A few years back, the Press Club of Long Island added a "contributors wing" to the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame. It honors individuals for their service to PCLI, the local journalism community and the Society of Professional Journalists. To my great surprise, the PCLI...
I've recently had a good number of friends ask about Communications at Syracuse, the online master's program, after seeing me go through it. Here are some answers to FAQs: 1. How much time does it require? When they say eight hours of study per class, per week...
A number of Long Island governments have made changes to their open records practices or are establishing best practices to comply with the state Freedom of Information Law following an audit by the Press Club of Long Island. The audit found that almost two-thirds of 195...
It has to be more than 20 years ago. I was helping to organize the SPJ Region 1 conference in Port Jefferson and we decided to find a keynote speaker. Jimmy Breslin, a Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist, was our top choice, but we weren't sure he'd do...