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.

Communications and journalism students show off their work, then listen to a former Wall Street Journal reporter talk about how we parse news and truth as journalists and Christians.

In an era when immediate social media banter surrounds every political speech or hasty tweet, what is the role of the press? How can journalists—especially those who profess to follow Christ—pursue truth, act ethically, and help equip an informed electorate?

The 2017 Summer Academy runs July 23-28 and is now accepting applications on a rolling basis, with deposits due by May 15, 2017.

This new interdisciplinary major, incorporating the College’s robust Politics, Philosophy and Economics core, will prepare intellectually well-rounded graduates for careers in journalism.

Where do we most often find real truth, real facts in a new era of Internet hoaxes, fake news stories and new political administrations that tout their own "alternative facts"? (Originally appeared on Forbes.com)

NEW YORK – The third class of the NYC Semester in Journalism (NYCJ) arrived in August from all over the United States. The class of 13 students (double from previous semesters) represent nine different universities.

by Dean Graham NEW YORK– What sort of person could watch a woman being stabbed to death and do nothing to help her? What if not one, but an entire crowd, responded to such gruesome violence with indifference? What kind of a place would allow such things to happen? America has been grappling with the implications of […]

By Emma Clark and Daphne Seah NEW YORK— For Sky News’ Ireland Correspondent David Blevins, balanced, accurate and positive stories in journalism were paramount in resolving Northern Ireland’s deep tumultuous past. Opening his talk “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Reporting the Northern Ireland Peace Process” at The King’s College with lesser-known facts of the region […]

NOVEMBER 20 2015 – By Emma Clark NEW YORK — Last weekend, the stage adaption “C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce” performed its preview shows to full houses in midtown Manhattan’s Pearl Theater. Written by Founder and Artistic Director Max McLean and Brian Watkins of the Fellowship for Performing Arts, this off-Broadway production opens the company’s […]

November 17 2015 – By Emma Clark and Daphne Seah NEW YORK CITY – Imagine lying in bed listening to gunshots echoing in the night. Imagine looking into the eyes of war survivors who have seen the worst in humanity and hearing their stories of living through years of civil strife. That is what Hannah […]

November 2 2015. Updated January 6 2015. Since 2006, the Washington Journalism Center (WJC) has trained and placed aspiring journalism students in countless internships. Students come from Christian colleges across the country to Washington, D.C. for one semester, and the program equips them to figure out if journalism is their vocation or calling. The brainchild of Terry Mattingly, Universal […]

September 28 2015 On October 21 2015, David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent for Sky News, will speak on the role of the media in Northern Ireland’s peace process at New York City’s McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute (MPJI). A reporter with the London-based rolling news network for 15 years, Blevins grew up in Northern Ireland during the […]

September 10 2015 – By Terry Mattingly While it’s hard to journey from the intellectual legacy of the Blessed John Henry Newman to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, it can be done. This is a story worth hearing for those truly interested in centuries of Christian teachings about pain, suffering and loss, according to […]
 

September 4 2015 – By Adrienne Scrima On Thursday morning in Saint Cecilia’s Parish in East Harlem, Head of Catholic Charities New York Monsignor Kevin Sullivan outlined the plans of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to New York City. Besides addressing the United Nations General Assembly and holding a multi-religious service at the 9/11 Memorial, the […]

By Ben Cal MANILA – There seems to be no end to media killings in the Philippines as another journalist was gunned down in broad daylight last Thursday by three motorcycle-riding gunmen. Cosme Diez Maestrado, 48, anchor of radio station DXOC was shot in the presence of a bodyguard and cameraman, and in full view […]