Save the Date: City Limits Day Gala Oct. 26
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City Limits turns 47 this year. Come celebrate with us and help support hard-hitting, impactful local journalism.
Support CLARIFY
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CLARIFY is generously supported by the Google News Initiative, The Pinkerton Foundation, The Harman Family Foundation and individual donations from readers.
CLARIFY has emerged as a proven impactful program that is ready to be piloted in local news communities around the United States. We are currently seeking additional investment partners to expand the program in New York City, and to pilot a national program in 2023. Please join us in building the CLARIFY NEWS CORPS to empower youth and strengthen communities through local public service journalism.
Contact Fran@clarifynews.org to become a funding partner.
Other ways you can support CLARIFY:
Make a tax-deductible donation
Become a CLARIFY guest speaker
Sign your high school up to receive updates on student recruitment and applications
CLARIFY Alumni are invited to apply to be Student Advisors and Teaching Assistants
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CLARIFY Program History and Position for Growth
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Jeanmarie Evelly
Prior CLARIFY interns attending a press conference at City Hall.
CLARIFY was launched in Fall 2014 in The Bronx to give teens from underserved communities the experience of using public service journalism to improve their communities. The program has grown to include students from all five boroughs and is needed now more than ever before:
- Only 26 percent of non-charter high schools in NYC have high school newspaper programs and only 15 percent in the Bronx do (as reported in a 2022 survey conducted by Baruch College’s High School Journalism Program)
- There has been a steady decline in local journalism across the country with an average of two local newspapers closing every week–this leaves communities less informed
- Lack of diversity in our newsrooms remains a significant challenge
- Today’s high school students are the first to use social media as a news source. The ability to ensure they have the ability to discern between fake and real news is a growing priority
CLARIFY addresses these issues and more. Alumni report being instilled with newfound confidence, improved critical thinking, and civic awareness.
Upon completion of the program, pre/post surveying has indicated a significant increase in understanding of public-service journalism and the important role it plays in local communities. Students consistently report improved awareness of public officials and their duties, how the local government conducts itself, and an increased willingness to contact public officials and government agencies for information. The CLARIFY Youth Training Program has helped to transform students from hesitant interviewers to bold reporters who have the research skills and knowledge to ask public officials informed questions.
When covering local issues that apply directly to their communities, these students are able to witness the very stories they cover play out in front of them. The benefits of CLARIFY don’t end once the program does. An early comprehension and participation in journalism sets these students up for a lifetime of media literacy and civic engagement.
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2022 city limits gala
‘To a Better City’: City Limits’ Gala Recap
City Limits Anniversary Gala |
City Limits celebrates it’s 46th anniversary this year, and marked the milestone at our annual fundraiser gala last month, where honoring several prominent New Yorkers. If you missed the festivities, you can still support the cause this Giving Tuesday.
Election 2022
Language Access at the Polls, Explained
Jeanmarie Evelly |
A patchwork of agencies, stakeholders and community groups help provide language-specific educational materials and translation services around city elections, what experts say is essential to making sure residents aren’t locked out of the democratic process.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled
Jerald Isseks |
“Dissolving our building’s Mitchell-Lama status would be a small but significant injustice in an already deeply unequal city. Shareholders who have long benefitted from the program would be autonomously divesting some of the city’s affordable housing stock, and profiting from the conversion.”
Elections
Three Candidates of Dominican Descent Vie For Open Upper Manhattan Assembly Seat
Daniel Parra |
Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos, and Edwin De La Cruz are the three candidates vying to replace Carmen De La Rosa, who resigned her seat when she was elected to represent the City Council’s 10th district.
CLARIFY
Deadline Extended! City Limits’ Youth Reporting Internship This Fall
Jeanmarie Evelly |
This is a paid journalism training program for NYC high school students and comes with a $1,000 stipend. The new deadline is Friday, Oct. 8.
Health and Environment
What You Need To Know: How Can Undocumented New Yorkers Apply For Storm Damage Assistance?
Daniel Parra |
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the creation of a $27 million relief program for undocumented survivors of the flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
City Limits
Celebración del 45º aniversario de City Limits y su presentación del Salón de la Fama
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El evento marcará el lanzamiento del Salón de la Fama de City Limits, que honrará a cuatro líderes comunitarios de Nueva York por sus contribuciones a la justicia, los medios de comunicación, la vivienda y el desarrollo económico. Podrá participar en el evento de forma presencial o virtual el próximo 18 de noviembre.
