Newmark J School Research Center
@newmarkjresearch.bsky.social
The Research Center is the library at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. We provide resources, training, support, and tools for journalists.
www.journalism.cuny.edu/current-students/research-center
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Want NYC districts fast? Type your address into Boundaries Map and see City Council, Community District, precincts, school zones, sanitation, and more on one screen.
Perfect for outreach, permits, or just learning your neighborhood!
boundaries.beta.nyc
Perfect for outreach, permits, or just learning your neighborhood!
boundaries.beta.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Want NYC districts fast? Type your address into Boundaries Map and see City Council, Community District, precincts, school zones, sanitation, and more on one screen.
Perfect for outreach, permits, or just learning your neighborhood!
boundaries.beta.nyc
Perfect for outreach, permits, or just learning your neighborhood!
boundaries.beta.nyc
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The U.S. came closer to nuclear disaster in 1983 than many realize, but the State Department recently deleted key records about it — even though they'd been online without damaging national security for years.
What history will be erased next?
What history will be erased next?
Getting to the bottom of why the State Department quietly deleted 15 pages of history on the risk of inadvertent nuclear war.
Free link below.
Free link below.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The U.S. came closer to nuclear disaster in 1983 than many realize, but the State Department recently deleted key records about it — even though they'd been online without damaging national security for years.
What history will be erased next?
What history will be erased next?
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Sunday was a celebration by and for the people of Jackson Heights as the 34th Avenue open street — the city's self-proclaimed "gold standard" of car-light spaces — was officially co-named "Paseo Park." buff.ly/juEKkja
Monday's Headlines: Permanent Paseo Edition - Streetsblog New York City
We journeyed to Jackson Heights to celebrate a milestone in the life of the 34th Avenue open street. Plus other news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sunday was a celebration by and for the people of Jackson Heights as the 34th Avenue open street — the city's self-proclaimed "gold standard" of car-light spaces — was officially co-named "Paseo Park." buff.ly/juEKkja
Thank you to NYC IBO for sharing tips for reading NYC budget documents at our event yesterday! Now we know that the budget has units of appropriation, but to check out the comptroller's ACFR for finer-grain budget & object codes.
Follow IBO on instagram!
www.instagram.com/nycibo/
Follow IBO on instagram!
www.instagram.com/nycibo/
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thank you to NYC IBO for sharing tips for reading NYC budget documents at our event yesterday! Now we know that the budget has units of appropriation, but to check out the comptroller's ACFR for finer-grain budget & object codes.
Follow IBO on instagram!
www.instagram.com/nycibo/
Follow IBO on instagram!
www.instagram.com/nycibo/
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Every dataset tells a story — about housing, parks, schools, and so much more. 📊
Come learn how to unlock these stories with NYC Open Data. Join a Discovering NYC Open Data class with the NYC Open Data team and start exploring your city!
📅 Friday, Nov 21 at 12 pm
🔗 RSVP: www.beta.nyc/event/e25112
Come learn how to unlock these stories with NYC Open Data. Join a Discovering NYC Open Data class with the NYC Open Data team and start exploring your city!
📅 Friday, Nov 21 at 12 pm
🔗 RSVP: www.beta.nyc/event/e25112
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Every dataset tells a story — about housing, parks, schools, and so much more. 📊
Come learn how to unlock these stories with NYC Open Data. Join a Discovering NYC Open Data class with the NYC Open Data team and start exploring your city!
📅 Friday, Nov 21 at 12 pm
🔗 RSVP: www.beta.nyc/event/e25112
Come learn how to unlock these stories with NYC Open Data. Join a Discovering NYC Open Data class with the NYC Open Data team and start exploring your city!
📅 Friday, Nov 21 at 12 pm
🔗 RSVP: www.beta.nyc/event/e25112
Curious to know how many riders of the M104 get their rides subsidized already? You can look it up here.
~600,000 rides on the M104 were subsidized in 2024 for seniors/people with disabilities. (About 30% of rides)
data.ny.gov/Transportati...
~600,000 rides on the M104 were subsidized in 2024 for seniors/people with disabilities. (About 30% of rides)
data.ny.gov/Transportati...
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Curious to know how many riders of the M104 get their rides subsidized already? You can look it up here.
~600,000 rides on the M104 were subsidized in 2024 for seniors/people with disabilities. (About 30% of rides)
data.ny.gov/Transportati...
~600,000 rides on the M104 were subsidized in 2024 for seniors/people with disabilities. (About 30% of rides)
data.ny.gov/Transportati...
Come check out Johanna Fernandez's amazing book on the Young Lords, available now at the Research Center!
#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Come check out Johanna Fernandez's amazing book on the Young Lords, available now at the Research Center!
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Great interview by Dan Krauth / Eyewitness News NY with @jomoko.bsky.social about the NYC mayoral election returns abc7ny.com/post/nyc-ele...
