Monthly Archives: April 2013

The Beat Hits a New Note at Purchase College and Inspires a Similar Magazine at SUNY Binghamton

The Beat, Issue 2.

The Beat, Issue 2.

The second act is sometimes the toughest. So the challenge facing student staffers at The Beat this semester was to prove that Purchase College’s new music magazine was no one-hit-wonder.

When the second issue came out earlier this month with an eye-popping Culture Shock front cover, engrossing articles, and spectacular images, the message was clear: The Beat is here to stay.

What’s more, their winning formula of a high-quality student-generated arts and culture publication has inspired a similar publication at SUNY Binghamton, called Impact.

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A Match Made In The Purchase College Journalism Program

Chris Rhatigan and Melanie Reichwald, SUNY Purchase Journalism Alums, married and teaching in India

Chris Rhatigan and Melanie Reichwald, SUNY Purchase Journalism Alums, married and teaching in India

I almost choked on my chicken noodle soup the other day as I was skimming Facebook on my phone in The Hub and saw that Chris Rhatigan and Melanie Reichwald – two of the most memorable graduates of the Purchase journalism program – were married. TO EACH OTHER! And living a wonderfully adventurous life as school teachers in the foothills of the Himalayas in India.

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Smart Phones, Smart Students at SUNY Purchase’s First (Fake!) Smartphone Press Conference

SUNY Purchase Journalism Professor, Ross Daly, faking it for a smartphone presser

SUNY Purchase Journalism Prof. Ross Daly, faking it for a smartphone presser (Photo by Kim Whitehead)

Students used their smartphones to cover a “press conference” for my Multimedia Tools class yesterday putting them in the forefront of a new trend in journalism.

The fake presser starred Pleasantville Police Chief Cliff Huxtable (ably played by SUNY Purchase Journalism Professor Ross Daly) who was announcing the arrest of a liquor store bandit. When the questions were done, he produced a mug shot, which students also had to copy with their phones.

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Top Ten Smartphone Apps for Journalists and Student Journalists

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The background check app, the transcribing app, the phone checker app, the police scanner app…Much has been made of the potential use to journalists of the myriad apps available on our smartphones. But which apps do journalists really use? And which are the best ones for journalism students to know about?

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SUNY Purchase Journalism Alum Breaks The Lid Off National High School Statutory Rape Story And Is Quoted In The New York Times

Jessica Glenza, SUNY Purchase Journalism alum, and now a reporter for The Register Citizen

Jessica Glenza, SUNY Purchase Journalism alum, now a reporter for The Register Citizen

Jessica Glenza (Class of 2011) was quoted in The New York Times today about a high school statutory rape story she broke as a reporter at The Register Citizen of Torrington, CT last month. Her story has been picked up by the national and international media fueling the debate about social media bullying and transforming the town she covers.

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SUNY Purchase Journalism Student Has Her MTV Dreams Come True

Nermene Fakhr, SUNY Purchase journalism student.

Nermene Fakhr, SUNY Purchase journalism student, back on campus after her big day at MTV

Nermene Fakhr is still smiling from ear to ear after spending a day shadowing a journalist at MTV News, getting two stories published on their website, AND getting to meet rapper Chris Brown and shake his hand.

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