[dropcap sid=”dropcap-1446585320″]H[/dropcap]ousing, jobs, immigration, education, zoning/rezoning, displacement, and gentrification were among the pressing topics Baruch students wanted to know more about during the inaugural Roz Bernstein Reporting Day.
In September faculty members Emily Johnson and Gisele Regatao, both of the Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions, led a group of students to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where they honed their journalism skills in meetings with Jeremy Laufer, district manager of Community Board 7, and Lupita González, program director of not-for-profit Mixteca. The group also toured NARS (New York Art Residency and Studios).
The day’s namesake, Professor Emerita of Journalism Roslyn Bernstein, PhD (fifth from left), tagged along. Describing the students as “lively, thoughtful, deeply perceptive, and engaged,” Dr. Bernstein said, “I am truly grateful to my Baruch friends and colleagues for funding this tribute. But I am even more grateful to see the future of journalism at Baruch showcased and celebrated.”
Bernstein retired from Baruch in 2016 after more than 40 years of distinguished teaching. Her legacy includes Dollars & Sense and the Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, both of which she founded.