Media, Law & Policy
Spring 2017 Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series Begins with Dahlia Lithwick from Slate
The annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series begins Wednesday, Feb. 8, with guest lecturer Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court correspondent and host of the “Amicus” podcast for Slate.com. The series will also feature seven other distinguished lecturers, including Chief…
College of Law Launches New York City Externship Program
The College of Law has introduced the New York City Externship Program. Available to qualified second- and third-year College of Law students, the New York City Externship Program will provide legal placements across the spectrum of career paths, from traditional…
Student Journalists Cover Major Political Events
Real-world experience is vital for aspiring broadcast journalists. Two future broadcasters, Meghan Mistry ’17 from the Newhouse School and Kate Capodanno ’17 from the College of Arts and Sciences, recently experienced major political events worthy of placement on their pitch…
Newhouse Graphic Design Workshop Will Work on Rebrand for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Southside
Forty graphic design students from the Newhouse School’s multimedia photography and design department will spend Feb. 9–11 designing materials for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Southside neighborhood at the third annual Pixels & Print design workshop. The workshop will provide students with a real-world…
Newhouse School to Participate in Groundbreaking Training Initiative on Drone Journalism
The Newhouse School of Public Communications will be one of four schools nationwide to host an innovative new program to train journalists in the use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, for news coverage. The program was developed by the…
Sportscaster Dave O’Brien ’86 Treasures Chance to Live His Dream
Dave O’Brien ’86 often fell asleep listening to radio broadcasts of his beloved Boston Red Sox, typical behavior for a sports-loving boy growing up in Massachusetts. Devoted baseball fans, O’Brien and his father, Robert, spent many afternoons watching the Red…
Newhouse Professor Explains Fake News
Tom Boll was a newspaper journalist for 30 years and has been an adjunct professor in the Newhouse School since 2007. There, he’s taught newswriting as well as news literacy. One of his courses, COM 337, “Real News, Fake News:…
LIS Student Becky Fitzgerald Receives NYLA’s Dewey Scholarship
Becky Fitzgerald, a graduate student in the master’s program in library and information science – school media in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is one of seven students to receive the 2016 Dewey Scholarship award from the New York Library…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law Welcomes Fulbright Students from Eurasia
Jeyhun Haqverdiyev was inspired to come to the United States to pursue LL.M. studies while working with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2009. Haqverdiyev, a Fulbright student from Azerbaijan, had been working on a Rule of…
Refugee Work Motivates Maxwell Alumna in New Role as Empire State Fellow
While working for the non-governmental organization Refugees International from 2006-10, Camilla Campisi G’05 traveled on multiple missions to countries in Africa and Asia to meet with displaced people. Her focus was on assessing their situations and advocating for their protection…