“I come to you from the failing New York Times” – Nikole Hannah-Jones’s opening remark of her keynote address at ,the 41st annual Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference, Phoenix. Arizona. Senior Editor Kadia Goba who wrote this story was at the conference because she as a recipient of a Columbia Journalism School Student Fellowship to the conference.
A Victory for Patients with Disabilities: New York Commission on Human Rights Reaches Settlement with Lenox Hill Radiology Regardiing Its Failure To Provide Equal Access to Mammograms
The settlement follows an investigation into allegations of discrimination for failure to accommodate patients with disabilities. As part of the settlement agreement, the NYC Commission on Human Rights is requiring Lenox Hill Radiology to modify the front and interior of its building at 61 East 77th Street in Manhattan to make it accessible to people with disabilities; provide equipment in line with the U.S. Access Board’s accessibility standards to ensure that mammography machines are accessible; change internal scheduling, communications, and equipment purchasing policies citywide; and train staff at all its New York City locations to better accommodate patients with disabilities.
17th Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Lineup of 55 Narrative, Documentary and Animated Selections
The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one animation, and one hybrid program. The program will also include special screenings and the 12th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts Film program, sponsored by Nutella®, runs throughout the Festival, April 18-29.
Journalist Manny Jalonschi Joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris for WORD Coverage of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Manny Jalonschi joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris to cover the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vin Diesel and Taylor Hackford First Round Presenters for 45th Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Helen Mirren, April 30, Alice Tully Hall
The gala is the Film Society’s largest annual fundraiser, and aids its mission to support the art and craft of cinema and enrich film culture via year-round programming; education initiatives; Film Comment magazine; Artist, Critic, and Industry academies; and much more.
47th Annual New Directors/New Films Festival, March 28–April 8, Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art
“The purpose of New Directors/New Films is to seek out emerging filmmakers who are working at the vanguard of cinema,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “This is as diverse and wide-ranging a lineup as we’ve assembled in years: full of pleasures and provocations and, above all, surprises – proof that film remains a medium ripe for reinvention in ways big and small.”