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Podcast: Your New Media News Update!
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Podcast: Your New Media News Update!

This Week in New Media News : Can the Federal Trade Commission Regulate Content on Youtube? Spotify vs. Apple Music: Who Will End Up with All the Users? No Negative News: Why Is China Arresting WeChat Users? Are Snapchat’s Fans in Law Enforcement Following You? Will Facebook Limit Political Misinformation? […]

Podcast: Global Media News!
International / Media

Podcast: Global Media News!

Media News from Turkey, Afghanistan, Yemen, Malaysia, Japan, Iraq, Sudan:   Is There Press Freedom in Erdoğan’s Turkey? ZAN TV: Gender & Journalism in Afghanistan. Yemen: Can You Report from a Bloody Civil War? Malaysian Media Under Mahathir bin Mohamad. Is Twitter a Thing in Japan? Why so Popular? Iraqi […]

We Got Your Global Media News Right Here!
International / Media

We Got Your Global Media News Right Here!

Media News from Russia, Pakistan, China, Bolivia, Canada, South Korea: How Close to the Kremlin is the Chef’s Patriot Media Group? Can Imran Khan Regulate the Pakistani Press? Have You Met Bytedance? Is TikTok a Privacy Threat? Why Has China Slammed the Door on The Joker? Will Boliva’s New President […]

Campus News

Bursar Problems

Students at SUNY Old Westbury are complaining about the problems they face with the Office of the Bursar. The office handles all the payments made on student accounts, including managing payment plans, financial aid payments and refunds from overpayments. These complaints from students range from the office not answering their […]

Meet the Honors College New Coordinator: Nicole Zinerco
Campus News

Meet the Honors College New Coordinator: Nicole Zinerco

SUNY Old Westbury’s Honors College welcomed the new Honors College Coordinator, Nicole Zinerco for the fall 2019 semester.  A former academic advisor, Zinerco earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Stony Brook University where she double majored in Studio Art and Art History and earning her master’s in Higher Education […]

How Internships Add to a Student’s Experience and Future Employment
Campus / News

How Internships Add to a Student’s Experience and Future Employment

Every semester SUNY Old Westbury media and communications students gain valuable work experience through internships. They learn new and appropriate skills and gain knowledge, preparing them for jobs. But the reality for many is far away from what they were expecting, as for many students finding a job after graduating is […]

Campus / News

Is Our Campus Safe?

Earlier this month, University Police released its annual security report displaying information and statistics from 2018. “This has been a safe campus and continues to be a very safe campus,” said Police Chief Steven Siena. According to the report, there were forty-nine drug-law violations including nineteen liquor-law violations, three cases […]

Campus / News / Sports

Swimming Collides with Lehman

SUNY Old Westbury men’s and women’s swimming returned to the pool Wednesday evening on the road against the Lehman College Lightning (M: 1-0; W: 1-0) inside APEX Swimming Pool in Bronx, New York. Lehman swept Old Westbury (M: 0-3; W: 0-4) with a 93-60 men’s score and an 83-55 women’s […]

World War Joy Tour Comes to Barclays Center
Entertainment / Opinion

World War Joy Tour Comes to Barclays Center

New Yorkers were treated to a concert at the Barclay Center like no other. On October 17th, DJ duo The Chainsmokers, pop-punk band 5 Seconds of Summer, and solo artist Lennon Stella rocked the stage for their World War Joy North American tour in a four hour show with amazing […]

SUNY Old Westbury’s Newest Sports Information Director: Nicole Sasu-Twum
Campus / News / Sports

SUNY Old Westbury’s Newest Sports Information Director: Nicole Sasu-Twum

    On August 8, 2019, Nicole Sasu-Twum was appointed sports information director at SUNY Old Westbury by athletics director Lenore J. Walsh. As sports information director, Sasu-Twum is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Sports Information department. The operations include sports communications, multimedia content, compiling statistics, and managing […]