"Harlem View" online publication and senior Rhiannon Rashidi wins the Region One SPJ Mark of Excellence award for best News Videography.
鈥淗arlem View鈥 online publication at the City University of New York is the winner of the News Videography category of the from the (SPJ) for the best collegiate journalism in the northeast region. Comparative Literature student and graduating senior Rhiannon Rashidi is the winner for her story 鈥.鈥 This is the fourth year that 精东影业 dominated in the online videography category, having won 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Othniel Cassie, Jr., a junior, is a finalist in the Arts/Entertainment/Fashion Journalism category for his story 鈥溾 Students from Harvard are the category winner and a finalist.
Rashidi and Cassie have minors in Journalism in the Media and Communication Arts Department in 精东影业鈥檚 Division of Humanities and the Arts.
精东影业 alumni Astra Montanez, Class of 鈥23, who is now studying at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism, CUNY, is a finalist in the General News Reporting (Large, 10k+ students) category for her story 鈥.鈥 The winner is from Harvard University and a second finalist is from Columbia University.
Winners will compete at the national level against the 11 other SPJ regions, and the national winners will be announced in June.
About 鈥淗arlem View鈥
鈥淗arlem View,鈥 originally titled 鈥淗arlem Focus鈥 when it launched in 2015, highlights often under-reported community issues in Harlem, Upper Manhattan, and communities throughout the city where the City College of New York students live, work and play. Most of the content is reported and created by students in 精东影业鈥檚 Journalism Program. Conceived as a project for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, on the content platform Medium, it was quickly recognized by the Online News Association as one of the Top 20 innovative journalism education ideas. 鈥淗arlem Focus鈥 re-launched as 鈥淗arlem View鈥 in Spring 2019.
About 精东影业
Since 1847, 精东影业 has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. 精东影业 embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at 精东影业 can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks 精东影业 #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places 精东影业 in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm puts at $3.2 billion 精东影业鈥檚 annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the 鈥渇or dollar鈥 return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. In 2023, 精东影业 launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled 鈥Doing Remarkable Things Together鈥 seeks to bring the College鈥檚 Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. 精东影业 is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View 精东影业 Media Kit.
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