NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is for the curious, the restless investigators, the ones who never stop asking why.
They are guided by award-winning faculty who are major players in the industry, a diverse team whose talents and accomplishments have put them at the top of their field. NYU Journalism students experience their dedication firsthand, as they thrive in an environment that combines rigorous classroom learning with professional internships to produce inquisitive, career-ready journalists.
NYU Journalism students are pulled to where we are: New York City, the media center of the world.
Our city is the undisputed global magnet for the best and the brightest and provides unrivaled access to internships and opportunities—as well as our robust network of successful journalism alumni.
Our Online Master’s in Journalism Brings the City to You
Students in NYU’s American Journalism Online Master’s Degree program report from wherever they are, as they learn from the nation’s top journalists and gain (virtual) access to all the New York City media industry has to offer.
Faculty
Our faculty are drawn from the top working journalists in the United States. They represent every aspect of the field, from science reporting to cultural criticism, and work across print, digital, and audio platforms.
Mohamad Bazzi
Associate Professor | Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, Director
Mohamad Bazzi is an associate professor of journalism at New York University, where he teaches international reporting. He is currently director of NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. From 2019 to 2021, he was associate director of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. From 2009 to 2013, he served as an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He was also the 2008 Edward R. Murrow press fellow at CFR.
Before joining the NYU faculty, Bazzi was the Middle East bureau chief at Newsday from 2003 to 2008. He established Newsday bureaus in Baghdad and Beirut, and he was the lead writer on the Iraq war and its aftermath. He has written extensively about regional politics, Sunni-Shiite conflicts, and militant Islam. He also covered the 2000 Palestinian uprising, the war in Afghanistan, and the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. He also served as Newsday’s United Nations bureau chief and as a metro reporter in New York City. His essays and commentaries on the Middle East have appeared in The New York Times, London Review of Books, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Review, Politico Magazine, Reuters, and other publications.
Dan Fagin
Professor | SHERP, Director
Dan Fagin is the director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, in which he teaches Environmental Reporting and Current Topics in Science, Health and Environmental Journalism. He is also the founder and director of the Science Communication Workshops at NYU.
Awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Dan’s latest book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, was described by The New York Times as “a new classic in science reporting.” A Times bestseller, Toms River also won the New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, the National Academy of Sciences’ Communication Award and the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Rachel Carson Book Award. Toms River was included in several lists of the best books of the year, including by NPR, which described Toms River as a “gripping, page-turning environmental thriller,” and by Kirkus Reviews, which called it “fascinating” and “hard-hitting.” Two Chinese language editions of Toms River were published in 2015, and it was named a Book of the Year by the Beijing News and the China Times.
Yvonne Latty
Clinical Professor | New York/Nation, Director
Yvonne Latty is the Director of the Reporting New York and Reporting the Nation program at the Institute. She has produced documentaries, wrote books, hosted, produced and edited podcasts and worked as an urban newspaper reporter.
She recently chronicled her Dominican mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s Disease for NPR and is currently working on a documentary on the old and new neighbors of the West Philadelphia neighborhood bombed by police. Her award winning documentary work has taken her to Navajo Nation where she documented uranium contamination of their water and the housing crisis.
Students
Our students are the future of journalism. Bold, curious, and relentless, they find a way to tell the story.
Recent Published Work
Our faculty and students are active and regular contributors
to top national and international publications.
Events
NYU journalism events bring together working journalists, authors, filmmakers, and students in a lively forum that explores current events, new work, and industry trends.
NYU Journalism is pursuing a wide-ranging diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative this academic year.
Meet some of our students on Instagram. Come to our panels where we explore journalism, identity and issues that matter through a BIPOC lens. Engage with and tell us how we as a community can move forward in an inclusive and meaningful way.
Featured News
Prof. Rachel Swarns Awarded NEH Public Scholar Fellowship
The grant, which is awarded annually to 25 scholars, writers and independent researchers, supports well-researched, nonfiction books in the humanities that are intended for a broad audience.
Prof. Yvonne Latty’s “Alzheimer’s In Color” wins Gracie for best audio documentary in the radio (national) group of honorees
Read more on AllWomenInMedia.org
Announcing the Winners of the First Annual American Journalism Online Awards
From Best Twitter Thread to Best News-Based Podcast to Best Debunking of Fake News, the AJO Awards celebrate the new ways journalists are connecting with the public, and shine a light on excellence in reporting, writing and news production across genres.