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ITC student Ellie Mayberry builds skills and finds passion at SU’s Fall Workshop Syracuse University’s 2018 Fall Workshop at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications was a life-changing event for me. Throughout this weekend I had the incredible opportunity to work alongside some of the most talented people the photojournalism world has to offer, all in my hometown of Syracuse. …

Nonprofit recognized for efforts to spark communication between community, police InterFaith Works of Central New York’s El-Hindi Center for Dialogue was honored last month in Washington, D.C., as a winner of the 2018 American Civic Collaboration awards, or Civvys. The center tied for first in the local category and was noted for its work in a variety of programs, most …

After multiple visits in and out of prison, local man shares why he hasn’t returned He’s a good person who made bad decisions. James Rivers distills his own complicated life into that simple sentence. He ended a roller coaster of nearly three decades in and out of prison in 2011 when, he said, he decided that he had had enough …

How four decades of handwritten letters help incarcerated men connect to the outside world

Five years after Jim Gifford’s death, his memory lives on in annual community cleanup

In November, our series “Prison to Family” continues with two new examinations of how important various forms of family and community support are — while incarcerated, immediately after release and even in the decade after prison — in preventing recidivism. Other stories includes reporter Nicole Valinote’s profile on Eurain Scott and how his high school media program opened the world …

Panel discussion explores questions raised by current Syracuse Stage play Audience and community members gathered at Syracuse Stage after a recent performance of “Possessing Harriet” to discuss the lasting impact of slavery in America. A panel consisting of scholars Christian DuComb, John Ernest and Joan Bryant; Syracuse Stage director Tazewell Thompson and Bass himself, fielded question about the play and …

Review of historic play’s world premiere

For Pulitzer-winning author Dr. Matthew Desmond, surveys and numbers weren’t enough to get a clear picture of what eviction does to a poor family in the Midwest. For the book, he moved into a trailer park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and watched individual victims of the 2008 housing crisis move from squalid house to run-down apartment, trying to scrounge together enough …

Historical play ‘Possessing Harriet’ to debut at Syracuse Stage