listening Posts, analytics, crowdsourcing…you name it, chances are they’ve experimented with it as we look at better ways to understand and engage audiences.
Date: December 13
Time: 5:30pm-(approx)8:30pm Presentations with reception to follow
Location: CUNY-J, 219 W. 40th St./Newsroom
FREE, but please register here.
Not in New York? We’ll livestream, and video will be uploaded to YouTube following the event. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #socialj
Each student chooses a community to work with throughout the course of the program. You’ll hear about all of the diverse strategies they’ve used in working with a range of communities, from the underground music scene in NYC to victims of emotional abuse.
Each student will have nine minutes — time limit strictly enforced! — to describe what they’ve done and learned throughout the year. We’ll have a reception to follow where you can meet the students, who will graduate on December 15.
Program
Sebastián Auyanet is a Fulbright recipient and editor at El Observador in Uruguay. He spent his year working with people in New York City who lack access to adequate air conditioning or heat. You can find him on Medium or Twitter @Sebauyanet
Jennifer Groff has worked for the past decade for The Salvation Army of Greater New York. She spent her year working with survivors of sex trafficking. You can find her on Medium or Twitter @Groffy79
Melissa DiPento has worked as an adjunct journalism professor at various Philadelphia-area universities and Brooklyn College and as a reporter for Technical.ly and the South Jersey Times. She spent her year working with journalism educators. You can find her on Medium or on Twitter @mdipento
Viktoria Muench, a native of Germany, is a journalism graduate from Lindenwold University in Missouri where she was an active participant in student media. She spent her year working with victims of emotional abuse. You can find her on Medium or on Twitter @viktoriamuench
Ghita Benslimane is a native of Morocco who previously worked for Snapchat and Morocco World News. She spent her year working with international students. You can find her on Medium or on Twitter @GhitaTweets
Max Resnik is producing the documentary film “A Defiant Dude” and manages the facilities at Downtown Community Television Center. He spent his year working with community and ethnic media in NYC. You can find him on Medium or on Twitter @MaxResnik
Maria Fraschilla is a powerlifter and personal trainer who manages social media for the New York Athletic Club and previously worked for New York Road Runners and Harbor Fitness. She spent her year with working with athletes struggling with mental health issues. You can find her on Medium and on Twitter @MariaFraschilla
Charles Turner worked as reporter covering social activism in Myanmar, specifically the growing labor movement, and served as the chief editor of MYANMORE, a lifestyle and travel publication based in Yangon. He spent his year continuing to cover Myanmar and the Rohingya refugee crisis. You can find him on Medium and on Twitter @charlesmichio
Jessica Brockington launched a community newspaper in Washington Heights where she reported for three years on neighborhood issues, and once held a Series 3 options license at a hedge fund. She spent her year working with the interfaith community in NYC. You can find her on Medium and on Twitter @NYCityOfLove and @birdyUWS
Laura Calcada, a native of Catalonia, has reported for NPR’s Latino USA, Time Out Barcelona, El Temps, El Núvol and El Món. She spent her year working with socially-engaged artists in NYC. You can find her on Medium and on Twitter as @Lauracalcada
Angelo Paura, a native of Italy, is an editor and reporter Gruppo Sole 24 Ore, the publisher of Italy’s most important financial newspaper, and has written for numerous other outlets. He spent his year working with the immersive journalism and virtual reality community. You can find him on Medium and on Twitter @angelopaura
Alyxaundria Sanford has worked as a news producer, contributor and freelance writer for organizations such as ABC, NBC, and Salon.com and has a MA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She spent her year working with ex-offenders reentering society. You can find her on Medium and on Twitter @sanfordreports
Kristine Villanueva is a Rutgers journalism grad who has worked with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. She spent her year working with the DIY underground music scene. You can find her on Medium and on Twitter @kristine_ish
