Award-winning crime reporter began in the New Visions classroom
Tobi Walsh has always been a writer. But as a junior at Shenendehowa High School, she lacked a plan to turn her passion into a career. That year, Walsh took a risk by applying to spend her senior year...
View ArticleNew Visions alumni landed dream job as sports reporter
The final year of high school is usually the same for every teenager: the same cramped legs from curling behind hard uncomfortable desks for hours. The same bitter energy drinks and steaming cups of...
View ArticleTelevision reporter still reflects on lessons she learned in New Visions
Although journalism is changing from physical paper to online articles and videos, it isn’t going away. The young alumni of the New Visions: Multimedia and Digital Communications program prove daily...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Easter egg hunt at First Baptist Church of Westerlo
On Saturday morning, March 26, a group of 80 children, ranging from toddlers to fifth graders, converged on the lawn of the First Baptist Church of Westerlo clutching baskets for an Easter egg hunt. If...
View ArticleNew Visions graduate Andrew Pugliese shares his testimony
Most elementary school kids aren’t interested in the news, but Andrew Pugliese remembers wanting to be a journalist when he was just nine years old. Pugliese, a 2013 graduate of Mohonasen High School...
View ArticleHow to not be annoying: a complete guide for underclassmen
It may sound like the title of this blog is a little condescending, but considering the combination of sleep deprivation and pressing responsibilities I’m grappling with at the moment, it reads more...
View ArticleThis is only the beginning
I’ve gone to my last pep rally and homecoming football game. I’ve attended my last prom and no longer have to run the mile for gym class. I’ve taken all my final exams and turned in my last homework...
View ArticleChelsea Diana: Another successful New Visions graduate
Many graduates of the New Visions: Multimedia and Digital Communications program are evidence that journalism, despite popular predictions of its imminent demise, is secretly thriving. Alumni are...
View ArticleFaces in the Newsroom: Q&A with Azra Haqqie
The news industry is increasingly moving from a print to a digital platform, and newsrooms across the world are busy adapting to the changes. News and information comes from so many sources and...
View ArticleA farewell from New Visions journalism
It’s been a great run, but at the end of this school year the New Visions: Multimedia & Digital Communications program is shutting its classroom at the Times Union. Over its 21-year history the...
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