Research Center at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

08/28/2026

Welcome (back)! The Research Center is here to help you advance your ideas and skills and connect you with resources.

Check out our orientation tipsheet and find out what’s next at the Research Center at: https://bit.ly/RCorientationinfo.

08/19/2026

Happy to chat today about research! Check out our orientation tipsheet and find out what’s next at the Research Center at: https://bit.ly/RCorientationinfo. Slides from today's session will be shared soon.

07/20/2026

Data in the news.

This FT story about fashion houses destroying unsold stock cites data from the European Environmental Agency

https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/circularity-of-the-eu-textiles-value-chain-in-numbers (see section on used and waste textiles)

07/15/2026

Check out real-time data from street-level air quality sensors around nyc

https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-features/realtime-air-quality/

07/06/2026

Check out real time neighborhood flood sensors!

https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/floodinfonyc/ #/floodnet

Pairs well with this boundaries map to find out which local officials represent areas with flooding.

https://boundaries.beta.nyc

06/24/2026

Check out the detailed election maps for neighborhood level analysis of last night's primaries:

04/27/2026

Reporting on a New York statehouse election? Add data to your story! .org has data profiles by assembly and senate districts. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/62000US36037-assembly-district-37-ny/

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

04/23/2026

We've been paying attention to canary mission for years now. Check out this new reporting from dropsite and our guide about dealing with doxxing.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mission-israel-megamot-shalom-highest-paid-employees

https://researchguides.journalism.cuny.edu/doxxing

A Drop Site investigation reveals the highest paid employees of the Israeli group running the infamous pro-Israel doxxing site.

04/16/2026

Did you know that this public space is within a 10 minute walk of our school? We're going on a field trip there and to other library locations next week!

Wednesday, April 22 | 2:00 PM

RSVP: https://journalism-cuny.libwizard.com/f/April_2026_Event

03/31/2026

Are you working on a story about nursing homes/older adults? ProPublica's Nursing Home Inspect Database added the ability to search for the owners of nursing homes. Check out the tool here: https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/?_gl=1*13s7og8*_ga*MzUxNzI4OTU4LjE3NzIyMDQwNTU.*_ga_K9RW8M6GL5*czE3NzQzNzU2OTQkbzMkZzEkdDE3NzQzNzcyMDMkajYwJGwwJGgw

Photo by Jsme MILA : https://www.pexels.com/photo/nurses-stand-with-senior-patient-18459196/