Institute News

2017 Reporting Award Winners Announced
New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named May Jeong, Ashley Powers, and Doug Bock Clark as recipients of the 2017 Reporting Award.

New Publication Debuts for Science Book Reviews, Essays
The Cooper Square Review will include best work from the NYU Science Communication Workshops.

NYT correspondent Rachel Swarns Joins NYU Journalism Faculty
Rachel L. Swarns, a New York Times correspondent since 1995, will join the faculty of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as an associate professor.

Two NYU graduating seniors awarded Dow Jones Fund Summer Internships
Congratulations to NYU graduating seniors Lily Haight and Jessica Martinez, who have been awarded Dow Jones Fund Summer Internships in the Digital Media Program and at the Centers for Editing Excellence residency program.

Studio 20 students launch Finding Sanctuary, a multimedia project
New York is considered a “sanctuary city,” but what that means defies neat explanation. Follow the journeys of six individuals who have found—or are continuing to seek out—sanctuary in New York City.

NYU Journalism Student Sarah Stodder (Lit Rep 2017) Wins GSAS Threesis Academic Challenge
Literary Reportage MA student Sarah Stodder took first place in the annual Threesis Academic Challenge held by the Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) at NYU.

Student Hearst Award Winners Put NYU in Top 10
With three Hearst Award student winners, New York University placed in the Top 10 for the 2016-17 Hearst Journalism Awards Writing Competitions.

GlobalBeat reports on Cambodian Genocide for NYT Daily 360
NYU’s international reporting class for graduate students filmed a virtual reality news report for a New York Times Daily 360 series, “Genocide’s Legacy”. The series is produced by NYU Journalism and GlobalBeat alumna Veda Shastri (NewsDoc 2016).

Prof. Charles Seife named finalist in 2017 Mirror Awards competition
Prof. Charles Seife's piece "How to Spin the Science News" in Scientific American is up for "Best Single Article/Story" in the Syracuse University's 2017 Mirror Awards competition.

Remembering Journalism Professor Richard Petrow (May 26, 1929 – April 11, 2017)
"Richard Petrow was one of my favorite professors. I learned so much in his reporting class. I still carry those lessons in my job today." -David White, BA Journalism, Class of 1994
Eliza Griswold to Join Journalism Faculty at NYU
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is pleased to announce that the extraordinary reporter, writer and poet, Eliza Griswold will be joining our faculty in Fall 2017 as a Distinguished Writer in Residence.

Grad Students Report on the border for “La Linea: Stories from El Paso”
Reporting the Nation and New York in Multimedia, traveled to the US-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas to report on one of nation’s most contentious issues: immigration.