Hofstra Institute

Students at the 2019 Hofstra High School Summer Journalism Institute listening in during a talk by Michael Otterman, of the Sandra and Bernard Otterman Foundation, which funds the program. // Photos by Scott A. Brinton/Hofstra University

In 2014, the New York Press Association approved a grant application that I wrote, providing seed money to fund the Hofstra High School Summer Journalism Institute for three years. The annual weeklong Institute, held each July, aims to encourage young people of color to consider careers in journalism.

I currently co-direct the Institute with Professor Mario Gonzalez. Since 2017, we have also received funding from the Press Club of Long Island and the Bernard and Sandra Otterman Foundation. We are so grateful for their generous support! Here are various articles on the Institute:

Hofstra launches Community Journalism Program

The write stuff

Michael Otterman delivering a talk at the 2019 High School Summer Institute.
Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, chatting with 2019 participants.

Promoting diversity in media

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