See how New York City voted in the mayoral race
Experts say Zohran Mamdani picked up some new support in areas that were skewing for President Donald Trump last year.
abc7ny.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Great interview by Dan Krauth / Eyewitness News NY with @jomoko.bsky.social about the NYC mayoral election returns abc7ny.com/post/nyc-ele...
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It really is the best election map. Thank you, Center for Urban Research @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social!
www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...
www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It really is the best election map. Thank you, Center for Urban Research @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social!
www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...
www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...
Read print news in our newsroom!
Compare coverage:
NYT: NY has always been, in its own imagination and the country's, a city of self-regarding and often contradictory superlatives--the biggest, brightest, richest, harshest, give-us-your-tired-est, little-too-wired-est ...
NYDN: EPIC VOTING SURGE
Compare coverage:
NYT: NY has always been, in its own imagination and the country's, a city of self-regarding and often contradictory superlatives--the biggest, brightest, richest, harshest, give-us-your-tired-est, little-too-wired-est ...
NYDN: EPIC VOTING SURGE
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Read print news in our newsroom!
Compare coverage:
NYT: NY has always been, in its own imagination and the country's, a city of self-regarding and often contradictory superlatives--the biggest, brightest, richest, harshest, give-us-your-tired-est, little-too-wired-est ...
NYDN: EPIC VOTING SURGE
Compare coverage:
NYT: NY has always been, in its own imagination and the country's, a city of self-regarding and often contradictory superlatives--the biggest, brightest, richest, harshest, give-us-your-tired-est, little-too-wired-est ...
NYDN: EPIC VOTING SURGE
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NYC’s public-interest tech scene is growing—come join us! Catch a screening of Tech for Us at City Tech, then stay for a conversation on real pathways into mission-driven tech.
📆 Wednesday, November 5 at 5 pm
📍 The Theater at City Tech, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn
🎟️ www.beta.nyc/event/tech-f...
📆 Wednesday, November 5 at 5 pm
📍 The Theater at City Tech, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn
🎟️ www.beta.nyc/event/tech-f...
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NYC’s public-interest tech scene is growing—come join us! Catch a screening of Tech for Us at City Tech, then stay for a conversation on real pathways into mission-driven tech.
📆 Wednesday, November 5 at 5 pm
📍 The Theater at City Tech, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn
🎟️ www.beta.nyc/event/tech-f...
📆 Wednesday, November 5 at 5 pm
📍 The Theater at City Tech, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn
🎟️ www.beta.nyc/event/tech-f...
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🌍 This Friday! Join Sunlight Research Center + Anna Massoglia for a workshop on tracking global business + influence.
🕐 Oct 31, 12–1 PM ET
Follow the money across borders + uncover who really controls companies.
#InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
🕐 Oct 31, 12–1 PM ET
Follow the money across borders + uncover who really controls companies.
#InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌍 This Friday! Join Sunlight Research Center + Anna Massoglia for a workshop on tracking global business + influence.
🕐 Oct 31, 12–1 PM ET
Follow the money across borders + uncover who really controls companies.
#InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
🕐 Oct 31, 12–1 PM ET
Follow the money across borders + uncover who really controls companies.
#InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency
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And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!
⛑️ Register for the Data Rescue Hackthon on November 13 at 1pm ET/ 10am PT on Zoom. Hosted by RDAP, attendees of all skill levels are invited to join in capturing, describing, uploading, and preserving at-risk federal data, contributing to the Data Rescue Project. 🛟
rdapassociation.org/event-6407691
rdapassociation.org/event-6407691
Research Data Access and Preservation Association - Data Rescue Project Hackathon
rdapassociation.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!
"42% of adults say they would trust an original news source less if an AI news summary contained errors, and audiences hold both AI providers and news brands responsible when they encounter errors. The reputational risk for media companies is great,"
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"42% of adults say they would trust an original news source less if an AI news summary contained errors, and audiences hold both AI providers and news brands responsible when they encounter errors. The reputational risk for media companies is great,"
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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“Yous talkin’ to me?” A massive new project is capturing how New Yorkers really sound — from “Mary” to “marry” and everything in between. Read more
Only in New York: Linguists Build a Database of Everyday Talk Across the Boroughs
Graduate Center scholars lead a project to document the accents and speech patterns unique to New York in an unprecedented record.
www.gc.cuny.edu
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Yous talkin’ to me?” A massive new project is capturing how New Yorkers really sound — from “Mary” to “marry” and everything in between. Read more
Revealing investigative journalism about spying software being used to target journalists, politicians, defense contractors, and civilian victims of stalking.
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
www.lighthousereports.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Revealing investigative journalism about spying software being used to target journalists, politicians, defense contractors, and civilian victims of stalking.
