Institute News
Alumni team wins this year's International Documentary ChallengeMay 03, 2012
The alumni team, '20 Coop' overwhelmingly won this year's International Documentary Challenge, part of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for their 8 minute film, Sound of Vision. It is the story of one blind man's journey to belong as he confronts the hurdles, and embraces the beauty, of...
Sarah Stillman wins 2012 Hillman Prize and ASME AwardApril 17, 2012
Sarah Stillman has won the 2012 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism for her New Yorker piece, "The Invisible Army", as well as an American Society of Magazine Editors Public Interest Award for the same piece..
Professor Yvonne Latty wins Best Short DocumentaryApril 03, 2012
Professor Yvonne Latty has won "Best Short Documentary" at the Phoenix Film Festival for Sacred Poison. Details here: http://www.phoenixfilmfestival.com/2012/04/2012-phoenix-film-festival-award-winners/
NYU Names 100 Outstanding Journalists in US in Last 100 YearsApril 02, 2012
In connection with the 100th anniversary of journalism education at NYU, the faculty of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU, together with an Honorary Committee of Alumni, has selected the 100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 years.
Jay Rosen Named as One of Nine Twitter Accounts To FollowMarch 20, 2012
From USA Today: Facebook, Tumblr and Instragram all have their purposes for college writers, but let’s face it, Twitter is the social tool that any modern journalism student must master if she or he wants to earn their living in a newsroom...read more.
Professor Marcia Rock nominated for NY EmmyFebruary 16, 2012
Congratulations to Professor Marcia Rock. Her documentary SURRENDER TANGO was nominated for a NY Emmy. Award ceremony is April 1.Surrender Tango delves into the mystery of the tango connection--why sometimes you lose yourself in your partner's arms and other times three minutes seems like three hours. The film goes beyond...
BLOWING MINDS: The East Village Other and the Rise of Underground ComixJanuary 11, 2012
New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute will host “BLOWING MINDS: The East Village Other, the Rise of Underground Comix, and the Alternative Press, 1965-1972,” an exhibition highlighting the East Village’s underground newspaper, which published in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Studio 20 Video is on Time Magazine's Top 10 ListDecember 14, 2011
Studio 20 teamed up with ProPublica to produce a music video explaining a controversial drilling technique. The video, having over 200,000 views on Youtube, is now ranked number two on Time Magazine's Top Ten Creative Videos. From Time's website:
Alumna wins the Richard J. Margolis AwardDecember 14, 2011
A 2007 alumna of the Portfolio program won the Richard J. Margolis award. Sabine Heinlein is a writer who explores the injustices and idiosyncrasies of American life through her immersion in the lives of those living on its fringes.
Scienceline on the iPadDecember 05, 2011
Graduate students at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute have created an iPad app for Scienceline.org, a student-run online magazine that features stories on the environment, life and physical science, and health.Scienceline.org, which runs stories ranging from the public-health impact of subway steel dust to advances on holographic...