2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing Class: Veterans Stories
The spring 2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing class completed a project with the Veterans Breakfast Club this semester, recording interviews with veterans and then writing profiles about them. The students’ videos can be found on the VBC website, and the profiles...V.A. Nurse Maria Bardakos shares her experience from serving in the Coast Guard
By Brandon Kurzawski Maria Bardakos knows her life’s work connects directly to her service in the U.S. Coast Guard. It taught her, she said, to work hard and always to be organized, and Bardakos helped create a special force at her base that still remains. Her...Veteran Robert Mastraieni
By Samantha Hindman Robert Mastraieni made his slow trek to his first assigned base. His orders were scanned, and he was allowed to step within the cold metal gates. He looked around and realized that what was meeting his gaze – a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier, the...Veteran Carlos Jativa
By Natalea Hillen It all started one day when a 12-year-old boy, Carlos Jativa, saw a commercial on TV that changed his life. “I saw a commercial of a dude scaling a rock, and once he got to the top of the rock he fought a dragon. Once he defeated the dragon, he...The Year that Changed Chris Moore’s Life
By: Noah Marshalek Chris Moore decided he was not in the right state of mind for college after completing only two semesters in a little over two years. Moore, who is 73 now, knew he was going to be drafted because of his poor grades, so he enlisted instead. This...
We had an excellent turnout for the Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub’s open house last night! 🙌
Our shared workspace, graciously funded by The Benter Foundation, is open any local journalists and students who need accommodations for the day 📰
Thanks to everyone for stopping by!
So thrilled to see journalists settling right in to the Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub! 🤩📰
Come check out our Open House this evening 4pm to 6pm! 🌟 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/pdmh-open-house
Our @bobbatzjr takes you inside @PointParkCMI's new Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub, which already is fostering connections and collaborations to support local journalism: https://www.unionprogress.com/2022/12/06/pittsburgh-downtown-media-hub-is-a-comfy-space-for-making-local-news/
🌟Join us this Tuesday, December 6th from 4 to 6 p.m. and celebrate the opening of The Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub!
The Media Hub serves as a shared newsroom for local journalism, housing six news outlets and offering daily drop-in space for others.
RSVP details in 🧵⬇️
📺Tune in and see CMI Director @AndyConte discuss his new book, Death of the Daily News, on @ORB_Pittsburgh! 🌟
This Sunday Nov. 6 on @WPXI
Use code “CMI” for 20% tickets. 🎟
PPU students get in for free! 🌟
🍃 National Geographic videographer Bryan Smith will be joining us at the Pittsburgh Playhouse Tuesday Nov. 15 for our Media Innovators Speaker Series! 🎥
Learn more and get your tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/6wxuj7f3