Programs
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Juror Number Six, a gripping short documentary film for the Internet, explores the symbiotic relationship between the media, race, crime and punishment.

Immigration, Law and Justice: Where do We go from here?
(Reporting the Full Story)

• Fighting illegal Immigration: Local vs Federal Funding
• Are We Criminalizing Immigration?
• Cong. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) speaks about immigration and border control
• Media Fellowship — News Release
• List of 2008 Fellows
• Watch the Debate: Should Local Police Enforce Immigration Laws? New Haven Mayor John DeStefano v. Assemblyman Greg Ball (R-Carmel)
  
  

Media, Race and Capital Punishment
The Center on Media, Crime & Justice sponsors training courses, conferences, workshops and seminars for journalists covering all aspects of criminal justice as part of our goal of promoting and facilitating quality criminal justice reporting. Below are some important research and themes to come out of our distinguished programs and events.

• Capital Punishment Briefing
  Prospects are looking up for anti-death penalty advocates around the country, according to Celeste Fitzgerald, who spearheaded the successful New Jersey campaign to abolish the death penalty. Speaking at the May 12 conference on Race, Media and Capital Punishment at John Jay College, Fitzgerald looks ahead to California, Tennessee, and Maryland -- as well as New Mexico and Montana. "If New Jersey was a moment, the next one will be a trend," she claimed at the conference, organized by the Center on Media Crime & Justice at John Jay and the Center on Race, Crime and Justice. David Kaczynski, head of New Yorkers against the death penalty (and brother of the Unabomber) speaks as well in the clip.
  The YouTube clip can be accessed here.
  
  If anyone wants to contact either Fitzgerald or Kazcynski for further interviews, pls send an e-mail to Steve Handelman, Director of the Center on Media, Crime & Justice at John Jay College at: shandel@ix.netcom.com; or Cara Tabachnick, Associate Director at ctabachnick@jjay.cuny.edu.
• Unabomber's Brother Speaks Out on the Death Penalty
  David Kaczynski, head of New Yorkers against the Death Penalty, argues that race is a crucial factor in determining who receives the death penalty in the U.S. In a moving luncheon address, he compares the treatment given to his brother, the Unabomber and an African-American defendant. In five parts:
  
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  • Part 4
  • Part 5
• Race, Media & Justice: Screening
  “Race to Execution & Juror 6”
• Media, Race and Capital Punishment Program
• Media, Race and Capital Punishment Bios


Byron Halsey and his attorney, Vanessa Potkin,
at his exoneration 5/15/07

Guggenheim Conference 2007

• Guggenheim Conference Agenda, with links to bios of participants

  
  John Jay College President Jeremy Travis
  welcomes guests to the 3rd annual
  Guggenheim Symposium and John Jay
  Prize luncheon, Dec 4, 2007

  
  Joyce Purnick, former Metro Editor of
  The New York Times, delivers the keynote
  address on the second day of the
  Guggenheim Symposium, Dec 4, 2007.

• YouTube Clips from Guggenheim Conference (first of 10)
• Summary of Panels For the Third Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Symposium: “Crime, Justice & Politics: Looking Ahead to ’08: Joe Domanick with Ted Gest
• John Jay Poll

John Jay Criminal Justice Reporting Awards

• Wall Street Journal and Denver Post Reporters Win 2007 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards.

  
  Gary Fields of The Wall Street Journal,
  winner of the 2007 John Jay Prize for
  Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting
  in the single-story category.

  
  Susan Greene and Miles Moffeit of the
  Denver Post, winners of the 2007 Prize
  for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting
  in the series-category. They are flanked by
  Keynoter Joyce Purnick of the New York Times
  and College President Jeremy Travis.

Crime in Latin American Panel

• Latin American Program

Ethnic Media Panel

• Ethnic Media Program

Paul Browne speaks at Conference, advocates getting rid of press passes NYPD

Son of Sam: 25 Years Later

• Recalling a City in Fear
• Program and Speaker Biographies: The Son of Sam

  
  Author Jonathan Mahler and former NYC Mayor Ed Koch

  
  Jimmy Breslin and NYPD Blue producer Bill Clark

  
  Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch

Media, Violence and Aggression

• Media Violence and Aggression
• Program and Speaker Biographies: Media Violence and Aggression
• Impact of Video Games on Memory
• Media Use and School Achievement
• Impact of Hollywood Violence