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 Open Society Institute and the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation.
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CMCJ/Pew Advanced Journalism
Seminar: Illinois
Sentencing, Corrections and Re-entry: Reporting the Full Story A Comparative Look at Illinois and the Nation
Friday, September 25th and
Saturday, September 26th 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Click here to apply for a Fellowship
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
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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
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)
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