tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331261422025-03-13T15:02:13.886-04:00News and notes about the Newspaper Department and the industry.Steve Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647989352305290789noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-67247538371038502672008-03-14T18:50:00.003-04:002008-03-14T19:05:19.839-04:00

The New York Times reported today that seasonal businesses are caught between a rock and hard place, as the government reduced the number of H-2B work visas. The reduction comes because the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and others are blocking legislation that allows an expansion of H-2B visas in hopes of forcing an immigration policy overhaul. The affected businesses don't hire those who are

Naomi P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07635233294406904709noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-62113621600906440802008-02-26T20:49:00.002-05:002008-02-26T20:54:28.152-05:00

Not that it has a direct link to our stories, exactly, but I just saw on Yahoo! News today a report on Mexico's problems with illegal immigrants. Mexico is coming under fire for the way it is treating its illegals. It might be interesting to compare Mexican policy and practice with the U.S. policy and practice. Also, there is the idea that Mexico's illegal immigrants from Central America could

Naomi P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07635233294406904709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-73000064926159028572008-02-21T12:42:00.002-05:002008-02-21T12:43:16.095-05:00

Hey, just saw this interesting article about undocumented students. http://dailybruin.com/news/2008/feb/20/struggling-noncitizen-status/

Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00908493441723891273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-84647714869419058592008-02-18T20:07:00.002-05:002008-02-18T20:11:31.367-05:00

I just sent this idea to professor Glass, but I figured I'd share it with everyone else too. The following was included in the e-mail I sent him:My team's story is about migrant workers who are too scared to leave the farms because they don't want to be picked up by immigration control. The idea we came up with was to create an interactive map of the surrounding counties and point out the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-30783227204241158942008-02-15T15:40:00.002-05:002008-02-15T15:43:10.930-05:00

So what great ideas did you come up with for the Web in your initial meeting last night? Feel free to post them here so others can see what you're thinking.Also, if you're interested in doing an Flash-based info graphics, please let me know.

Jon Glasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835148140910919150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-11495589686946100822008-02-11T12:23:00.000-05:002008-02-11T12:24:44.897-05:00

Check out this story from the NY Times. It says by 2020 1 in 7 people in the U.S. will be foreign born. The data comes from the Pew Research Center.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-65031155477763558832008-02-07T13:17:00.001-05:002008-02-07T13:20:38.576-05:00

Hey All,So I know this is going to sound hokey, but I figured since some of our stories are probably going to deal with U.S. citizenship and the naturalization process, I thought I'd pass this along...I just received a Facebook application invite to take the U.S. Citizenship Test; thought it might be an easy way to get hold of the questions that the folks at the naturalization ceremonies had to

Brent Kurutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010758462813523053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-32675464629093583462008-02-04T12:04:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:07:34.922-05:00

Hey folks,I just wanted to point out a few links from federal government sites that might be of some help if you're curious about procedural stuff and government initiatives relating to immigration. The main site of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services is uscis.gov. There are a lot of press releases there that tell of what's going on on the government's end. Also, you might want

Dave Canfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558503614268101881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-34820816248157403232008-02-03T19:12:00.000-05:002008-02-03T19:20:33.705-05:00

One thing I liked about Monday's panel is how the beauracrats really wanted a story told from the perspective of the immigrants. Although our panel consisted of official people from various places within the Syracuse community, they were all adament about the need to make the story have a human perspective. Prior to the discussion, Prof. Davis told us that although the people on the panel are

Gitana Mirochnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827396356203509748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-88875329155186307292008-01-29T22:49:00.001-05:002008-01-29T22:51:59.849-05:00

Here is an article from the Chicago Tribune that could get some people jump-started on ideas. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-workplace-special,0,580858.special. The general theme is how immigrants take such dangerous jobs compared to other people, which our panel spoke to in a much smaller degree. We would of course bring it more local, but these are problems from across the country

Steve Sulakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00129699818860979233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-8103874134001196092008-01-28T00:12:00.000-05:002008-01-28T01:00:24.036-05:00

After browsing through the News21 Web site, I noticed something they did that may be easy to adapt to our project.In Data Road Trip Home, an interactive map of the U.S. featured speech bubbles popping out from places throughout the country with a statistic about each one. Clicking on the bubble leads to slide shows with audio and video clips about each topic.In our case, instead of a map of the

Dayelin Romanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17240766992541252216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-32990605252594199912008-01-27T18:16:00.000-05:002008-01-27T18:35:03.227-05:00

I found this story in the Washington Post about how the fees for naturalization and visas are on the rise. It looks like they increased by 66% in 2007. It might be interesting to see what kind of impact that has had locally. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the increase would help the the speed of processing the applications, but it looks like that hasn't been the case. Focusing on

Emily Opilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276803222824775396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-15316418406005751632008-01-26T19:17:00.000-05:002008-01-26T19:24:01.998-05:00

