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Save the Date: For a Talk, Q&A, and Book Signing by Eyal Press Nov. 16
Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the “kill floors” of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States’ most violent and abusive prisons. Dirty Work offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society’s most ethically troubling jobs. Continue reading
Nov. 3 WebEx Event: Gayle x Gayle: A Father-Daughter Journey into Living While Black Through Photojournalism
Join us November 3 for a special event:
Gayle x Gayle: A Father-Daughter Journey into Living While Black Through Photojournalism
Wednesday November 3, 4-5pm On WebEx (please note new link)
Introduction by Adrienne Lee Atterberry, PhD
PRODiG Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
Please read the chapter The Promise from C Wright Mills’ book, The Sociological Imagination to prepare.
Professor Gayle will take us on an engaging journey into the photographic documentation of Black life over six decades by both Professor Gayle and her father, the late James Gayle. There are recurring themes in the images, which mainstream media overlooked for one reason or another.
As we look at this project’s images, where does the sociological imagination fit?
And when talking about reality, whose reality is it?
Let’s spend an evening engaging in this conversation from a mass communications, fine art, and sociological point of view.
Gina Gayle, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Visual and Multimedia Storytelling at Emerson College. She is a photojournalist, educator, and researcher earning her doctorate in Mass Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Recent awards and fellowships include the Hearst Newspaper Journalism Fellowship and the NABJ Gulf Coast Fellowship. More info at this link.
This event is hosted by Eddy at New Paltz and co-sponsored by the Photography Program / Art Department, the James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism Program, the Digital Media and Journalism Department, The Sociology Department, and the Faculty Development Center.
REMINDER: Nov. 2 Reading with Author Deborah Copaken on Journalism, Gender and Power Dynamics in the Workplace
Author Deborah Copaken will visit campus to do a reading and book signing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, in the Science Hall Auditorium (SH 181) and Lobby. She will speak about gender and power issues like those addressed in her essay in The Nation: “My So-Called Post Feminist Life in Arts and Letters: Part II. Continue reading
Career and Internship Fair Slated for Oct. 20
The Career Resource Center will host its semi-annual Jobs & Internship Fair on October 20, 2021 from 11-3 in the SUB Multi-Purpose Room.
Students are encouraged to prepare their resume, research the exhibitors, and come dressed to impress. Leading up to the event, the career resource center has scheduled or drop in hours to look over resumes and help prepare for the fair. That day, there will also be a LinkedIn photo booth, where a photographer will take your portrait photo for you to upload to your LinkedIn profile. Over 75 employers are looking to fill full-time, part-time, and internships positions. Be sure to RSVP for this event through Handshake to increase your visibility to potential employers.
Nature Culture & History Storyteller Evan Pritchard To Present Live Storytelling Event on Campus Oct. 5
Save the Date: Tuesday, October 5 from 4-5pm or 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Location: SUNY New Paltz, College Terrace
Topic: Bundling Humans and Nature Together: An Autumn Blanket of Stories
The Department of Communication will host author/storyteller Evan Pritchard on Tuesday, Oct. 5 for an evening of storytelling entitled, “Bundling Humans and Nature Together: An Autumn Blanket of Stories.” The event will take place in the College Terrace. 
Communication faculty and students and those enrolled in Storytelling and Culture are invited to attend one of two identical sessions: the first from 4-5 p.m., and the second from 5:15-6:15 p.m., which will allow for social distancing. The college reminds all attendees of its mandatory indoor face covering policy. Please wear a mask.
Evan Pritchard, a descendant of the MI’kmaq, one of the Algonquin nations, is the director of the Center for Algonquin Culture in Rosendale, New York. www.algonquinculture.org.
