John Jay College - Center on Media, Crime and Justice

The Center on Media, Crime and Justice, housed at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) since 2006, is the nation's only practice- and research-oriented think tank devoted to encouraging and developing high-quality reporting on criminal justice, and to promoting better-informed public debate on the complex 21st-century challenges of law enforcement, public security and justice in a globalized urban society.

Our Mission
The Center provides a non-partisan forum for discussion, networking and information-sharing between the media and the criminal justice community both in the U.S. and abroad, including academics, practitioners and non-government organizations. We offer seminars, training workshops and courses, conferences, specialized research and fellowships for media students, professionals and editors working in print, broadcast, magazine and online. We provide a key link between cutting-edge research and best practices in the field and the media community. Activities include: sponsorship of the annual John Jay Prize for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting, and an annual survey of major crime stories and coverage.

Our Partners
The Center operates in partnership with: Criminal Justice Journalists (CJJ), the only U.S. association of working crime and justice reporters; the Institute for Justice and Journalism (IJJ) at USC Annenberg School for Communication; and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York. We also collaborate with other specialist academic centers at John Jay as well as professional media and criminal justice organizations around the U.S.. Funding currently comes from the Ford Foundation and the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation.

JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS:
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Reducing Juvenile Crime, Youth Incarceration and Recidivism, and the Costs of Juvenile Justice:

What Should a 21st Century
System Look Like?

How Can the Media Stay Ahead
of the Story?

New York, N.Y.
April 23rd and 24th, 2012

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Mother Jones Magazine Win 2012 John Jay College/H.F. Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards

Read the Mother Jones Magazine Story here.
Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Story here.

For Information about the Gun Violence Reporting Grants Click here.

CMCJ/Pew Advanced Journalism Seminar: Kentucky Sentencing, Corrections and Re-entry: Reporting the Full Story A Comparative Look at Kentucky and the Nation
Friday, October 22, 2010
Lexington, Kentucky

New York Magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer Investigative Team Win 2011 John Jay Criminal Justice Reporting Awards

Read the New York Magazine story here.
Read the Philadelphia Inquirer story here.

19 Journalists Win Tribal Justice Reporting Fellowships from John Jay College Center on Media, Crime and Justice

Press Release

Belleville News-Democrat and Austin Chronicle Reporters Win 2010 John Jay Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards

Press Release

"The Truth About Crime"
BBC Documentary Screening
Feb.23rd, 2010
5 to 7 p.m.
899 Tenth Avenue Room 630T

5th Annual H.F. Guggenheim Symposium
Monday Feb. 1st &
Tuesday Feb. 2nd, 2010
New York, NY

The Rule of Law in a Free Society: The Prospects for Law Enforcement
Thursday, December 3, 2009
New York, NY

CMCJ/Pew Advanced Journalism Seminar: Florida
Friday, October 30th &
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
St. Peterburg, Florida

CMCJ/Pew Advanced Journalism Seminar: Illinois
The Future of Sentencing, Corrections and Crime Reduction in Illinois: A Conversation among Journalists, Policy Makers and Criminal Justice Professionals
Friday, September 25th and
Saturday, September 26th 2009
Chicago, Illinois

CMCJ/Pew Advanced Journalism
Seminar: Wisconsin
Sentencing, Corrections and Re-entry: Reporting the Full Story A Comparative Look at Wisconsin and the Nation
Friday, April 24th and
Saturday, April 25th 2009
Madison, Wisconsin

CMCJ John Jay/ McCormick Foundation Financial Crimes Fellowships Announced
click here for press release

How Do They Get Away With It? Tracking Financial Crimes in a New Era
April 1st, 2009
Agenda

Center on Media, Crime and Justice Awards Fellowships to 15 Journalists

• List of 2009 Fellows

Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Times Herald-Record Reporters Win 2009 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards

Read the stories:

H.F. Guggenheim Conference A new Beginning: Exploring the Criminal Justice Challenges for the next Four years

Feb. 2-3, 2009

Femicide: Understanding and Preventing the Murder of Women in Intimate Relationships
Featuring a special media workshop: The Power of the Media: How the Press Covers Violence Against Women

Friday, Nov. 7th, 2008

"Crime, Justice and Immigration:
Reporting the Full Story"
June 2nd, 3rd and 4th at John Jay College

NY Times Columnist Bob Herbert speaks about the importance of criminal justice journalism (Watch video)

Stephen Handelman, Director, shandelman@jjay.cuny.edu
555 West 57th, Room 604B, NY, NY 10019
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