Employed MCVA alumni – please consider taking MCVA associate professor Mirjana Pantic’s survey. See Pantic’s message below:
Hello! My name is Mirjana Pantic, and I am a professor at Pace University, currently collecting survey data that examines how media professionals(e.g., journalists, editors, producers, photographers) are using AI atwork. Participation is completely voluntary, and the survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Please fill it out and distribute it to your colleagues in the media who also might be interested in sharing their insights. If you have any questions, contact me at: mpantic@pace.edu
The research project “How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Journalism” aims to explore how artificial intelligence is integrated into journalistic workflows and what impacts media professionals across the globe to adopt AI in newsrooms. Specifically, the research seeks to examine what AI tools journalists use in their day-to-day work and how these technologies assist them in media production. In addition, the study aims to investigate the perceived advantages and disadvantages of AI in enhancing journalistic efficiency. The overall goal is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the evolving role of AI in journalism and its impact on professional practices. I am also hoping to use this knowledge to gain more knowledge about current AI practices in newsrooms and prepare our students for work in this new media envoronment.
For this purpose, I am collecting survey data from both domestic and international journalists. Due to the digital divide, I also want to investigate how factors such as language (native vs. non-native English speakers) impact the willingness to adopt these technologies as most of the AI tools are available in English.
F-Stop Magazine, an online photography magazine, reviewed MCVA associate professor Inbal Abergil’s latest body of work, “The Presence of Absence.” Abergil’s decade-long documentary body of work reveals the many layers of trauma, loss, grief, mourning, and healing in the aftermath of war. Read the review here.
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Media, Communications, and Visual Arts Department and Veterans Services hosted “The Presence of Absence: Life After Loss in the Aftermath of War — Artist Talk & Book Signing with Prof. Inbal Abergil.” Watch a recording of the event livestream here.
After thirty exceptional years of service to Pace University, MCVA full professor Maria Luskay is retiring, and her former student, MCVA alum Pedro Rivera ’12, weekday morning anchor for ABC7 NY, shared his well-wishes live on the air! Watch the newsworthy sendoff below.
MCVA associate professor Mirjana Pantic’s book “Digital News Literacy and Participatory Journalism: A Guide to Navigating Truth and the Information Landscape in the Digital Age,” will be published by Bloomsbury in 2026.
“The book equips readers with tools to critically evaluate information in an era shaped by disinformation, fake news, and algorithm-driven content,” Pantic shared in a LinkedIn post last week. “It also explores participatory journalism, highlighting the growing role of citizens in news production within an ever-evolving media landscape.”
The new publication inspired a new journalism course at Pace University, which she will teach next fall.
MCVA associate professor Inbal Abergil speaks to J. Sybylla Smith on the “Concept Aware” podcast about her new documentary body of work, “The Presence of Absence.” Listen to the episode here and view photos from the book below.
A piece by MCVA program director and associate professor Kate Fink, titled “Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status, but IRS records show that’s been rare,” is in The Conversation.
Fink shares on LinkedIn, “This study grew out of a project funded by the Pace University Helene & Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship. I’m grateful to the nonprofit news leaders I interviewed for that project for their generosity and candor.”
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