Nearly five years after moving to the United States, Brazilian student Gustavo Comonian now works for WCC’s Department of Student Involvement as the Staff Assistant to student-run publication The Viking News. While he initially immigrated with the goal of majoring in communications, his path to a journalism degree seemingly began by pure coincidence…

Click here to visit Gustavo’s Student Involvement Profile

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On Thursday, March 30, 2017, photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve visited Westchester Community College. There, he spoke about a few of his most recent projects, focusing on one entitled “Traces of Exile.” “Traces of Exile” focuses on the current Syrian refugee crisis and helps people to visualize/understand the journey refugees are on, as well as breaking/shattering stereotypes in the process. After his presentation, he sat down for an interview where he elaborated/spoke more about what he himself got out of this project. Two students, Fiorella Cavelo and Liam Thomas O’Reilly, also spoke about their thoughts on the presentation.

To check out some of his work, click here.

Video Journalist Tomas Van Houtryve talks to Westchester Community College Journalism students about his work with Refugees. Student were left with a better understanding what a refugee is and the challenges they deal with everyday.

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Photo Journalist Tomas Van Houtryve visited Westchester Community College to share two of his projects “Traces of Exile” and “Borderline North Korea” with the journalism department in April. Working all over the world for several different publishers, Van Houtryve has a complied a variety of different works that you can view here. His presentation was met with great interest among students and faculty alike, it even inspired some to enter the contest for a chance to do some reporting for the Pulitzer Center that is being held on campus.

In March 2017, photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve came to WCC to present his work to students. In this presentation, he highlighted his project “Traces of Exile” which focuses on the stories of refugees. In his project, Houtryve is able to give people insight to the daily life of a refugee through the  use of photos posted by refugees on social media. To learn more about Tomas and his projects, click here.

Photo Journalist, Thomas Van Houtryve, visited WCC students to talk about his project on the refugee crisis and how photos that the refugees have taken were unexpected.

For more of Thomas Van Houtryve’s works click here

In March of 2017, International Photo Journalist Tomas van Houtryve put on a presentation right here at WCC. After giving us some tips on chasing a career in journalism, he showed us a taste of what it is like to live in an oppressive regime like the Hermit Kingdom of North Korea, but his main focus was showing us his latest project, “Traces of Exile”. This project focuses on the current refugee crisis found in Syria. Many students came in with their own opinions of what a refugee looks like/goes through, but the presentation sure enough changed all of that. “Traces of Exile” followed a few refugees in their journey across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe in their pursuit of freedom and a life that is not dominated by military conflict. You can find more about Tomas’ work here .

Photo Journalist Tomas Van Houtryve spoke to Westchester Community College Journalism Students about his work with the Pulitzer center, including how his stereotype of refugees changed after working in the field.

To find more of his work, click here: http://tomasvh.com/works/

In spring of 2017, The Pulitzer Center paid a visit to Westchester Community College. Photo Journalist Tomas Van Houtryve spoke with WCC Students about his experience with international Journalism in North Korea.

For more information on Tomas Van Houtryve’s journalism works. Please click on this link. http://tomasvh.com/works/

The 2017 Spring Campus Consortium brought Pulitzer Center Journalist Tomas Van Houtryve to WCC on March 30. Presenting his recent project “Traces of Exile” he challenged students views on refugees and their perceptions of the refugee crisis through a project that highlights the “digital bread crumbs” left on social media.