“The WORD is an advocate of progressive journalism and a staunch advocate of student journalism, and more than any other faculty-supervised or student-operated news media at the City University of New York, has been in the vortex of the most contentious battles and issues regarding teaching, writing instruction and academic freedom. And it prevails.”
WORD staff on the left – at a meeting with Former NYC Comptroller William C. Thompson, now Chair of CUNY Board of Trustees. On the right, WORD staff who covered the Democrat National Convention when Senator Barack Obama was nominated to run for President.
Picture published in Hunter Alumni Magzine …
Gregg W. Morris can be reached at gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu and, update, January 9, 2022 update, greggh@comcast.net