The ''Mott Haven Herald'' is a monthly newspaper that covers the

Mott Haven Mott Haven is an American primarily residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East 149th Street to the north, the Bruckner ...

, Port Morris, and Melrose sections of the Bronx. Founded in the spring of 2009, the ''Herald's'' news stories range from crime, arts, entertainment, and politics to the activities of local people and institutions. The front page appears in color, but most photos inside the newspaper appear in black and white. The newspaper's editor is Joe Hirsch. The reporters are students at the

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City. One of the 24 institutions comprising the City University of New York, or CUNY, the school opened ...

. The ''Herald''s logo, an American Indian aiming his bow and arrow, is based on a weather vane fabricated at the Jordan Mott Ironworks, which gave the neighborhood its name. The newspaper's partner publication is the ''Hunts Point Express

which is also edited by Hirsch and staffed by students from Hunter College. The ''Herald'' was founded by Bernard L. Stein, former editor of the

Riverdale Press Founded in 1950 by David A. Stein and wife Celia Stein, ''The Riverdale Press'' is a weekly newspaper that covers the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village, as w ...

, as was ''The Express'', which began publication in 2006.

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