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New Study Highlighting Immigrant News Outlets
The year-long study, led by CUNY’s Center for Community Media (CCM) and Cal-State University Northridge journalism professor Daniela Gerson and published this week, identified 50 ethnic media outlets in the US based on nominations from journalists, immigrant advocates and media experts across the country. Researchers created a diverse group of media organizations from the Michigan Korean Weekly to Chicago in Arabic that they believe are thriving in community-based reporting. According to CCM researchers, these noteworthy news outlets, which are traditionally powered by small and loyal groups of journalists, are utilizing social media, globalizing content production and diversifying business models and revenue streams. -- The Armenian Weekly
There Aren't Enough Black Teachers in the US - and We Desperately Need to Change That
Certainly, the Johns Hopkins study is illuminating. However, David Kretschmer - a professor of education at California State University, Northridge, and a director of the Future Minority Male Teachers of California Project - put it quite simply: "Kids do better when they're taught by teachers who look like them. That's just the way it is. That's why we need more men of color in American classrooms, period." -- Yahoo! Life
There Aren't Enough Black Teachers in the US — and That Desperately Needs to Change
Certainly, the Johns Hopkins study is illuminating. However, David Kretschmer — a professor of education at California State University, Northridge, and a director of the Future Minority Male Teachers of California Project — put it quite simply: "Kids do better when they're taught by teachers who look like them. That's just the way it is. That's why we need more men of colour in American classrooms, period." -- msn - Australia
CSUN Honors Six Graduates with Special Recognition
Of the approximately 11,000 Matadors eligible to graduate from California State University, Northridge in May, six individuals were singled out for special recognition as outstanding graduating students. And if all goes well and it’s safe to do so, CSUN will fete these honorees in person at the university’s Commencement ceremonies at year’s end. -- AmericanTowns.com
Commentary: LA County’s ‘corridor of corruption’
Tom Hogen-Esch, a professor at California State University, Northridge, wrote about the region’s endemic corruption after a spectacular scandal in Bell, exposed by the Los Angeles Times. -- Elk Grove News
In Their Own Words: The Class Of 2020 Reflects On Senior Year
Miles Kirshner, 17, graduated from Palisades Charter High School. There, Miles played on the baseball team. He is planning to attend Cal State Northridge in the fall to pursue a degree in business administration. -- LAist
The Best CSUN Off-Campus Housing
With a student population around 38,000, CSUN proudly boasts the largest student body of all the California State University System. With such an expansive student body comes high demand for apartments near CSUN. Close to the college campus, students enjoy living along Zelzah Avenue and Superior Street. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
CSUN Educators Offer Tips on Minimizing ‘COVID Slide’ During Summer
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the nation transitioned to meeting online. Given the abruptness of the transition and lack of preparation parents had in becoming in-home teachers’ aides, many parents and educators are worried about a “COVID slide” or “COVID slowdown,” where students fail to retain any new information learned before and during the pandemic — as well as over the summer, when students are not in school. -- SCV News
CSUN's Daniela Gerson: How innovative news outlets are meeting the needs of immigrant communities
At a time when all of journalism is in an existential crisis, the financial pressure on resource-deprived immigrant outlets is greater than ever. Yet the pandemic, and the protests over the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and dozens of others, have put innovative immigrant-serving digital outlets into overdrive, as reporters squelch rumors via WeChat and Facebook Live and beam interviews with local officials into living rooms via Roku and JadooTV boxes. -- Poynter
CSUN's Theresa Montaño: This is not the time to water down ethnic studies on CSU campuses
Even as the Assembly and Senate voted overwhelmingly with bipartisan support to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement at the California State University, CSU management and leadership is doing everything it can to blunt progress on inclusive learning. -- Cal Matters