CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Quantity Time is Quality Time: De Blasio and the Press Ought to See More of Each Other
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor wants to get his message out. The press wants to get their questions answered. The solution is simple.
Budget
When De Blasio was Councilman, Mayor’s Draft Budget was Fair Game
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor has rejected criticism and coverage of his preliminary budget as “disingenuous” and “inaccurate.” When Mike Bloomberg was mayor, Councilman Bill de Blasio often found fault in the budget outline.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: How Safe is the City, Through Young Eyes?
Amaya Adler, Vincent Fong, Samantha Haase, Emily Healy, Taiz Luciano, Ezel Peterson, William Rybka and Healy Tureski |
A class of high-school students wrestles with the tension between facts and perceptions when it comes to how safe New York City really is.
campaign 2016
Video: Race and the Media in Campaign 2016
Jarrett Murphy |
The 2016 presidential campaign has produced rather abundant and unusually blunt talk about racism, exclusion and privilege. But who’s really part of that conversation? What’s it missing? And what will happen to the exchange when the campaign rallies are over?
No Backspace:
Campaign 2016’s Distorted Poverty Debate
Joel Berg |
Democrats avoid talking about poverty. Republicans back policies premised on outdated ideas about the poor. And the media doesn’t take either side to task.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
‘Straight Up!’ Talk About Covering Race, Violence, Policing
Jarrett Murphy |
From Ferguson to Freddie Gray, the past year’s headlines have driven unprecedented attention to the question of how the media covers—or fails to cover—race. The latest episode of Brooklyn Independent Media’s Straight Up! explores the topic.
ARTS and CULTURE
City Limits Partners With New Civic News Website, TV Show
City Limits |
There’s a new player in the New York civic news game: MetroFocus, a website run by WNET that will eventually evolve into a regular nighttime television broadcast.
Media
NYC Web World Regroups After FCC Defeat
Kelly Virella |
A court ruling barring the FCC from regulating broadband has local organizations plotting how to give the agency new teeth.
Education
Zelon Wins Education Prize
Karen Loew |
An article assessing philosophical and practical shifts at the DOE in recent years earns national recognition.
ARTS and CULTURE
It Takes 'Elan' To Make Hot-Button Issues Cool
Curtis Stephen |
From a little office in Brooklyn, a new magazine reaches around the world to explore the lives and lifestyles of Muslim cosmopolites.
