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Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Journalism Program, Hunter College

Founder and Editor, NewsLiteracyMatters.com

Teaching and Research Interests: News Literacy, Multimedia Reporting and Writing, News Video, Broadcast Journalism, Media Studies, Public Scholarship, Media Training

Vita
 Recent Courses:
  • Reporting and Writing
  • News Video
  • News Literacy in a Digital Age​
  • Internship in Journalism
Public Scholarship:
  • Emcee and Keynote Speech, “Reimagining the Journalism of the Future,” AFC-USA Scholarships and Honorary Awards Ceremony, Roosevelt House, December 15, 2022
  • Interviewer, “How to Win the Information War” with Nina Jankowicz, Oct. 20, 2022
  • Moderator, “Fact-checking in the Age of Misinformation” with Washington Post Reporter Salvador Rizzo, Hunter College, April 6, 2022
  • Moderator, “Reporting Between Borders,” Roosevelt House and Pulitzer Center Talk, March 15, 2022
  • “A Thousand Cuts: The Erosion of Press Freedom Around the World,” AFC-USA Scholarships and Honorary Awards Ceremony, December 22, 2021
  • "How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate," Princeton Chamber of Commerce, May 6, 2021
  • "Teaching Students how to Think like Fact-checkers," Roundtable, Breakthroughs in 2E Education Conference, March 11, 2021
  • “Fake News, Real Consequences”, Breakthroughs in 2E Education Conference, March 11, 2021
  • “A Conversation with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi,” Hunter College Journalism Program, February 17, 2021
  • “Two More COVID-19 Casualties: Local News and the Truth” AFC-USA Scholarships and Awards Virtual Ceremony, December 18, 2020
  • “How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate,” New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), December 4. 2020
  • "World Press Freedom Day: Little to Celebrate But Much to Defend," AFC-USA World Press Freedom Day Panel, May 3, 2020
  • "The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World"  AFC-USA Inaugural Awards and Scholarships Ceremony, Roosevelt House, November 4, 2019
  • NewsLiteracyMatters.com, Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Technology Showcase,  Hunter College ACERT, September 24, 2019
  • "information Neighborhoods", Curriculum Roundtable, NAMLE Conference, Washington, D.C. June 28, 2019
  • "News Literacy in a Digital Age: Teaching a New Core Competency and English Composition", Medgar Evers College, January 23, 2019
  • "A Conversation with Ann Goldstein", translator of the Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante, Concordia College, January 8, 2019
  • CUNY IT Conference, "How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate",  John Jay College, November 30, 2018
  • "A Conversation with Carola Lovering"  author of Tell Me Lies, Bronxville Library, October 30, 2018
  • Podcasting Workshop, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, October 12, 2018
  • "Academic Freedom and Social Media", Academic Freedom Mini Conference, Hunter College, May 2, 2018
  • "The Return of Cold War Nuclear Fears", Moderator for  Pulitzer Center Talk with Rachel Oswald and Tom Hundley, Hunter College's Roosevelt House, March 28, 2018
  • "Public Speaking for Student Scholars", Hunter College, January 31, 2018
  •  “A Conversation with National Book Award Finalist Min Jin Lee”, Concordia College, January 23, 2018 (article)
  •  “News Literacy Tips for Teens”, Bronxville High School, December 1, 2017
  • “Capturing Climate Change” with award winning photojournalist Sean Gallagher, Pulitzer Center talk at Guttman Community College, September 26, 2017
  • "How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate", Speaker, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Educator's Symposium: From Fake News to AI: Teaching Journalism in Contentious Times, Columbia University, September 19, 2107
  • Global News Literacy Conference: The Future of News Literacy in a Connected World; Stony Brook University, August 13-15, 2017
  • "The Global Impact of the Refugee Crisis: Journalists Report from the Field", Moderator and Organizer, Roosevelt House, New York, April 19, 2017
  • Interview, Business Insiders, “Fake News Experts Share 7 Tips to Separate Fact from Fiction”, March 3, 2017 
  • Interview with FOX5 on the relationship between the White House and the press, February 14, 2017 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLmWqg6YM4&feature=youtu.be
  • Presentation, “CUNY Journalism”, Manhattan High School Counselor’s Conference, Baruch College, November 2016
  • "Snapchat for Journalists", Speaker, Tow Center for Digital Journalism: Educator's Symposium, Columbia University, September 21, 2016
  • "Communicating with Power with the Media", Speaker, ICA Conference 2016, Fukuoka, Japan, June 2016
  • "El Paso Social Services Respond to Cuban Migrant Surge", Miami Herald, May 31, 2016
  • "Snapchat as a News Platform", Fellow and Speaker, Dow Jones News Fund Multimedia Training Academy, University of Texas in El Paso, May 2016
  • Dow Jones News Fund Fellow, 2016
  •  “News Literacy Through the Lens of the 2016 Election: News vs. Opinion” , Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University, April 2016, http://drc.centerfornewsliteracy.org/resource/making-sense-campaign-news-vs-opinion
  • "The Transformative Nature of Multimodal Writing in Journalism", a.k.a. "How Digital Journalism Changed Everything". Speaker, Hunter College Teaching Scholarship Circle: The Digital Future of Academic Research and Writing, April 2016
  •  “News Literacy Through the Lens of the 2016 Election: Truth vs. Assertion” , Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University, March 2016, http://drc.centerfornewsliteracy.org/resource/2016Pres-Candidatetruth
  • ​"Parenting Across the Media Landscape: Tips for the Modern Family", Moderator, ICA New York, May 2015
  • Public Scholarship Behind the Podium and On the Screen Half-day Workshop,  ICA Conference, Seattle, May 2014
  • "Domain on the Ground", Speaker, Domain of One's Own Atlanta Incubator Conference,  April 2014
  • "How To Write Your Own Food and Nutrition Story", Speaker, Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), Houston, October 2013
  •  “Writing for the Public”, Speaker, Emory University Hospital, August 2013
  •  “Understanding and Evaluating Political News Sources”, Speaker, The Government, Politics and Media Institute Conference, Holy Innocent’s School, June 2013
  •  “True Stories and Hard Lessons from Service Learning Projects”, Speaker, News Literacy Leadership Conference, Stony Brook University, May 2013
  • “Community Engaged Learning”, Speaker, Critical Media Literacy Group,  Emory University, March 2013   
  •  “Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Active and Engaged Learning”,  Speaker, Active Learning and Engagement Initiative, Emory’s Center for Interactive Teaching , February 2013 
  •  “How to Cover News From the Chinese and American Perspective”, Speaker, Symposium on International Communication, Nanjing, China, December 2012
  •  “Public Scholarship Behind the Podium and on the Screen”, Speaker, CFDE Public Scholarship Series, October 2012 
  •   “The iPad and the Listening Post”, Academic Exchange, Emory University, October 2012
  •   "U.S. Healthcare-What is the Future?" Moderator, Rollins School of Public Health,  September 2012   
  •  “The Power of the Image and the Case for News Literacy”, Speaker, Cultural Politics of the Visual Conference,  Nanjing, China,   May 2012    
  •  “Engaging Students through iPads”, Speaker, Faculty Connect Conference, Emory University, March 2012
  • Emory Journalism Program 10th Anniversary Documentary
  • For more, click on the VITA link above
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