Institute News

Prof. Frankie Edozien receives Dr. Martin Luther King J. Faculty Award
The MLK Award recognizes outstanding faculty who exemplify the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through teaching excellence, leadership, social justice activism, and community building.

Essence of a True Revolution – NYU MLK Week Event
NYU Journalism Professor Pamela Newkirk will be speaking Thursday, February 9 at Skirball Center at 7:00PM for MLK Week.

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates to Join Faculty of NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me, will join the faculty of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as a Distinguished Writer in Residence.

BER student Charles Rollet has been named a 2017 Overseas Press Club Scholar
Business and Economic graduate student Charles Rollet was named a 2017 OPC scholar.

GloJo Alumna Maggy Donaldson wins award from ILO
Maggy Donaldson, GloJo- French Studies 2015, wins Award for Excellence in reporting on “Breaking Stereotypes on Labour Migration” from the International Labor Organization.

GloJo Student Lauren Gurley Receives 2016 Equal Voice Award
Lauren Gurley Receives 2016 Equal Voice Award from Marguerite C. Casey Foundation to report on rural poverty in Appalachia and the Deep South.

NewsDoc Alumna Nanfu Wang and Adjunct Kirsten Johnson made the Oscar Feature Documentary short list
Congratulations to Newsdoc alum Nanfu Wang for Hooligan Sparrow and Newsdoc Adjunct Professor Kirsten Johnson for Cameraperson.

NYU Journalism joins Google News Lab University Network
The Google News Lab University Network is designed to provide training and support to journalism students and professors

NewsDoc Alumna Nanfu Wang wins Emerging Filmmaker award
News & Documentary Alumna Nanfu Wang, director of Hooligan Sparrow, will receive the IDA’s Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.

SHERP Professor, Alumna Win AAAS Science Journalism Awards
Prof. Stephen Hall won the magazine category for a story on gene editing. Anna Rothschild (SHERP 28) won the children's science news category for her "Gross Science" videos.

Election 2016: State of Pennsylvania
Reporting NY/The Nation and BER students publish website covering the election in both Philadelphia and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Graduate Studies Director Charles Seife wins “Information is Beautiful” 2016 Data Journalism Award
"Spies in the Skies" by Peter Aldhous & Charles Seife wins "Information is Beautiful" 2016 Data Journalism Award.