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  • Hong Kong community groups help families cope during the pandemic

    Hong Kong community groups help families cope during the pandemic

    • January 29, 2021

    By Joy Sze The place was a mess. Boxes holding donated secondhand appliances lined the walls. Days after they were used for a workshop, scattered plastic stools awaited removal. At the end of a corridor stood a refrigerator, its glass door revealing empty shelves.  In this crammed, 1,000-square-feet office, Parkson Yeung shared his desk and

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  • Media and Communications Internship at SBU’s political science department

    Media and Communications Internship at SBU’s political science department

    • January 29, 2021

    By Sherin Samuel Going into the media and communications internship  with Stony Brook’s political science department, I was extremely excited but also scared that I wasn’t going to be good enough for the position. I knew it was going to be a lot of work right off the bat, but I wanted to gain experience

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  • I landed my dream internship

    • January 29, 2021

    By Maya Brown CNN has been my dream company to work for for as long as I’ve known I wanted to become a journalist. In the summer of 2020, I attended the virtual NABJ/NAHJ Conference and one of my goals was to network and make at least 10 connections. When I saw that CNN was

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  • Hands-on learning at a hyperlocal newspaper

    Hands-on learning at a hyperlocal newspaper

    • January 29, 2021

    By Jessica Coacci My experience at the Long Island Herald was educational. At the Long Island Herald Newspaper, every intern was assigned to an editor. We pitched story ideas to our editors for approval, and they directed us to sources to interview. When we finished our articles, our editors gave us advice and feedback, including

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