Institute News

NewsDoc alum Giorgio Ghiotto won the Non Fiction Series student Emmy for his thesis documentary, Wings of Dust

Giorgio also won theThe Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award, given to only one of the winners, with an award of $4000.  He follows in the footsteps of Shuhao Tse who won these award last year.

The NYU Journalism major Stacia Datskovska placed in the top 20 of this year’s Personality/Profile writing competition for Hearst Awards.

Datskovska's intimate look into the life of a female firefighter and boxer, Nicole Malpeso: The Pride of Staten Island, which was published on Cooper Squared, reached No. 13 on the list. This was Hearst's fourth and last writing competition of the year.

Hilke Schellmann’s investigation on gender bias in AI-based visual classifiers for the Guardian was a finalist for a SABEW (Best in Business Award; Technology).

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing(SABEW) awarded Professor Schellmann's piece an honorable mention in the technology category.

“Scienceline Kids: When Art Meets Science,” the special issue of Scienceline created by the December 2023 graduating class of Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program students, is a finalist in the 2024 Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards in Region 1, the Northeast

As the SHERPies wrote: "Whether your dream is to become a famous fashion designer, an engineer, or anything in between — you’ll find something to love." Scienceline has earned this distinction at least a half dozen times before, and competition is always very stiff, with thousands of entries. We'll find out if they advance to the national awards at the SPJ Northeast conference at Emerson in April.

Meredith Broussard’s “More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech” has been named as one of two finalists for the AAP PROSE Award

It is a finalist in the category for Popular Science and Mathematics. The PROSE award recognizes landmark achievements in professional scholarly publishing.

BER Alum Rachel Nostrant Selected as a New York Times Fellow

Rachel, who graduated in 2023, will be the The New York Times’s 2024–25 disability reporting fellow.

Professor Rachel Swarns won a 2024 PROSE award from the Association of American Publishers

The PROSE Award honors "authors, publishers and editors whose landmark works have made significant advancements" in their scholarly fields.

Jesse Coburn (GloJo-EurMed 2016) won the Polk Award for Local Reporting

From liu.edu: “Ghost Tags: Inside New York City’s Black Market for Temporary License Plates," [is] the product of a seven-month investigation that uncovered an extensive underground economy in fraudulent paper license plates that motorists used to evade detection while driving on suspended licenses, dodging tolls and tickets and committing other more serious crimes.

NYU Journalism major Pablo Ocariz Gimenez Makes Hearst Awards Top 20 List for Sports Writing

The Hearst Journalism Awards has announced its Top 20 winners in this year's Sports Writing competition. Pablo Ocariz Gimenez's story on "The New Business of Baseball in Venezuela" came in at No. 14 on the list. There were 128 entries from 70 universities.

Prof. Hilke Schellmann’s podcast “In Machines We Trust” wins Silver Anthem Award

The MIT Technology Review podcast won in the "Health Podcast / Audio Awareness & Media" categories.

Professor Hilke Schellmanm’s new book “The Algorithm” is recognized by top publications

The Algorithm was published on January 2nd of this year. It offers a critical perspective on how AI influences people's jobs, from the hiring process to internal company decisions.

NewsDoc Alum Giorgio Ghiotto’s Film “Wings of Dust” Shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards

"Wings of Dust" will compete with 14 other films for a nomination in the "Documentary Short Film" category. Nominations will be announced next month.