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Paul Moses

Professor   Department: English   Location: 3157 Boylan Hall   Phone: 718-951-5302   Fax: 718-951-4612   Email:

I joined the Journalism faculty at Brooklyn College in 2001. I'm also on the faculty of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. A Brooklyn College graduate, I returned to CUNY after a 23-year career in daily journalism, mostly at Newsday's New York City paper. I served there as city editor, Brooklyn editor, City Hall bureau chief, and religion writer. As a rewrite man, I wrote lead stories on major news events ranging from the 9/11 terrorist attacks to a 1991 subway crash that killed five people, the latter winning the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. I also reported for The Associated Press and The Dispatch of Union City, N.J., and have written for Commonweal, America, the Village Voice, The Star-Ledger of Newark and elsewhere. I blog for Commonweal Magazine. I am the author of "The Saint and the Sultan: the Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace" (Doubleday, 2009). Education: Master of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts - 1978 (English ) B.A., Brooklyn College - 1975 (Psychology) Areas of Expertise: I specialize in writing about religion and New York City government. Books and Publications "Mission Improbable: St. Francis and the Sultan," Commonweal, 25 September 2009. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009 "The Need for Skepticism." Review of "Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion." Commonweal, 10 April 2009. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009 "The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace" published by Doubleday. (Books and Publications: Book) 2009 "Grace in Ghana: The Making of a Bishop." Commonweal 26 September 2008:14. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 "The pontiff connects with the crowd." Newsday 21 April 2008. "The pope's challenge." Newsday 13 April 2008. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 "What are they walking for?" www.bustedhalo.com 29 July 2008. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 "Church split was a disaster: The urban poor still suffer from formation of LI Diocese in 1957." Newsday, 7 June 2007. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 "The Passion Redux: What Are Gibson's Defenders Saying Now?" Commonweal, 9 February 2007. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 "Victor Zorza's Mission." A Review of Victor Zorza: A Life Amid Loss, by Michael Wright. Death Studies, October 2007. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007 "A Swift-boating in Jersey: Lessons in Journalistic Objectivity." Commonweal, 22 September 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Gentrification: Who Wins, Who Loses?" Commonweal, 2 June 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Losing Faith in a Tarnished Mentor: How Menendez Split from Musto." Star-Ledger, 25 June 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Residence evil: Stop-work orders don't stop bulldozing in Williamsburg." Village Voice, 8 March 2006 (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Rubble with a cause." Village Voice, 8 February 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Something's Missing." Village Voice, 3 January 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Calling Fr. Reese: On Silencing the Messenger." Commonweal 3 June 2005:9. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "Falun Gong and the First Amendment." Quoting God: How Media Shape; Ideas about Religion and Culture. Ed. Claire Badaracco. Baylor U. Press, 2005. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005 "How the N.Y. Times Disdains the Great Unwashed." Village Voice 17 August 2005:26. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "Suozzi's abortion action louder than words." Newsday 26 May 2005. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "The Fine Print: A new colony." Village Voice 18 May 2005:25. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "The Fine Print: Eve of Construction. In Greenpoint, it's destruction for old-timers forced to close up shop." Village Voice 7 December 2005:20. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "The Fine Print: Poor Excuse." Village Voice 12 July 2005:16. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "The Fine Print: The Class of '05." Village Voice 14 June 2005:20. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 "These Stats Are a Crime." Village Voice 2 November 2005:34. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 America's Mayor: The Hidden History of Rudy Giuliani's New York. Ed. Robert Polner. Soft Skull Press, 2005. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005 Awards, Honors and Fellowships Wolfe Fellow, 2007-2008. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "What Makes NYC Catholic Schools Worth Saving?" Moderated discussion sponsored by Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, Teachers College of Columbia University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 2 February 2009. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Uncovering the Story of Saint Francis and the Sultan," presented to Medieval Club of New York, 14 November 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008