Institute News

Statement on diversity and equity initiatives from NYU Journalism Institute leadership

The leadership team at the Journalism Institute wants to let you know about our initiatives to further support diversity, equity, and inclusion in our classrooms and throughout our program.

Award-winning undergraduate journalism professor Mayukh Sen explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

Read more on niemanstoryboard.org

Inside Lens – NewsDoc Student Film Series Airing on NYC Life

NYU Journalism brings you an eight NewsDoc film series. These emerging filmmakers fully immersed themselves with their subjects: producing, directing, shooting, and editing as solo crews. The stories they captured reveal fascinating characters, and profound insights from around the world.

NYU Journalism offers new Diversity Reporting Grants and Conference Attendance Grants

Current NYU graduate and undergraduate students can apply to the two grants now.

NYU senior finishes in Top 20 of Hearst sports journalism contest

NYU journalism senior Mikaela Gegelys was tied for 15th place in this year's Hearst Awards Sports Writing competition

Adjunct Faculty Mike McIntire wins George Polk Award for Financial Reporting

Mike McIntire, along with Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, won the Financial Reporting award for New York Times piece accessing and analyzing a trove of Donald Trump’s income tax information.

Prof. Jason Samuels is an executive producer of the upcoming 6-part documentary series Boiling Point

Boiling Point premieres Sunday, February 21 at 8 PM ET/PT on BET.

LitRep alum Carson Frame wins 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award for report on domestic violence on military bases

Carson won for "Months After Damning IG Report, Military Struggles To Curb Domestic Violence On Bases" on Texas Public Radio.

NYU Arts & Science Alumni Blog interviews GSAS alumna Prof. Yvonne Latty

Read on NYUAlumniBlog.com

Prof. Hilke Schellmann’s documentary The Devil’s Advocate airing on PBS

The Devil’s Advocate, directed, produced and shot by Prof. Hilke Schellmann and Habiba Nosheen is airing on over 50 PBS stations and streaming on PBS.org. The documentary follows three lawyers who defend accused terrorists and shows the price they pay trying to uphold the rule of law.

Prof. Jay Rosen was a guest on On The Media this week in a segment titled, “What The Press Have And Should Have Learned From The Trump Era.” Also included in the same discussion was Yamiche Alcindor, NYU alum and White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour.

Listen on wnycstudios.org

Second Hearst win in two years for NYU undergrad

Jing Feng took 2nd Place in annual Hearst Awards competition, her second win in two years.