Eyes on the Bronx, Bronx, NY 1999
Partners:
BRONXNET
The Bronx Journal
BronxNet extended its efforts to link the borough’s multi-ethnic communities with the creation of several new broadcasts, utilizing its four public-access cable channels and its Web site. The broadcasts took advantage of the newly built Bronx Journalism Center at Lehman College, opened in 1999 and featuring both audio and video production facilities that allowed it to serve as a kind of “town square” for broadcast community discussions on issues of importance.
“Bronxtalk AM,” a daily, two-hour, interactive call-in show about community news and public affairs, was televised on cable while the audio portion was streamed through the BronxNet Web site. A second program, “The Bronx Today,” provided in-depth analytical discussions of issues such as community policing, the privatization of New York City hospitals and other grass roots issues. The show included a live call-in segment to allow viewer participation.
Some of the Pew Center funds also went to support the publication of a pull-out section for children in The Bronx Journal, a tabloid published by Lehman’s Multi-Lingual Journalism Program which earlier Pew funding helped to launch.
Contact:
Jim Carney
Executive Director
Bronxnet- Lehman College
Carman Hall Room C-4
Bronx, NY 10468-1589
Phone: (718) 960-1180
Email: jcarney@bronxnet.com
Patricio Lerzundi, Ph.D.
Director, Multi-Lingual Journalism
Lehman College
250 Bedford Park Blvd. West
Carman Hall 266
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: (718) 960-8215
Email: lerzundi@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu