NYC COMMUNITY LEADERS WANT STATE LAWMAKERS TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS THAT PROTECT THE DISADVANTAGED
Community leaders are asking lawmakers in Albany for a voice when discussing environmental policy. “State legislators really need to hear from their constituents,” said Briana Carbajal, state legislative manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice.
CITY NEWSROOM: THE PODCAST FIRST EDITION
City Newsroom illuminates the rich and varied intersections that make up the fabric of life in New York City. This podcast is a retrospective of the reporting done by journalists at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
WATCH NYPD STORM COLUMBIA’S CAMPUS AND ARREST PROTESTERS
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested as New York Police Department entered Columbia’s Morningside campus, which was on lockdown, and cleared Hamilton Hall of a group who had broken in and occupied it Monday night.
ACCESS RESTRICTED ON MORNINGSIDE CAMPUS AS PROTESTS ESCALATE AT COLUMBIA
Columbia University Morningside Heights campus is on lockdown after student protesters stormed into Hamilton Hall and occupied the lecture building in the early hours of Tuesday.
COLUMBIA SAYS IT HAS STARTED TO SUSPEND STUDENTS AFTER THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE ENCAMPMENT
Columbia officials said they had begun suspending students unwilling to leave the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The school asked protesters to leave the camp voluntarily before 2 p.m. or face disciplinary actions. But the students vowed to stay put.
AFTER NEGOTIATIONS FAILED, COLUMBIA IS ASKING PROTESTERS TO VOLUNTARILY LEAVE THE ENCAMPMENT BY 2 P.M.
Negotiations between Columbia University officials and students protesting on the West Lawn of campus have ended without an agreement. The institution is now asking protesters to voluntarily leave the encampment.
BARRED STUDENT PROTESTER STILL PRESENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ENCAMPMENT
Despite being barred from campus by Columbia University officials since Friday, student protester Khymani James, 20, was still at the West Lawn Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Saturday evening.
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN COLUMBIA’S ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENT PROTESTERS
As the Gaza Solidarity Encampment enters its tenth day on the West Lawn of Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus, negotiations continue between university officials and student protesters.
AMID A BOOING CROWD, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SUGGESTS SENDING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
“It is truly outrageous and it’s clear that the president of this university cannot control the campus,” said Johnson on the steps of Low Library at Columbia University amid student protests.
WHAT ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JOB DUTIES?
City Council members are vital to the pulse of New York City. They do important work, even if few New Yorkers know about it. They introduce new laws and vote on them. They also negotiate the budget with the mayor and monitor city agencies and act as a voice for their communities.
RAYA SALTER IS CHALLENGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE
When Raya Salter told a fellow Black woman about her climate work, she says she was told “Good luck with the polar bears, sis!” It’s a common misconception Salter sees people make when they think about climate change — that it’s not about people.
DOCUMENTARY EXAMINES HOW AMERICAN JOURNALISM IS BEING ‘STRIPPED FOR PARTS’
Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith came to Columbia Journalism School to present “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.”
The film exposes the role of hedge funds in the precipitous decline of local newsrooms in the United States.
CNN’S GLORIA PAZMINO: “LOCAL JOURNALISM IS ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY.”
At age 11 and without speaking a word of English, Gloria Pazmino came to the United States, spending her teenage years in New York and New Jersey. Today, she is covering breaking news as a national correspondent for CNN.
ART IS BRINGING PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH PEOPLE TOGETHER AMID PROTESTS IN NEW YORK CITY
In the wake of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, political unrest has spread around the world, including here in New York City. But art is bringing these communities together: Hallie Chametzky is Jewish and she’s showing her support for Palestinians through art.
HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST CRISIS NEW YORK CITY FACES, SAYS THE MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Mark Levine garnered national attention as a leader in the fight against Covid-19, giving New Yorkers regular updates during the worst days of the pandemic. Now, as Manhattan borough president, he is laser-focused on what he says is the number one crisis the city faces: housing.
WORD: LIFE: AN OPINIONATED MIXTAPE OF HIP HOP JOURNALISM
“WORD: LIFE: An Opinionated Mixtape of Hip Hop Journalism” was held Feb. 20-21. Columbia Journalism School co-hosted the event with Critical Minded, the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Ford Foundation.
Francesca Maria Lorenzini 