From Powerful to Poignant, 10 Thematic Shorts Competition Programs Celebrate Storytelling and Contemplate Life, Dreams, Kindness and Compassion Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of 57 thought-provoking and diverse short films in competition, including 36 world…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival’S NATIONAL BIRD Raises Ethical, Moral Issues on U.S. Drone Program
By Anthony Advincula, March 5, 2016 [Editor’s Note: This story was re-published at the request of the reporter because of copyediting errors that should have been addressed when the story was first published.] Forget about the quintessential image of an American…
After Screening at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, BETTING ON ZERO Still Sparks More Questions on Herbalife
By Anthony Advincula, Published February 28,2017 By the time the documentary BETTING ON ZERO, a documentary about Herbalife Ltd., premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, and hit U.S. theaters March 10, millions of dollars had already been mailed…
Fall Semester Reflection
Article by Carmen Rios-Nuñez
Class discussions, writing assignments tantamount to unannounced quizzes, several out-of-class interviewing exercises, as well as assignments following up a poor CBS New York article about a Hunter student groped on a subway, helped me to become a better reporter.
Filipino Leaders Vow to Protect Immigrants on Impending Deportations
By Marivir R. Montebon, OSM! The city that never sleeps may not sleep on your rights as immigrants, even if you are undocumented. This was the assuring message of the office of Mayor de Blasio to the City’s Filipino community…
NYC Commission on Human Rights Reports 60 Percent Increase in Discrimination Inquiries in 2016 and an Increase in Damages for Aggrieved New Yorkers
NYC Commission on Human Rights reported a significant increase in reports of alleged discrimination in 2016, receiving 8,330 reports in 2016 compared to 5,296 in 2015, a nearly 60 percent increase.