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The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is going tuition-free, its namesake Craig Newmark and the school's dean, Graciela Mochkofsky, told Axios. It will be the first journalism graduate school to offer a tuition-free program — a move intended to help widen opportunities for journalists from more diverse backgrounds. "If we're serious about the future of trustworthy journalism as democracy's immune system, we've got to create ways to make the pipeline and product more resilient to economics and shifting moods. Endowments help do that," Newmark said. Newmark, who founded Craigslist, is committing an additional $10 million to the school's endowment, on top of a $20 million contribution he made in 2019. The school will use that funding, in addition to another, smaller endowment for scholarships, to cover tuition for 50% of students next year. The school is raising money to expand its fund to $60 million by 2026 — enough to cover tuition for all students. Tuition for a full masters degree at the school is $18,609 for New York State residents and $38,739 for the non-residents. The school has been incrementally offering free tuition, beginning two years ago, Mochkofsky said. This year, 25% of students will be covered. Next year, 50% will be covered. The big picture: The news industry has been reeling from a post-pandemic slowdown in the ad market, leading to a record number of layoffs and cost-cutting measures. Staff reductions have led to fewer mentorship and training opportunities, making education more vital for young reporters, Mochkofsky said. "Maybe in the past, journalism schools weren't as necessary because you got trained by mentors and editors. The industry now is so resourced starved — that's not available to people anymore."

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Elated to share that thanks to a $10 million gift from Craig Newmark, which we are adding to his previous $20M investment, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY will be able to offer free tuition to 50 percent of our students. This gift also marks the official launch of a campaign to become tuition free for all of our students by the end of 2026, when we will celebrate the school’s twentieth anniversary. I am so proud of this. Maybe there was a time in which journalism schools weren’t as necessary, because newsrooms could afford the personnel, time and effort to shape the rookie reporter, help them try and fail until they made it. In our resource-starved industry, that is no longer the case. The growing need for a more diverse and imaginative generation of journalists and media leaders who can find the ways forward for the industry require an extraordinary effort from journalism schools, key in recruiting and shaping the most important part of the industry: its people. We need to eliminate all barriers that prevent future journalists from joining the news industry and staying in it. A free and outstanding journalism education, which provides not only the skills but the critical thinking and helps open doors, is the first of those barriers. Successful business models are absolutely necessary, but the most necessary element for a strong, independent journalism are the people who make it. The news industry will change and transform and become something different, but our need for journalists will remain the same.

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I'm honored that "The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall and Main Street" was chose by CHOICE magazine as one of its "Outstanding Academic Titles" for the past year. (Thanks to my editor Hilary C.!) CHOICE is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Its reviews and picks are closely guarded and highly respected. It wrote, "Overall, this book offers time-tested and novel solutions to repair business reporting in an era in which access to meaningful, trustworthy news is crucial." Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduates through faculty; general readers; practitioners. You can get it for 30% off by using the code TGUF: https://lnkd.in/esMkfAjp.

I recently posted an essay about the history of Journalism/Photojournalism. It covers many of the linear advancements of the field, as well as the basis of news and targeted audiences. Fun fact: For stories to be considered newsworthy, news must fall under a certain subset of values. Values such as Impact, Immediacy, Proximity, Prominence, Novelty, Conflict and Emotions all affect stories and audiences differently. For more information visit the full article at the link below! #WSUpjHistory #Photojournalism #PhotojournalismHistory #History/1 https://lnkd.in/gcz7qwdX

In an age when #journalism can often be agenda- and clickbait-driven, locally depleted, and, sadly, carelessly covered or just plain fake, it is informative and refreshing to come back to the first-edition book by Rich Martin titled "Living Journalism: Principles & Practices for an Essential Profession," which I read early on in graduate school.

$10 Million Gift Sets Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism on Path to Free Tuition As one who holds a Communications Arts Degree in Journalism and Speech, I am excited to read about this investment in the next generation of journalist. I hope that the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY's curriculum addresses cultural conditioning, so we have fair and unbiased reporting! Hopefully, the curriculum also teaches the next generation of journalist to change the dehumanizing narratives for people and communities of color. We need to stop using words like poor, low-income, poverty, etc. Humans should be uplifted and these terms only continue to feed the institutional racism that is interwoven in everything. Let's use words that are more accurate like #UnderResourced, #Undervalued, #UnderEstimated, etc. Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, I am open to being added to your guest lecturer list, if you have one. Craig Newmark thank you for this transformational investment in the next generation of storytellers and narrative disruptors! This quote says it perfectly..... “If we believe journalism is public service, a service that is essential to our democracy, then we need to eliminate the barriers that stand between the people who want to go into journalism and a successful career in news media,” said Graciela Mochkofsky, Dean of the Newmark J-School. “The first barrier is a lack of access to an excellent journalism education, and the Newmark J-School is determined to lead the way in eliminating it. Our beleaguered industry and profession demand it.” San Antonio Report Angie Mock Iris Dimmick Jimmy B Holmes, Publisher-President https://lnkd.in/gucS_9s5

In my 2nd semester of University, I had to write a blog for academic purpose. The topic was "Yellow Journalism". I find out that it is very important in our life because we often believe in rumors. So, I thought to share it with you. Check out the link bellow⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gu-CtPGy

It's out! Our report on rethinking journalism innovation, funding and policy, with contributions from leading journalists and scholars. Across the 14 articles, the contributors consider how to reshape the practice of journalism, examine existing and emerging business models and analyze the impact of policy in different national contexts.