Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Introducing JESS: a new AI-powered tool designed to give journalists, editors, and news organizations in the U.S. greater access to essential safety information and guidance. Created by the Journalism Protection Initiative and ACOS Alliance, JESS (Journalist Expert Safety Support) draws on a best-in-class knowledge base of security resources and expert guidance.

JESS is engineered for privacy. All interactions are confidential, and no session data is shared.

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New AI Safety Tool expands critical safety guidance for journalists and editors in the U.S. - Newmark J-School JESS is an AI-powered tool designed to give journalists greater access to essential safety information and guidance by the Journalism Protection Initiative and ACOS Alliance.

Welcome home, alumni! 🧡
We were so happy to reconnect with everyone who came back to the Newmark J-School for Homecoming 2026. Special thanks to our great panelists for leading discussions about journalism and its many career paths.

📸: Irene Adeline Milanez

Attention alumni: Homecoming is this Saturday!

Reconnect with the Newmark J-School community and join us for conversations about cultivating audiences, independent media, navigating sustainable careers and so much more.

We can’t wait to see you back here! Get your ticket:

Homecoming 2026 - Newmark J-School Calling all alumni: Join us for Homecoming 2026, where we'll explore how journalists are building independent media brands, cultivating audiences directly, and navigating sustainable careers in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

The Newmark J-School is proud to announce that alum Annie Massa (‘14) was among a group of Bloomberg reporters honored as a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.

Massa and her Bloomberg colleagues were recognized for reporting on the Trump administration’s deregulation of cryptocurrencies, coverage that examined conflicts of interest and exposed the powerful political and financial forces shaping the crypto industry.

“I’m honored to have worked with my Bloomberg News colleagues on this series,” said Massa. “I’m also grateful to my CUNY professors who equipped me with skills I use every day in the newsroom.”

Read more:

Newmark J-School Alum Named 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Crypto Investigation - Newmark J-School The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is proud to announce that alum Annie Massa (‘14) was among a group of Bloomberg reporters honored as a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.

The Newmark J-School is proud to announce that Distinguished Professor M. Gessen has won the Pulitzer Prize for Opinion Writing.

The prize recognizes Gessen's “illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience to probe timely themes of oppression, belonging and exile” for The New York Times, where they serve as an Opinion columnist.

“This recognition speaks to the clarity, depth, and fearlessness that define M. Gessen's work,” said Dean Graciela Mochkofsky. “We are incredibly proud to have them as part of our faculty and to see their contributions recognized at the highest level.”

Read more: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/05/newmark-j-school-distinguished-professor-m-gessen-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-opinion-writing/