New Yorkers protest Eric Garner verdict
Thousands of New Yorkers cried out in protest over the Grand Jury decision not to indict the police officer who chocked the unarmed man to death.
Articles written by: Thom Friend
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Midterm Elections 2014 / Politics / Uncategorized / Video
What you need to know about third party candidates
by Thom Friend Occupy Wall Street and the People’s Climate March; two movements that brought hundreds of thousands from around the nation and the world to New York City to make their voices heard. But tomorrow, when Americans make their way to the polling booths to cast their votes, the third-party candidates who hope to champion these causes will see […]
Features / Multimedia / Special Reports
NYC Marathon: East Harlem
The 2014 TCS New York City was a vibrant, colorful fun time for New Yorkers, runners and tourist.
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NY People: Roger Mamedov, MMA Academy owner and instructor
by Thom Friend The most important thing to Roger Mamedov, the owner and an instructor at the Williamsburg Mixed Martial Arts Academy, is the community MMA builds.
News / Special Reports
On 9/11: A pub is filled with joy in remembrance
A place to come back to each year to honor and remember, but also to celebrate life
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The next #featurefriday is first semester student Amanda Pérez Pintado, a print journalist who has come to NYC from Puerto Rico. She spent the last year moving up from an intern to a full-time reporter at Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper @elnuevodia where she covered politics, business, science and local events. She is interested in covering social justice issues and one of her stories about the gentrification of San Juan, PR made it to the front page of her hometown newspaper. • “As a journalist, I’m interested in telling people’s stories. Journalism needs diverse voices to get stories on underrepresented communities out there.” • #featurefriday #newspaper #socialjustice #elnuevodia @nyu_journalism -
Our #mondaymotivation is first semester student Sydney Fishman. She has brought her audio reporting skills to NYC from California, where she got her start interning at radio stations in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. While most of her work has focused on immigration, including a story she produced about undocumented works at strawberry farms being exploited by companies, she also enjoys reporting on music, movies and local artists. Her work can be found online at SoundCloud.com/sydthekyd. • “It's important to give a voice to the voiceless. In journalism it's important to find out stories from people you usually wouldn't hear from. I think it's important to let people know that they are being listened to and their voice matters.”
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