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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The Staten Island Advance is continuing its "Staten Island Traffic SOS," mapping out the crashes that killed 55 (!!) Islanders since 2021.
Few neighborhoods are spared tragedy, but most public officials on the Island worry about traffic, and not traffic violence.
www.silive.com/crime-safety...
Few neighborhoods are spared tragedy, but most public officials on the Island worry about traffic, and not traffic violence.
www.silive.com/crime-safety...
Every dot is a life lost: Mapping Staten Island’s fatal crashes since 2021
Since 2021, more than 55 lives have been lost on borough roads.
www.silive.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Staten Island Advance is continuing its "Staten Island Traffic SOS," mapping out the crashes that killed 55 (!!) Islanders since 2021.
Few neighborhoods are spared tragedy, but most public officials on the Island worry about traffic, and not traffic violence.
www.silive.com/crime-safety...
Few neighborhoods are spared tragedy, but most public officials on the Island worry about traffic, and not traffic violence.
www.silive.com/crime-safety...
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A generational shift is reshaping NYC politics.
A new survey by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center—led by Keena Lipsitz and John Mollenkopf (@jomoko.bsky.social)—shows voters are demanding change and turning toward new leadership www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-yor...
A new survey by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center—led by Keena Lipsitz and John Mollenkopf (@jomoko.bsky.social)—shows voters are demanding change and turning toward new leadership www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-yor...
New York City at the Crossroads: CUNY Graduate Center Survey Reports How Voters Are Deciding and Why
Findings from the CUNY Graduate Center’s Center for Urban Research suggest a generational shift and growing demand for change in city leadership.
www.gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A generational shift is reshaping NYC politics.
A new survey by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center—led by Keena Lipsitz and John Mollenkopf (@jomoko.bsky.social)—shows voters are demanding change and turning toward new leadership www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-yor...
A new survey by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center—led by Keena Lipsitz and John Mollenkopf (@jomoko.bsky.social)—shows voters are demanding change and turning toward new leadership www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-yor...
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tracreports.org and deportationdata.org are both great projects that collect information about federal immigration "enforcement" through Freedom of Information requests and make it publicly available.
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
tracreports.org and deportationdata.org are both great projects that collect information about federal immigration "enforcement" through Freedom of Information requests and make it publicly available.
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This sounds like an amazing project for a team or even a journalism class cc: @newmarkjresearch.bsky.social
As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.
ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This sounds like an amazing project for a team or even a journalism class cc: @newmarkjresearch.bsky.social
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📣TOMORROW | 9/20 at 10AM ET
Join us for “Human Rights Leaders Discuss Impacts of the Trump Administration’s ‘America First’ Approach on Rights.”
CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social will speak about the state of human rights and key developments from this week at #UNGA80.
tinyurl.com/4jafnd8u
Join us for “Human Rights Leaders Discuss Impacts of the Trump Administration’s ‘America First’ Approach on Rights.”
CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social will speak about the state of human rights and key developments from this week at #UNGA80.
tinyurl.com/4jafnd8u
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Human Rights Leaders Discuss the Trump Administration’s ‘America First’ Approach on Rights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j...
As High-level week of the 80th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations concludes, the heads of five of the country’s leading human rights organizations will offer their analysis of the s...
humanrightsfirst-org.zoom.us
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📣TOMORROW | 9/20 at 10AM ET
Join us for “Human Rights Leaders Discuss Impacts of the Trump Administration’s ‘America First’ Approach on Rights.”
CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social will speak about the state of human rights and key developments from this week at #UNGA80.
tinyurl.com/4jafnd8u
Join us for “Human Rights Leaders Discuss Impacts of the Trump Administration’s ‘America First’ Approach on Rights.”
CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social will speak about the state of human rights and key developments from this week at #UNGA80.
tinyurl.com/4jafnd8u
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CUNY's new rapid response legal resource is now available for current students and employees who have been impacted by immigration policy changes, are facing issues traveling in and out of the country or have been detained by law enforcement. For more information, visit cuny.edu/CIAP.
September 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
CUNY's new rapid response legal resource is now available for current students and employees who have been impacted by immigration policy changes, are facing issues traveling in and out of the country or have been detained by law enforcement. For more information, visit cuny.edu/CIAP.
Students can now check out the books we selected for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15. These titles explore data and narrative stories about migration and the Latino community in the U.S.
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Students can now check out the books we selected for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15. These titles explore data and narrative stories about migration and the Latino community in the U.S.
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Domestic Workers in New York Face Low Pay, Exploitation — and Fear of Deportation
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Domestic Workers Face Low Pay, Exploitation — and Fear of Deportation
Immigrant domestic workers in the city sustain households with long hours and low pay, yet face growing fear of deportation.
documentedny.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Domestic Workers in New York Face Low Pay, Exploitation — and Fear of Deportation
documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...
documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...
September 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM