Institute News

LitRep Alum Lance Richardson receives two prestigious fellowships

Lance Richardson, Literary Reportage 2015, received the Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship and the Harry Ransom Center Fellowship.

Two GloJo alums win 2020 Pulitzer Prizes

Molly O'Toole (GloJo-IR 2011) and Ian Duncan (GloJo-IR 2012) won Pulitzer Prizes in Audio Reporting and Local Reporting, respectively.

Recent books by James McBride and Ta-Nehisi Coates were among the top ten being read by New Yorkers during quarantine as tracked by the New York Public Library and reported on by the New York Post

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Distinguished Writer in Residence Ivan Oransky and Prof. Jay Rosen featured in COVID-19 explainer in The Atlantic

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An article from TIME on the growing influence of TV doctors during the pandemic quotes Prof. Dan Fagin

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NYU undergrad places in Top 20 of national Hearst Awards

NYU journalism major Yasmin Gulec finished in 17th place in this year's Hearst Awards Profile Writing competition.

Magazine alum Maya Chung wins 2020 NY Emmy

Maya's story, "Mom Of Teen Twins Killed By Their Dad Tries To Cope Without Them," won the Crime: Program Feature/Segment/Special category in the 2020 NY Emmys.

Prof. Jay Rosen talks with Vox about media coverage and propaganda surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic

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Prof. Charles Seife discusses COVID-19 disinformation on Al Jazeera

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Feature-length documentary “A Kid from Coney Island” co-produced by Prof. Jason Samuels premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was a #1 downloaded documentary on iTunes

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Matthew Power Award winner will report on health care in Russia

Maria Danilova is the sixth winner of the annual award. Dan Xin Huang is runner-up.

Distinguished Writer in Residence Ta-Nehisi Coates talked with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes about racial disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic

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