Institute News
NewsDoc had its inaugural screening event for alumni Contessa Gayle’s new project, The Debutantes.
The screening room at 20 Cooper Square opened in the fall of 2024. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Gayles and NewsDoc alum Alyse Shorland.
Contessa Gayles (NewsDoc 2014) is featured on the Doc NYC 40 under 40 list
DOC NYC’s annual 40 Under 40 list spotlights young creatives that are making an impact on the field of documentary. DOC NYC is proud to honor the accomplishments of these exceptional artists, and excited to highlight for our industry and audiences powerful work and diverse voices that are worthy of close attention.
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media Award New Pathways Alliance Prize to Newsdoc students Susanna Calhoun and Laya Hartman.
Susanna Calhoun was announced as the winner of the short-form category with their documentary titled “Absenteeism In Queens”. Laya Hartman was announced the winner of the long-form category with the documentary “Rolling Dreams”. “Rolling Dreams” will be screened at the NewsDoc Film Festival scheduled for February 2025.
Jason Samuels won a 2024 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award as the executive producer of the television newsmagazine segment “Unnecessary Amputations.”
The segment won in the Television Network: Public Affairs category and was reported by Wesley Lowery for the BET newsmagazine "America in Black."
Jacob Judah Named Recipient of Carter Journalism Institute’s 2024 Reporting Award
Judah will spend his time reporting on the changing Arctic from the Bering Strait and the Diomede Islands, where a remote community of Americans only three miles from Russia have a unique – but often overlooked – vantage point on the tectonic shifts affecting the north.
AJO Alum wins two first place awards at this year’s annual Indigenous Media Awards
Brian Bull (AJO 2022) is a longtime reporter for KLCC and an associate professor of journalism at the University of Oregon. He was awarded first place in the Excellence in Beat Reporting (Radio/Podcast, Professional Division) category for a series of stories on legislation affecting or involving Native American tribes, and First Place for Best Feature Story (Print/Online) for "How the recovery of a stolen plant helped one tribe re-Indigenize tobacco," published and distributed by Underscore Native News.
AJO Launched “Journalism Crossroads” Showcasing Modern Media Career Paths and Wisdom from Veterans
The Studs Terkel-style collection of digital profiles showcases revolutionary new careers, pros redefining traditional roles, and the experiences of veterans to provide us context from the past.
Two NewsDoc Student Documentaries Longlisted for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards
My Lens, My Land by Ke Chen and Nancy Joy by Franky Dean were both selected for the longlist, which is 20 documentaries in length. The awards received over 800 submissions.
SHERP Class Wins National Contest for Best Student Magazine Issue
The 41st SHERP class, which graduated in December, was awarded 1st prize in the category of best single-issue student magazine in the Society of Professional Journalists’ nationwide Mark of Excellence contest.
AJO Alum wins Report for America Local News Award
Bobby Brier (2021) won a third place award in enterprise/investigative features at the annual Report for American Local News Awards for his NJ Spotlight News feature story on suicide rates among construction workers.
Prof. Rachel Swarns was awarded one of five NYU Digital Humanities Seed Grants to support the next initiative in her research project, Hidden Legacies.
The project, Lynchings in the North, is a digital archive that will document the foundational role that slavery played in fueling the growth of contemporary institutions in the United States.
SHERP alum’s book on AI shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Madhumita Murgia (SHERP 29) won the designation for her new book, Code […]