NEW SITE: Columbia/News21’s “Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears”
I wanted to draw your attention to the launch of “Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears,” the Columbia News21 project for “What’s At Stake: Election 08,” http://newsinitiative.org/project/immigration_new_voters_old_fears
From a creative, animated home page to the wide array of richly
interactive, multimedia stories inside, “Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears” is a remarkable and innovative news website.
It was created by 10 News21 Fellows working in the 801 Lab under the guidance of project coordinator John B. Judis of The New Republic, along with Adjunct Prof. Adam Glenn as managing editor, and Dean of Students Melanie Huff. Also consulting on the project were Prof. Duy Linh Tu, coordinator of the New Media Program, and Adjunct Prof. Russell Chun, along with New Media Fellows Dave Mayers and Kenan Davis, and J’07 grad Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.
Over 10 weeks, the fellows traveled around the country to better understand the political impact of immigrants and immigration. A massive wave of legal - and illegal - immigrants is transforming the United States, changing the way we live and vote, inspiring hope of national renewal, but also provoking fear and resentment. Our team of journalists explores the impact on this year’s election, and beyond.
The News21 project is a journalism initiative of the Carnegie and Knight foundations and 44 students from five universities (Columbia, UC Berkeley, USC, Medill, Harvard) worked on an overall site, “What’s At Stake:
Election ‘08.”
This is the third year of a three-year cycle for News21. The program recently was expanded with new schools and renewed for another three years. Watch for news this fall how members of the Class of 2009 can participate next spring and summer.
Congrats to the entire team!
Please take a look at their work at:
http://newsinitiative.org/project/immigration_new_voters_old_fears
