Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

06/02/2026

What are your reporter icks? Here’s what some J-School students had to say:

Thanks to students from John Smock’s Social Video class for contributing vox pops from around campus!

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05/29/2026

TMZ has launched new operations in Washington, D.C. — something similar to what Professor Andrew Mendelson predicted years ago. Are we in a new era of political paparazzi? Here’s how journalism on Capitol Hill is changing these days.

05/21/2026

Introducing JESS: a new AI-powered tool designed to give journalists, editors, and news organizations in the U.S. greater access to essential safety information and guidance. Created by the Journalism Protection Initiative and ACOS Alliance, JESS (Journalist Expert Safety Support) draws on a best-in-class knowledge base of security resources and expert guidance.

JESS is engineered for privacy. All interactions are confidential, and no session data is shared.

Learn more about the tool and join the beta:

JESS is an AI-powered tool designed to give journalists greater access to essential safety information and guidance by the Journalism Protection Initiative and ACOS Alliance.

05/18/2026

Welcome home, alumni! 🧡
We were so happy to reconnect with everyone who came back to the Newmark J-School for Homecoming 2026. Special thanks to our great panelists for leading discussions about journalism and its many career paths.

📸: Irene Adeline Milanez

05/13/2026

Attention alumni: Homecoming is this Saturday!

Reconnect with the Newmark J-School community and join us for conversations about cultivating audiences, independent media, navigating sustainable careers and so much more.

We can’t wait to see you back here! Get your ticket:

Calling all alumni: Join us for Homecoming 2026, where we'll explore how journalists are building independent media brands, cultivating audiences directly, and navigating sustainable careers in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

05/08/2026

The Newmark J-School is proud to announce that alum Annie Massa (‘14) was among a group of Bloomberg reporters honored as a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.

Massa and her Bloomberg colleagues were recognized for reporting on the Trump administration’s deregulation of cryptocurrencies, coverage that examined conflicts of interest and exposed the powerful political and financial forces shaping the crypto industry.

“I’m honored to have worked with my Bloomberg News colleagues on this series,” said Massa. “I’m also grateful to my CUNY professors who equipped me with skills I use every day in the newsroom.”

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The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is proud to announce that alum Annie Massa (‘14) was among a group of Bloomberg reporters honored as a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.

05/04/2026

The Newmark J-School is proud to announce that Distinguished Professor M. Gessen has won the Pulitzer Prize for Opinion Writing.

The prize recognizes Gessen's “illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience to probe timely themes of oppression, belonging and exile” for The New York Times, where they serve as an Opinion columnist.

“This recognition speaks to the clarity, depth, and fearlessness that define M. Gessen's work,” said Dean Graciela Mochkofsky. “We are incredibly proud to have them as part of our faculty and to see their contributions recognized at the highest level.”

Read more: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/05/newmark-j-school-distinguished-professor-m-gessen-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-opinion-writing/

04/29/2026

The rise of AI-generated video online may be making it harder to figure out what’s really happening, but that’s where the field of visual verification comes in.
Visual Investigations faculty Travis Mannon, who’s also a senior video producer at , highlights the importance of this open source reporting in relation to the ICE presence in Minneapolis earlier this year, and why visual verification is an important part of every reporter’s toolkit.

04/23/2026

Today, we’ve launched our first-ever Alumni Impact Report, offering a data-driven look at how Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism graduates are influencing the future of journalism at a moment when the field is being fundamentally redefined.

Drawing on data from the school’s 18 graduating classes, the report documents where Newmark J-School alumni have landed, what they are earning, and what kinds of journalism they are producing.

“As we mark our 20th anniversary this September, this report reflects a clear trajectory for the field — one where our alumni are helping journalism become more accessible, more representative, and more accountable to the public,” said Dean Graciela Mochkofsky. “It’s a picture we are proud to see, and one that challenges us to keep building on this momentum.”

Read the full report:
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/alumni/alumni-impact-report-2026/

04/20/2026

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Alumni Awards for Excellence:

🔸 Newsweek Alumni Prize: Nicol León Arge (‘25)
🔸 Frederic Wiegold Prize for Business Journalism: Cherry Salazar (‘25)
🔸 Sidney Hillman Award for Social Justice Reporting: Kennedy Sessions (‘25)
🔸 Stephen B. Shepard Prize for Investigative Reporting: Vanessa Swales (‘18)
🔸 Vivek Shah Executive Leadership Alumni Award: José J. Nieves (Executive Program ‘23)

Meet the winners: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/04/newmark-j-school-names-2026-alumni-award-honorees/