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Bohao Liu (NewsDoc 2020) wins Silver Medal in Documentary at the Student Academy Awards for his documentary “Eagles Rest in Liangshan”
Inspired by Kobe Bryant's Mamba Mentality, a young man returns to coach the kids in the mountain town of Liangshan, where basketball is so popular with the Yi minority that the center of town is not a park but a basketball court.
Prof. Yvonne Latty is producing and co-hosting Season 3 of Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Sounds Like Hate”
This season Yvonne and co-host Jamila Paksima investigate militias harassing migrants and humanitarians on the southern border, voter suppression, and LGBTQ couples being denied the right to foster children.
Prof. Meredith Broussard testifies before the House Financial Services Committee’s AI Task Force
Prof. Broussard testified about AI regulatory policy and AI frameworks for the tech sector.
Distinguished Writer in Residence Eliza Griswold, along with three colleagues, organizes relief effort for Afghan refugees
Eliza and her colleagues have been working tirelessly to raise funds, troubleshoot logistics and liaise with the International Rescue Committee, resulting in the evacuation of 1,800 at-risk Afghans out of the country.
Prof. Rachel Swarns Awarded NEH Public Scholar Fellowship
The grant, which is awarded annually to 25 scholars, writers and independent researchers, supports well-researched, nonfiction books in the humanities that are intended for a broad audience.
Prof. Yvonne Latty’s “Alzheimer’s In Color” wins Gracie for best audio documentary in the radio (national) group of honorees
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Graduation Ceremony 2021 Video Highlights
Watch video clips from the 2021 Graduation ceremony!
Announcing the Winners of the First Annual American Journalism Online Awards
From Best Twitter Thread to Best News-Based Podcast to Best Debunking of Fake News, the AJO Awards celebrate the new ways journalists are connecting with the public, and shine a light on excellence in reporting, writing and news production across genres.
Yamiche Alcindor, MA 2015, Named Host of “Washington Week” on PBS
Yamiche will begin on Washington Week on Friday, May 7, 2021.
Prof. Perri Klass has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Perri Klass is one of eight NYU Faculty members to join Oprah Winfrey and Sanjay Gupta as members of the Class of 2021.
Deborah Balthazar named inaugural NYU recipient of Anne O’Hare McCormick Memorial Fund Scholarship
The $3,000 award is given in honor of Fund board member emerita Elizabeth "Betsy" Wade, the first woman to edit news copy at the New York Times and the lead plaintiff in a landmark 1974 sex discrimination lawsuit against the newspaper.
Matthew Power Award winner will pursue a story about forgotten Black communities
Caleb Gayle is the seventh winner of the annual award. He will use the funding to pursue a story about hidden lives in the forgotten Black communities of middle America.