The following passage is edited for context, accuracy and clarification for comments by Jojo Annobil, Executive Director, Immigrant Justice Corps, at the CUNY J-School forum, November 21. One-point-nine million of the undocumented population have lived in this country for…
Author: Greggory Morris
Writer, author, activist journalism professor with an attitude.
OFF THE RAILS, Grand Jury Award Winner, DOC NYC Part – 2, Adam Irving Interview
Pictures courtesy of Adam Irving Adam Irving, researching ideas several years for his first full length documentary, was reading a Wikipedia article about people obsessed with trains and came across a Wikipedia article about Darius McCollum’s. “‘Darius McCollum has…
DOC NYC Seventh Annual Festival Awards
The Islands and the Whales, Off the Rails, Short Beside Manner won Grand Jury Prizes. Death By a Thousand Cuts won Audience Award. Wrapping November 17, this past Thursday, the festival started November 10 at the IFC Center, SVA…
OFF THE RAILS Film Review, DOC NYC – Part 1 [Editor’s Note: November 20 Update – Winner of Grand Jury Prize]
Pictures courtesy of Adam Irving OFF THE RAILS: Showcasing the Power of Art Where Journalism Can’t Go New Yorkers who missed the opening of Director/Cinematographer Adam Irving’s OFF THE RAILS that screened at the recent NYC DOCS festival and…
How Hunter Millennials Stay Informed About News – Part 4
By Contributing Writer Avid Maldonado, November 16, 2016 NBC, CNN, and the New York Times are just a few of the preferred news media outlets of students interviewed by this writer for this article about how they stay informed about…
How Hunter Millennials Stay Informed About News – Part 3
By Contributing Writer Andrew Henry The state of the news media is an important factor in this Democracy, effecting everyone from newborn babies in their cribs to the retirees fortunate enough to be vacationing in their vacation homes in these…
How Hunter’s Millennials Stay Informed About News – Part 2 by Contributing Writer Kashima Grant
By Contributing Writer Kashima Grant What Is News What is news? And why is “this” particular story considered news and why is “that” particular story considered news? I find myself asking the questions multiple times a day when I…
The Day After the U.S. Elections by OSM! Editor Marivir R. Montebon
The day after the U.S. elections, Wednesday, was warm but gloomy. My first bus ride was unusually subdued, unlike the previous days when people were either too bubbly or mean-spirited. This morning, people from all races: Asian, Black, Latino, White,…
How Hunter Millennials Stay Informed About News– Part 1
By Contributing Writer Dejanira Budansingh, November 2, 2016 First in a series of articles for a journalism ethics project reporting on how Hunter millennials select news sources. Five student’s were interviewed about their news consumption habits, and it turns…
Black Filmmakers at DOC NYC, America’s Largest Documentary Film Festival, November 10-17
By Gregg Morris, October 30, Press Info From DOC NYC DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, runs November 10-17 at the IFC Center, Cinepolis Chelsea and the SVA Theatre. The 7th annual festival includes 111 feature-length documentaries (and 102 shorts)…