About

Mission

Our mission is to provide students in Stony Brook University’s School of Communication and Journalism a platform to publish enterprise and investigative journalism to enhance their abilities and professionalism in media. These stories serve the Long Island community and its media outlets by covering important timely issues, deconstructing complicated narratives of institutions, and exploring potential solutions.

We hope to offer a platform for students that fosters engagement in news and community needs.

Who we are

This website is administered by the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.

The writers are undergraduate and graduate students in upper division courses, including the senior capstone course, and other special projects — facilitated by Irene Virag, associate dean and undergraduate program director, and faculty-designed curriculum.

The platform is edited by instructor J.D. Allen with an assistance by Lori Kie, the school’s communication director.

It is important for emerging journalists to gain experience in producing verifiable, independent and accountable work.

Our advisors

• School of Communication and Journalism faculty, students, and alumni board
• The Building a Better Communication and Journalism advisory board
• Laura Lindenfeld, dean of the School of Communication and Journalism, executive director of the Alda Center for Communicating Science, professor of journalism