The student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at The King’s College marked the conclusion of its inaugural year with the election of a new president and by capping off the Spring semester with two talks featuring world-class journalists.

The Eighth class of the NYC Semester in Journalism (NYCJ) arrived in January from all over the United States. The class of eight students represent six colleges and universities.

It may be the one issue in America capable of uniting Mormons, Native Americans, Roman Catholics and Evangelical Christians. The issue of religious liberty has, in recent years, increasingly galvanized people of many faith traditions in the United States to unite against secular forces. One of its most-vocal backers and eloquent advocates is opinion journalist David French.

Newspaper design legend Dr. Mario Garcia will be teaching a one-credit module on news design this coming fall

“The Poynter Institute is a gold standard for journalistic ethics and leadership,” said Media Project Executive Director Paul D. Glader. “These hard-working journalists from the far corners of the world will pick up insights they can take back to the newsrooms in their home countries."

The King’s College in New York City has been selected by Google News Lab to join a group of 150 college and university journalism programs internationally that receive training and support that Google has developed for professional newsrooms.

In The King’s College’s first International Venture to Indonesia, Professor Robert Carle and the team of four students found themselves spending much of their first week in tense discussions about the role of blasphemy laws in Indonesia society since the Christian governor of Jakarta was recently found guilty of blasphemy against the Qur’an.

As a student at The King’s College, Madison Iszler was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Empire State Tribune, and interned at the New York Post. This August, Iszler will begin the two-year newspaper fellowship for early-career journalists.

Journalism faculty of The King’s College recently sat down with a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist to discuss his book on the resurgence of religion in China after the Mao administration.