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The
George Polk Awards dominated news coverage for Long Island
University in late February, with reports about the University’s
prestigious journalism honors published in The Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Orlando Sentinel, Boston Globe and many more media. (See
story, p. 3.)
United
Nations Graduate Certificate Program adjunct professors
were widely quoted as war loomed with Iraq. Yasmine Sherif
spoke on AP Radio about how the United States may have backed
itself into a corner on the war question; James Sutterlin
discussed prospects for Iraq’s disarmament and the
role of the United Nations in interviews with The New York
Times, USA Today, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, AP, CBS and CNN
Radio networks, and Reuters; he was a guest on NPR’s
All Things Considered, CNBC, and Channel 5’s Good Day
New York.
[editor’s
note: Sutterlin was interviewed for the Christian Science
Monitor by a freelancer who also is a Brooklyn Campus adjunct,
Michael Jordon. Alumnus Conway Gittens interviewed Sutterlin
for Reuters Television.]
Dennis
Broe (media arts) discussed Oscar dilemmas facing the Academy
(the other academy, that is) in interviews about director
Roman Polanski and other topics with 1010 WINS radio and
Reuters, all receiving national and international distribution.
Jordan
Kaplan (business) described retailers’ and workers’
woes in interviews that included one for a widely published
AP report, “Big Test for Kmart Will be Customer Reaction.”
In addition, he was heard on CNN Radio discussing interest
rates.
TimeOut
New York magazine featured the Brooklyn Campus’s Mighty
Wurlitzer Organ, with Warren LaLiberte, who volunteers his
time to care for the historic instrument and its 2,000 pipes.
A full-page
New York Daily News article profiled 25-year-old journalism
alumnus Curtis Stephen, who won a Soros Foundation grant
to write about the criminal justice system and the wrongfully
convicted.
Luis
Riquelme (communication sciences and disorders) was featured
in a Tiempos Del Mundo article about his work with communicatively
impaired children.
Fred
Stiner (business) was quoted in news articles including:
“Press Pension Fund Shortfalls Put Recovery at Risk”
(AP) and “Bush Plan May Further Boost Dividend Revival”
(Newsday). He also discussed the topic of dividend exclusion
in USA Today and Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine.
Dean
Kathy Waldron (business) appeared on several CNBC programs
to discuss the historic settlement paid by Wall Street investment
firms facing conflict of interest charges with their advising
businesses; AP also interviewed her about corporate board
demands for tougher accountability by CEOs.
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