09/22/2017
How Kia Johnson became a producer for Reuters had a lot to do with the process of elimination. “My strategy was to rule out math and science based careers, naturally.” Johnson said. “I then evaluated what I enjoyed studying and excelled in.” Find out more.
09/21/2017
Nominations are now being accepted for Consumer Reports' Unit Chair.
09/20/2017
From Poynter: A just-released study offers striking confirmation that for many journalists, data-based reporting has become more ingrained in the newsroom.
Read more … From Poynter | Study shows data reporting gaining hold in newsrooms
09/19/2017
The Guild is looking for an experienced, self-motivated organizer to work primarily on media organizing drives in the NYC metropolitan area.
Read more … Join our Team! We're Hiring another Media Organizer
09/12/2017
Smartphones have gotten smaller, then bigger, then smaller again, but one thing has remained the same over the last several years: they take high quality photos. High quality is one thing, but that doesn’t make every photo worthy of publication in the media world.
Read more … 7 Smartphone Photo Tips and Tricks for Journalists
09/12/2017
From the Pew Research Center: People deal in varying ways with tensions about what information to trust and how much they want to learn. Some are interested and engaged with information; others are wary and stressed.
Read more … From Pew Research Center | How People Approach Facts and Information
09/06/2017
These comments stemmed from Trump’s anger-fueled rant, when he said, “It’s time to expose the media … for their role in fomenting divisions in the country.” And, “[The media] are trying to take away our history and heritage … we’re smart people and these are truly dishonest people.”
What’s frightening to me isn’t just our president’s shocking, naive disregard for the First Amendment. What’s scary—truly horrifying—is that his attitude, his ideals, are sticking with about one-third of the population, according to polls.
08/17/2017
Raised in Guilford, Connecticut, a suburb outside of New Haven, Jack Dickey came to the Big Apple to attend Columbia University. He started as a staff writer for Deadspin, then moved onto TIME and is now at Sports Illustrated.
Read more … 10 Questions with Sports Illustrated's Jack Dickey
08/02/2017
Monday, July 31 marked a sobering milestone: the day to which black women have to work in 2017 in order to earn a salary equivalent to that of their white male counterparts last year.
Read more … Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: A Reminder to Stand Up and Speak Out
08/01/2017
For just about six years, member Sindhu Sundar has reported legal news at one of newest shops, Law360. Having relocated from Singapore to the Big Apple, Sundar enrolled in the graduate NYU Journalism program, which, she noted, marked an irrevocable career change. (After all, she studied mechanical engineering at the National University of Singapore.)
