Adjunct Professor
Barbara Nevins Taylor
Adjunct Lecturer
Barbara Nevins Taylor is an Emmy-winning investigative reporter. She has won 19 Emmy Awards and more than 50 journalism honors during her career, including a “Laurel” from the Columbia Journalism Review.
As an investigative reporter Barbara has pursued stories that make a difference in the lives of individuals and the community. Her reports have earned praise, generated government action and helped send people to prison.
Long before the current financial crisis, Barbara exposed flaws in the mortgage lending and banking system.
In 1990's Barbara’s investigation of widespread real estate and banking fraud that victimized first-time homebuyers and cheated a government-insured loan program not only won awards, it sparked a United States Senate hearing, and crackdowns by HUD, the New York State Attorney General, The New York State Banking Department, and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.
Barbara is a native New Yorker who understands the importance of economic and social issues that are of vital daily concern. The alumni of The City College of New York awarded her the prestigious Townsend Harris Medal in recognition of her outstanding achievements. In May, Barbara was named to The City College Communications Alumni Hall of Fame.
Her work has been repeatedly honored by the Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists in both New York and New Jersey, The Newswomen's Club of New York, New Jersey Broadcasters Association and the New York Society of Silurians in New York City.
Barbara Nevins Taylor has worked as a television correspondent for more than twenty-five years. Before taking a hiatus from reporting in 1991 to devote attention to a foster child, she was a longtime correspondent for WCBS-TV where she won acclaim for her perceptive reporting. Previously, she was the chief political correspondent at WAGA in Atlanta, Georgia. She began her TV reporting career at WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama and went on to work as an anchor and reporter at WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky.
Barbara has contributed to The New York Times Op-Ed page, writing about issues affecting young people in New York City. Her writing has also focused on issues of concern to parents and women, and has appeared in national magazines. She has written a book called Beautiful Skin of Color, with doctors Jeanine Downie and Fran Cook-Bolden, published by ReganBooks, which evolved from her television reports.
Barbara is a Trustee of The Community Service Society of New York. She has been a foster mother and a mentor to many children.
Barbara is married to writer and Authors Guild past President Nick Taylor, author of 12 non-fiction books including,"American-Made:The Enduring Legacy of the WPA;When Roosevelt Put the Nation to Work," "The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate and the 30-Year Patent War," as well as "John Glenn, A Memoir." Barbara is a black belt in full contact, traditional Japanese karate and she practices yoga.
Classes for Spring 2010:
TVR 16 Television and Radio Writing, Thursday 6:30pm - 9:15pm
TVR 28.1 Television News Reporting, Tuesday 10:30pm-3:00pm
Julianna Forlano
Adjunct Lecturer
 Comedian Julianna Forlano has recently relocated to New York City from Chicago where she took first place in the Reader’s Digest Comedy Competition giving her the title of Chicago’s Funniest Comedian. A regular performer in venues across the US, she has performed with Susie Essman of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Julianna has shared the stage with some of the most beloved comics on the scene today including Kathleen Madigan, John Oliver, Hal Sparks, Hannibal Burress and many others. Julianna’s political and topical humor can be heard on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo Program on The Ironic News Report of which she is the host, head writer, and executive producer. The video version of The Ironic News Report can be viewed on CurrentTV.com (archives at www.IronicNewsReport.com). Julianna had the honor of performing at the official Inaugural Ball for Barack Obama in Chicago. Her comedic take on electoral politics, campaigns and their aftermath was published in Letters to President Obama (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009). She has been featured in The Chicago Sun Times and she performed on the TV’s Comcast Comedy Spotlight and WFLD TV’s Good Day Chicago. A talented improv comic as well, Julianna has performed with groups around the country, including 2 years as a member of Chicago’s Second City Conservatory. Julianna also worked in broadcast communications in Portland, Oregon where she hosted a weekly news and entertainment show on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Golden Hours Radio Network. Julianna continues to produce The Ironic News Report and perform at venues in New York City and around the country. Her undergraduate degree is from Colgate University and her graduate degree from New York University. She teaches Comedy Script Writing, Broadcast Journalism, and Media Studies in the TV & Radio Department at Brooklyn College.
Niki Bhattacharya
Adjunct Lecturer
 Niki Bhattacharya is currently working as the Director of Operations of the new MFA program in Social Documentary Film at the School of Visual Arts. Prior to joining the School of Visual Arts she worked on the production staff at Show of Force, a New York based non-fiction production company. Niki is an adjunct lecturer in the Television and Radio department at Brooklyn College and is involved in numerous freelance production projects.
Niki received a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio-Television and Film Communications from The University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Television and Radio Production from Brooklyn College of The City University of New York.
Amanda Perez
Adjunct Lecturer
 Amanda Perez received an Emmy Award in 2005 from the New York Chapter of the National Television Academy for a short segment she reported and produced for Transit Transit News Magazine, the television program of the Metropolitan Transit Authority
Chris Langer
Adjunct Lecturer
 Classes for Spring 2010:
TVR 24.1 Elements of Multimedia Design and production
Fri. 11:00am-3:30pm
TVR 20 Sight/Sound/Motion: Basic Production Theories and Techniques, Fri. 3:40pm-6:25pm
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