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Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor
October 26, 2018
Aaron Sorkin is a screenwriter, director, producer and a plethora of other things. His works include The West Wing, A Few Good Men, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network and Steve Jobs. He has worked on a lot of project, but one in particular is my personal favorite. The Newsroom was an HBO series tha...
Can I Interview You?
Matt Reich, Associate Editor
May 8, 2018
It is not the standard day of a college student or any person to sit on two raised chairs under bright lights, a camera filming behind you, and ask someone who they murdered that led to them serving over twenty years in prison. My sophomore year of college I took an Interview Techniques for Today’s Media Clas...
The Age of Fake News
Liv Meier, Associate Editor
February 13, 2018
"So you're a crook then, right?" "Do you even need a degree for that anymore?" "Isn't it all just fake news?" With a president who has started the fake news epidemic and is keen on bashing news outlets, these are the type of responses I get when I mention to people that I'm a journalism student....
Is Technology Good for Culture?
Samuel Neve, Impact Staff
October 16, 2013
The 2013 New Yorker Festival at SIR Stage37 in Manhattan. Read More »...
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Alexis Lynch is a junior majoring in Media Studies with a focus in Journalism. Living in Westchester, New York her whole life she has been very focused on the entertainment industry as well as sports,...
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Amber Perez is a Journalist major here at Mercy College. She is currently residing at The Bronx, New York and enjoys listening to music and reading books about romance. Her current favorite writing...
Julianna Ilise is a 21 year-old. She grew up in Monroe, New York with her mother, father, sister, step-father and step-brother. She is currently attending Mercy college studying Radio and television production....
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Jack Seda-Schreiber is the entertainment editor for The Impact News. Born in New Jersey, Jack has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of music and a wide and diverse range of musical tastes. Jack not...
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Michael Panteleo is a senior and studies journalism at Mercy College. He enjoys writing, watching, and playing football and basketball. He is a member of the Collegiate Scholars program at Mercy College...
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Prof. Michael Perrota began teaching at Mercy College in 2005. Previously, he was a full-time reporter for North Jersey Media Group in the sports and news sections. After he began teaching, he worked in...
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Jess Brandt is a Media Studies major specializing in Journalism. She is from the wholesome town of Folsom located in beautiful Northern California. She is a member of the Mercy College Women's soccer team...
A die-hard sports fan who is eager to learn more about the sports media industry. His dream is to one day work for a big sports news outlet. He is a die-hard Jets fan and on a fall afternoon, one can find...
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Estefania Salinas is a senior majoring in Media Studies: Radio & TV Production with a secondary concentration in Journalism. She is a passionate news reporter. She loves to get out in the field interviewing...
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Jared Naut is a junior majoring in journalism hailing from the town of Parlin, New Jersey. When Jared is not writing, you can catch him listening to his favorite acapella group, Pentatonix, or binge-watching...