He has been interviewing traditional native elders for over thirty years. He has lectured on native studies at colleges including Vassar, Pace, Marist, Columbia University, SUNY, and several others. He is the author of over fifty books on native culture and history, including Native New Yorkers; Henry Hudson and the Algonquins (Chicago Review Press); Bird Medicine (Inner Traditions/Simon and Schuster); Native American Stories of the Sacred (Turner Books) and No Word for Time (Millichap). Evan Pritchard has published original maps of Native American settlements in the Hudson Valley, some of which have been included in an online history exhibition at CONTACT: The Dutch Meet the Wappinger Confederacy at Hell Gate, 1645
-1646 | Gracie Mansion funded by The government of the Netherlands. He frequently appears on radio stations including WBAI and WNYC, and has been a featured guest on CNN, ABC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and on Roger Hernandez’s 90-minute special “Touring Native New York” on Manhattan Cable.
“We Are All Gig Workers Now, ” Tammy Kim’s public lecture, Tuesday April 6 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Career and Internship Fair Slated for March 3; Students Must Register To Participate
The Career Resource Center is hosting a Spring Virtual Career Fair for Jobs & Internships on March 3, from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Students will be able to meet with recruiters for jobs and internships. Be prepared to share your resume with recruiters. If you need help writing or improving your resume, visit the Career Resource Center’s virtual drop-in hours (info below)
Free, Virtual Day-Long State of the Journalism Field Seminar Slated for March 6 for New York Journalism Students and Journalists
The Journalism Programs at the Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Journalists Association of New York, invite journalism faculty and students to a virtual State of the Field seminar on Saturday, March 6th. This seminar is free of charge and geared toward journalism students and young professionals working in all journalism platforms.
Below is the program, full of outstanding speakers:
STATE OF THE FIELD 2021
8:30am Welcome Remarks
8:45-9:15am Keynote, Weijia Jang CBS News Senior White House Correspondent
9:20-10:30am Opening Session, Misinformation and Disinformation, Al Tompkins, The Poynter Institute
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-11:45am General Session Panel Discussion:
Beat Reporting: How to develop a subject-area specialty and thrive as a journalist
Karen DeWitt – New York State Public, Radio Capitol Bureau Chief
Myles Miller – WNBC TV New York, General Assignment Reporter
Erin Billups – Spectrum News, National Health Reporter
Cathleen F. Crowley – Albany Times Union, Data Journalist, Web Producer
Moderator: Simon Perez, Newhouse Broadcast and Digital Journalism professor
1:00-2:15pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Creative Storytelling-Pandemic or Not, with Boyd Huppert, KARE-TV Reporter
Session 2: Where is the Industry headed, RTDNA Newsroom Survey with Bob Papper Newhouse Broadcast and Digital Journalism Adjunct Professor
Session 3: Better Photography for All News Platforms
Kevin Rivoli The Auburn Citizen – Staff photographer
N. Scott Trimble Syracuse Media Group Photojournalist, Drone photojournalist
Moderator: Seth Gitner, Newhouse Magazine, News and Digital Journalism professor
Session 4: Finding Your Voice for Radio, TV, and Podcasts, George Bodarky WFUV New York News and Public Affairs Director
2:20-3:30 pm General Session
Panel Discussion: Reporting on Social Justice: Challenges and Strategies for Journalists
Amanda Barrett – Deputy Managing Editor, The Associated Press
Richard Prince – Columnist for Journal-isms, and former Washington Post Journalist
Sarah Glover – NBC Manager of Social Media Strategy, former President of NABJ, Newhouse alum
Duchesne Drew – President, Minnesota Public Radio
Moderator — Lynne Adrine, Director, Newhouse DC Graduate Program; Adjunct Broadcast and Digital Journalism
3:35 -4:45 pm General Session
Managing Newsroom Stress and Trauma in a Pandemic, Al Tompkins, The Poynter Institute with Sidney Tompkins, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor)
For information, please email Newhouse BDJ program at nhbdj<at>syr.edu
Students Have FREE Access to Hunter Mountain Film Festival
The 2020 International Hunter Mountain Film Festival runs from Oct. 23 to 25, and New Paltz DMJ students can get free access to all their program offerings.
To get free access to their content, visit www.
If you’re interested in this festival, consider submitting a project for it next year — they’re hoping to get more students involved.
Here’s their Instagram accounts if you’d like to give them a follow: @rollthecredits_