Press Club of Long Island

On April 17, the Hofstra University School of Communication and PCLI presented an ethics program, “Politics, Sex and Ethics: What Decides How You Report?” on the Hofstra campus. Featured panelists included Newsday Long Island editor Rosemary McManus, News 12 anchor Danielle Campbell, the New York Post’s Kieran Crowley, Ruder Finn Ethics Officer Emmanuel Tchividjian, WNBC4 [...]

We’re planning a series of practical workshops — everything from tips on video editing, to digital photography, to navigating social media — everything you need to know in this changing media landscape. In order to make this series most useful, we need your help. First, let us know if there’s a particular topic that you’d [...]

News 12 and Newsday recently launched “hyper local” community Web sites using user-generate content. If the tests are successful, expect a site dedicated to your town soon. Similar sites have been popping up across the country, even the world, some with an even greater focus on getting the Average Joe to write “news” stories on [...]

Hofstra University and Press Club of Long Island jointly hosted the annual High School Press Day Program on Dec. 12 at the school’s Hempstead campus. More than 250 students from various local high schools interested in the field of journalism attended the half-day conference, which featured keynote speaker John Discepolo, morning sports anchor at “CBS [...]

On Thursday, Oct. 25, Hofstra University and PCLI hosted a panel discussion on “The Ethics of Reporting Crime Stories.” The two-hour evening event, held in the University’s Axinn Library, attracted 90 attendees, primarily journalism students, but with a good showing of PCLI members. Carolyn James of the Massapequa Post (and the Hofstra faculty) moderated the [...]

This Thursday, Oct. 25, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hofstra University and PCLI will be be holding a panel discussion on the topic, “The Ethics of Reporting Crime Stories.” The audience will be primarily journalism students, but the event is open to everyone on campus and all PCLI members, since PCLI is a co-sponsor [...]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. News 12 and Newsday recently launched “hyper local” community Web sites using user-generate content. If the tests are successful, expect a site dedicated to your town soon. Similar sites have been popping up across the country, even the world, some with an even greater focus on getting the Average Joe [...]