Institute News

Prof. Salman Rushdie’s latest book, Quichotte, is longlisted for the Booker Prize
Read on NYTimes.com

Prof. Ted Conover talks with Harper’s podcast host Violet Lucca about medical deserts, bartering with homegrown marijuana, and the second season of Deadwood
Read on Harpers.org

Director Ted Conover lived among off-gridders for “The Last Frontier,” his cover story in Harper’s Magazine
Read the article on Harpers.com

Undark Magazine quotes SHERP director Dan Fagin
Read on Undark.org

Prof. Suketu Mehta talks with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer about his new book, “This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto”
Listen on WNYC.com

Jeff Winkler, winner of NYU’s Matthew Power Award, became a bounty hunter in order to write about it
“The Troubling Business of Bounty Hunting” was just published in GQ.

Lit Rep Alum Ryan Sweikert launches new podcast “Believable” at Narratively
"Believable" is about how narratives define how we are, and how personal perspectives can conflict.

Major media news outlets cover Prof. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ stirring testimony at congressional hearing on reparations
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates criticized Mitch McConnell for saying slavery's effects were in the past.

Prof. Suketu Mehta calls for immigration as reparations in his latest op-ed for NY Times
Mehta says, "Before you ask immigrants to respect our borders, ask yourself: Has the West ever respected anyone’s borders?"

Prof. Stephen Solomon, First Amendment Watch founding editor, sits down with Uli Baer to discuss the origins of free speech
Prof. Stephen Solomon interviewed on NYU Professor Uli Baer's podcast series "Think About It"

2019 Reporting Award Winners Announced
New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named three recipients of its 2019 Reporting Award: Ibby Caputo, Ben Mauk, and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

Prof. Chiké Frankie Edozien named next Site Director of NYU Accra
Since joining NYU’s faculty in 2008, Clinical Associate Professor Edozien has directed the Journalism Institute’s Accra-based "Reporting Africa" program, a unique summer intensive and immersion program. Currently located in Labone, NYU Accra (NYUA) is an integral part of the fabric of Accra.