Institute News
BER appoints a new Visiting Scholar— Jean Yoon
Jean Yoon is Executive Editor, Editorial Strategy, for Reuters, a position she assumed in October 2017.
NYU Journalism Names Yi-Ling Liu Winner of 2019 Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
Liu will write about social media in China. Runner-up Clapp will report on politics and crime in the Balkans.
2018 Matthew Power Awardee has cover of the New York Times Magazine
Ben Mauk’s "Trillion Dollar Nowhere" recounts China’s efforts to transform a remote town into a global trading hub. It ran on February 3.
Two NYU Journalism NewsDoc alums, Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize
“One Child Nation” is a documentary about China’s policy of forcibly restricting family size.
Reuters-NABJ Graduate Fellowship is available now
The Business & Economic Reporting Program offers a fellowship through Reuters and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Prof. Jay Rosen interviewed on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Jay Rosen, professor, director of the Studio 20 graduate program, press critic and ambassador for "The Correspondent," talked with host Trevor Noah about his efforts to bring the ad-free, member-funded Dutch news platform to English-speaking audiences.
Distinguished Writer in Residence James McBride talks with John Grisham
James McBride was the inaugural guest for the new John Grisham Writers Hour hosted by James Madison University. It recently aired on C-Span.
NewsDoc grad Mathieu Faure wins student Academy Award for his thesis documentary, An Edited Life
Mathieu Faure wins the big one, the Student Academy Award for Best Documentary! His documentary, An Edited Life is now eligible for an Oscar nomination.
Two films from recent NewsDoc graduates were selected for the Margaret Mead Film Festival in October
Jing Liu's "Her Words" and Tsering Wangmo's "Tibetan Nomads in Exile" will be shown at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in the American Museum of Natural History in October.
Two NewsDoc students are finalists for the 2018 Student Academy Awards
Veronica Wangshen's "1,500 Miles 23 Days" and Mathieu Faure's "An Edited Life" are finalists in the Documentary (Domestic Film Schools) category.
Two NYU Journalism alumni win 2018 Gerald Loeb Award
Ed Silverman, who works at The Boston Globe's STAT health news site, received the 2018 Gerald Loeb Award for commentary for his "Pharmalot View" columns on the pharmaceutical industry. Charles Rollet (BER 2018) won in the International category as a member of a Wall Street Journal team writing on "China's Surveillance State."
NYU Journalism student team wins New York Emmy®
Graduate students in NYU’s Studio 20 program, along with students from the Interactive Telecommunications and Global and Joint Studies programs, won a New York Emmy for their project, “Finding Sanctuary NYC.”