Institute News
The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis
Director Ted Conover, assisted by Aaron Coleman of BER, revisits the Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968, a landmark civil rights event that precipated the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
BER Alum Jay Yarow Awarded Journalist of the Year
BER Alum Jay Yarow, executive editor at CNBC’s digital operations, is Talking Biz News' Business Journalist of the Year.
Studio 20 Students Win Award of Excellence in Online Multimedia Storytelling
Studio 20 students won an Award of Excellence in Online Multimedia Storytelling from the College Photographer of the Year competition with their project, "Finding Sanctuary."
The 2018 Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award – Applications are now open
The Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award is a grant to support the work of a promising early-career nonfiction writer on a story that uncovers truths about the human condition.
The 2018 Reporting Award – Applications are now open
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is accepting applications for “The Reporting Award,” which supports a work of journalism in any medium on significant underreported subjects in the public interest.
NYU GloJo student Simone Somekh releases debut novel in Italy, “Grandangolo”
"Grandangolo" (Wide Angle), Simone Somekh's new book in Italian, was released this week. The book is a coming-of-age novel about an ultra-orthodox teenager who discovers the world through the lens of his camera.
Carter Journalism Institute Launches “First Amendment Watch” to Highlight, Analyze Threats to Freedom of Expression
NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has launched First Amendment Watch—an online resource that goes beyond the headlines to provide much-needed coverage and context to the debate over freedom of expression.
Congratulations to News and Documentary alum Haya Fatima Iqbal
Haya Fatima Iqbal helped produce the film A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, that won the Emmy on 10/5 for Best Documentary
NYU Journalism Professor Meryl Gordon releases new book “Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend”
The new book is a biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history.
Congratulations to NYU Journalism NewsDoc Graduate April Fan for winning this year’s Student Academy Award for Best Documentary
April Fan's film, One Way Home, is about the cultural cost of a free Chinese education for Tibetan students.
Congratulations to NYU Journalism Lit Rep Graduate Natalie Lampert on becoming a 2017 fellow at the Logan Nonfiction Program
Congratulations to Natalie Lampert, Literary Reportage 2016, for becoming a 2017 fellow at the Logan Nonfiction Program at the Carey Institute for Global Good.
Two NYU Journalism Graduate Students Win Teen Vogue Writing Contest
Amy Zahn of Reporting the Nation & New York and Shannon Barbour of Magazine both had essays chosen by Teen Vogue's Lit Club Writing Contest.