Hey, just wanted to throw out a couple of other ideas that I thought of lying awake at night (obviously when I have any free time at all, I think about immigration). Anyways, I guess these two ideas would go along with the adjustments immigrants have to make to American life. I know I have seen many foreign people here in Syracuse playing pick-up soccer (a sport very popular in every other

DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12957209048188311840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-36459698910372027112008-01-26T15:08:00.000-05:002008-01-26T15:15:31.176-05:00

Hey Everyone,I was looking around on Google today and I came across a term that caught my eye. Appartently, the State Department holds an annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery, in which would-be immigrants from around the world submit entries into a randomly-selected lottery drawing for one of 50,000 Diversity Visas "made available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the

Brent Kurutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010758462813523053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-43966472979627112362008-01-23T14:59:00.000-05:002008-01-23T15:35:44.245-05:00

I saw this ad on the back of a magazine and it caught my eye.  It's for the Coalition For The Future American Worker (www.americanworker.org) and basically states that amnesty programs for illegal immigrants would result in economic disaster, particularly for black Americans.  The Web site gives a lot more information on the Coalition and how they seek to represent the American worker in

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263875996011696485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-55575874386049153212008-01-22T19:01:00.000-05:002008-01-22T19:05:31.989-05:00

Cornell's department of sociology has a program that helps migrant workers living in central New York by aiding them in all the necessary processes to work in the U.S. This includes medical care, drivers licenses, learning English, etc. I think they would be able to hook us up with some interesting migrant workers. Check out the site here: http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/outreach/cfp/.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-63268441035749533852008-01-21T21:28:00.000-05:002008-01-21T21:37:37.480-05:00

Hi Everyone!I found an interesting post on this page about a pastor from Syracuse that was accused of making/selling fake green cards and social security cards. The post is about one year old. This Web site seems to have different threads pertaining to immigration concerns in the United States. I think that the post about the Syracuse pastor could be helpful because we could look at statistics

Gitana Mirochnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827396356203509748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-65477866700745707212008-01-21T20:46:00.000-05:002008-01-21T20:59:23.458-05:00

I was searching "immigration" and "syracuse" on google and the first link that comes up is for Diane Chappell-Daly, an immigration and nationality lawyer whose office is located in Syracuse. I was looking at her website and she has page devoted to helping people watch out for immigration scams. It seems that there are lawyers/people who claim that they will help people with their immigration

Kevin Trudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976529086237477414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-5227164222132217562008-01-21T16:13:00.000-05:002008-01-21T16:16:10.866-05:00

Hey all,Take these how you wish because they are government Web sites, but the maps legal immigrants in the U.S. and the second is the Web site for Refuggee Resettlement. They have an office here in Syracuse and work closely with Catholic Charities. Since we aren't sure who is coming next Monday, these two sites are good to get some general statistics.http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/data/

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-91998487392020987122008-01-19T06:41:00.000-05:002008-01-19T06:45:11.182-05:00

Friday's New York Times has an interesting story we could localize. The piece discusses how -- in a number of communities -- the illegal population has gone seriously underground because of the new vigor for a "crackdown." The story is datelined from Waukegan, Ill. 

Steve Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647989352305290789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-60445766881547250172008-01-18T16:12:00.001-05:002008-01-18T16:17:39.359-05:00

I just saw this article on syracuse.com about 66 people in Syracuse who just became American citizens. There is some good stuff about what some of the people had to go through to become a citizen and how seriously they take their citizenship. Anyway hope it's helpful.  - Evan 

DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12957209048188311840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-40569930550400163192008-01-17T07:31:00.000-05:002008-01-17T07:40:59.683-05:00

Welcome to the class blog.Your first assignment: You can do one of two things here. You can comment on the News 21 initiative, and ideas it inspires for the project. Or better yet, perhaps, you can share what you're learning in your research for the immigration project. "Comments" are enabled, so you can not only post to the blog, but react to what others have said/learned. And this blog is

Steve Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647989352305290789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-1159128855631214902006-09-24T15:56:00.000-04:002006-09-24T16:18:12.920-04:00

Two reporters in NEW 305, the advanced reporting class in Newspaper, have won $2,500 and first place in Rolling Stone's annual college journalism contest. The prize was announced last week.The winners: Julianne Pepitone and Allison Baker, for their 3,000-word story on Jeffrey Guerin, a local man severely wounded in Afghanistan when the Humvee he was in drove over a roadside bomb. The story

Steve Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647989352305290789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33126142.post-1156198108941733492006-08-21T18:02:00.000-04:002006-09-22T20:32:39.516-04:00

I would welcome you back for Fall 2006, but it is one-third in the bag already. Congratulations on that. Time to start looking for next summer's internships.Anyone who accesses this blog can comment on what is posted. To start, a handful of Newspaper profs and students will have the power to post original entries as well. If you're a student interested in being a team blogger who can post orginal

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