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November 14, 2008
Spring 2009 registration currently underway

November 10, 2008
School of Journalism Offers Unique Study-Abroad Program in China for Summer 2008

November 6, 2008
Newsday Columnist Joye Browne Speaks at School of Journalism's "My Life As . . ." Series

November 4, 2008
Journalism Students Report Live on Election Day 2008 From the School's 'Newsroom of the Future'

October 13, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Journalist Scott Higham Speaks at School of Journalism's "My Life As . . ." Series

October 13, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Journalist Scott Higham Speaks at School of Journalism's "My Life As . . ." Series

October 12, 2008
Student Journalist Covers Visit of War Reporter Kim Dozier to SBU

October 5, 2008
School of Journalism Adds Four Members to Its Professional Advisory Board

October 3, 2008
Former CBS News Producer Joins School of Journalism Faculty

September 25, 2008
School of Journalism's New Broadcast Center Open

September 22, 2008
CBS War Correspondent Kimberly Dozier Scheduled for School of Journalism's "My Life As . . . " Series

September 12, 2008
Schools of Journalism and Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Team Up For Seminar Series

March 24, 2008
Klurfeld Family Endows Scholarship For Outstanding Junior Journalism Major

January 30, 2008
CBS Newsman Randall Pinkston Gives Keynote Speech for Black History Month

January 2, 2008
J-School Inaugurates Intensive "Reporting in NYC" Course

September 6, 2007
Former CBS News Executive Named Associate Dean At Stony Brook

 

News Archives

October 2, 2007:Stony Brook's School of Journalism Unveils 'Newsroom of the Future'
One of the most technologically-advanced newsrooms in the country was officially opened today when Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism unveiled its "Newsroom of the Future." Over 100 Stony Brook officials, including President Shirley Strum Kenny, government officials, and members of media attended the opening of the $1.3 million facility. Read More »

September 26, 2007:Stony Brook University Announces Nation’s First Center For News Literacy
STONY BROOK, N.Y., September 26, 2007—Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism announced today that it would establish the nation’s first Center for News Literacy designed to educate current and future news consumers on how to judge the credibility and reliability of news. The effort is being funded in part with a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Read More »

September 6, 2007: Former CBS News Executive Named Associate Dean At Stony Brook
Marcy McGinnis, an Emmy Award-winning former senior executive at CBS News and one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the nation, has been named Associate Dean at Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism. The announcement was made today by Howard Schneider, Dean of the School of Journalism. Read More »

September 4, 2007:Newsroom of the Future Opens with Start of Fall 2007 Semester
One of the most technologically advanced newsrooms in the country opened as classes began Sept. 4 at Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism. The two-level newsroom on the ground floor of the Melville Library, at the center of Stony Brook’s sprawling modern campus, is the journalism program’s primary teaching space and laboratory for print, broadcast and online courses. Read More »

May 9, 2007: SOJ's News Literacy Featured in New York Times
"Telling Bogus From True: A Class in Reading News" by Alan Finder
The New York Times outlines Professor Schneider's innovative approach to teaching: Mr. Schneider and his colleagues approach the subject from an array of angles. The class watches “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, and debates whether it is news or entertainment. They read news articles and commentary, and then formulate critical distinctions between the two. They try to differentiate journalism and propaganda, and they discuss what makes something news and who gets to decide. They scrutinize newspaper and television news stories, analyzing which kinds of sources are reliable and which are not.

April 13, 2007: Award-Winning Reporter Bob Woodward visits Stony Brook University
Bob Woodward, who helped transform American investigative journalism and who has authored 11 national bestsellers, lectured at Stony Brook University in a special two-day appearance sponsored by the School of Journalism. Woodward, who, along with Carl Bernstein won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for their groundbreaking series of stories on the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post, spoke to the campus and the public on April 11, and visited a journalism class on April 12. Click here to read the Newsday account of the Woodward visit.

March 12, 2007: New Course Called “Journalism Without Walls” Approved
An innovative new course that will send SB journalism students around the nation and the world was approved by the University’s Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee. Students will be assigned as part of a team to travel to the location of a news event and use only mobile technology to transmit stories and video from the field. Locations may range from New Orleans to one of the upcoming national political conventions and will include overseas destinations, as well. Student work will be published via a special Web site. The course will be offered during summer and winter sessions. “Journalism Without Walls” is one of 12 new journalism courses recently approved by the curriculum committee.

March 2, 2007: Newsroom of the Future to Open in the Fall
One of the most technologically advanced newsrooms in the country is scheduled to open this fall at Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism. The bi-level newsroom in the Melville Library at the center of campus will serve as the journalism program’s primary teaching space for print, broadcast, and online courses. Read More »

Oct. 23 , 2006: SB and Knight Foundation Pioneer Nation's First Course in News Literacy
Stony Brook University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will pioneer the nation’s first university-wide course in News Literacy designed to teach students how to judge the reliability and credibility of news. The Knight Foundation has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Stony Brook for the project, in which the university is committed to teaching the newly-developed course to more than 10,000 students over four years. Read complete press release »

Sept. 14, 2006: Former CBS News Executive Named Director Of Broadcast Journalism At SB
Marcy McGinnis, an award-winning former senior news executive at CBS and one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the nation, has been named Interim Director of the Broadcast Journalism program at Stony Brook University's new School of Journalism. Read complete press release »

July 17, 2006: SB School of Journalism announced
Stony Brook University announced today the establishment of New York State’s first undergraduate School of Journalism at a public university. The new School, which will begin offering a Bachelor’s degree program in the Fall 2006 semester, will offer one of the nation’s first courses in News Literacy, designed to help students use their critical thinking skills to judge the credibility and reliability of the news. Read complete press release »