After a nine-year tenure as the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Stephen B. Shepard has announced that he will step down from the post at the end of the year. Shepard was honored at the J-School gala on May 15. Here is an excerpt of the [...]
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Haves and Have-Nots
Uganda's drug-trial business is booming - but is it fair?
Foreign donors, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies have come in to help an isolated region located in the heart of Uganda’s HIV/AIDS zone, but the campaign is raising painful questions.
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City Stories
Unfair Fate
One murder, two families, and three decades in search of justice
On November 2, 1981, John Chase Wood Jr. stepped out of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for the last time into the mild autumn evening, wearing his white doctor’s coat. His life would end that night, but his story goes on.
By Lisa Riordan Seville
Published: November 1, 2012
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On November 2, 1981, John Chase Wood Jr. stepped out of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for the last time into the mild autumn evening, wearing his white doctor’s coat. His life would end that night, but his story goes on.
Published: November 1, 2012
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Storytelling
Cauldron of Creation
How Andy Carvin turned social media into a powerful tool for covering the Arab Spring
Using mostly Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Carvin covered six revolutions across the Arab world, many of them simultaneously. A journalist’s life: Penetrating the fog of revolution from 6,000 miles away.
By Mikhael Simmonds
Published: February 1, 2013
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Using mostly Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Carvin covered six revolutions across the Arab world, many of them simultaneously. A journalist’s life: Penetrating the fog of revolution from 6,000 miles away.
Published: February 1, 2013
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Reviews
Film: ‘Barbara’
The title character’s restrained, steady-gazed warmth saves her story from feeling too clinical.
By Lindsay Lowe
Published: November 1, 2012
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The title character’s restrained, steady-gazed warmth saves her story from feeling too clinical.
Published: November 1, 2012
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World
Haves and Have-Nots
Uganda's drug-trial business is booming - but is it fair?
Foreign donors, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies have come in to help an isolated region located in the heart of Uganda’s HIV/AIDS zone, but the campaign is raising painful questions.
By Rebecca Sesny
Published: April 11, 2013
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Foreign donors, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies have come in to help an isolated region located in the heart of Uganda’s HIV/AIDS zone, but the campaign is raising painful questions.
Published: April 11, 2013
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Analytikers
Adventures in Mutual Fund Land
I need to be an adult and adults invest in things like stocks. I should invest.
Invest in what? A savings account is out of the question. The Federal Reserve pushed interest rates down so low that a boring CD offers 0.3 percent return on investment. I have $2,000 to play with. My yearly return would be worth a side of frites ($6) at a French restaurant.
By Taylor Tepper
Published: March 26, 2013
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Invest in what? A savings account is out of the question. The Federal Reserve pushed interest rates down so low that a boring CD offers 0.3 percent return on investment. I have $2,000 to play with. My yearly return would be worth a side of frites ($6) at a French restaurant.
Published: March 26, 2013
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