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BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith, NYC Digerati Discuss Digital Media at St. Francis

In a midday panel discussion held Monday at St. Francis Brooklyn’s Maroney Forum for Arts, Culture & Education, some of the biggest names in New York City digital media gathered to talk about the risks and rewards of running Internet-based news organizations. New York’s New Digital Media—organized by St. Francis Scholar in Residence Fred Siegel […]

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St. Francis to Host “Tea Party” Debate

On Thursday, October 28, St. Francis College will present a discussion of the “Tea Party” phenomenon that has affected American politics this election year, including New York with Carl Paladino’s capture of the Republican nomination for governor. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: With Tea Party victories across the country during recent primaries, St. Francis College and the […]

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St. Francis, Manhattan Institute Present Panel on City’s Fiscal Crisis

On Thursday, May 7, St. Francis College, in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, will present a panel discussion on New York City’s fiscal crisis in historical perspective. According to the College’s press release: New York is the only major city to have gone through repeated bouts of near bankruptcy most recently in 1932 and 1975. […]

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