2026 Summer Journalism at NYU Courses
Please note: There are no prerequisites for any of these courses except for The Beat and Journalistic Inquiry courses. If you are a visiting student and are interested in taking one of these courses, please email journalism.summer@nyu.edu about assessing your previous journalism experience and whether the prerequisite can be waived.
Course information subject to change. Please check back frequently for updates. To view a course description and syllabus, click on each course’s title. All courses are 4 credits unless otherwise noted.
Course Listings
Pre-college
Photojournalism (Session 2)
David Handschuh
Thursday, 3:00-9:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 203.060
Writing Popular Culture: Film/TV/Music (Session 2)
Clover Hope
Tue/Thu 4:00-7:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Food Writing and Reporting (Session 2)
Nikita Richardson
Mon/Thu 5:30-8:30pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
NYC Backstage: The Art of the Interview (Session 2)
Michelle Smawley
Tue/Thu 4:30-7:30 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Reporting New York Stories (Session 2)
Lambeth Hochwald
Mon/Wed, 10:00am-1:00pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Covering News on YouTube (2 credit) (Session 2)
Nandini Gupta
Mon/Wed 6:00-8:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 25
Finding Your Voice: Audio and Video Journalism (2 credit) (Session 2)
Kristin Schwab
Tuesdays 4:00-8:00pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 25
Undergraduate Journalism
4-Week Toolkit: The Beat: The Story We See (Broadcast/Multimedia track) (4 credits) (6/2 – 6/25)
Adrian Mihai
Tue/Wed/Thu 3:40-7:35pm
SS0: JOUR-UA 201
Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word (Session 1)
Donna Borak
Tue/Thurs 1:00-5:00 pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 101
Film Journalism (Session 1)
Craigh Barboza
T/Th: 4:00-7:00 pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 202
Style NY: Covering the Fashion Industry (Session 1)
Jessica Minkoff
Mon/Wed 4:00pm-7:00pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 204
Search and Social Media Skills for Journalists (ONLINE) (Session 1) (2-credit)
Kenneth Paulsen
Mon/Wed 6:00-9:00 pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 25
Journalism Skills That Can Change Your Life (ONLINE) (Session 1) (2-credit)
Betty Ming Liu
Tues. 5:00-9:00 pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 25
City Streets: The Art of Observation (Session 1) (2-credit)
Anna Kodé
Mon/Thur 6:00-8:00 pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 25
Newsroom: From Pitch to Publish (Fieldwork) (Session 1)
Whitney Dangerfield, John Surico
Tue/Thur, 4:00PM - 7:00PM
SS1: JOUR-UA 302
Through the Lens of Food: Social Media Reporting (2 credit) (Session 1)
Becky Hughes
Tue/Thurs 5:30-7:30pm
SS1: JOUR-UA 25
Photojournalism (Session 2)
David Handschuh
Thursday, 3:00-9:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 203
Writing Popular Culture: Film/TV/Music (Session 2)
Clover Hope
Tue/Thu 4:00-7:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Food Writing and Reporting (Session 2)
Nikita Richardson
Mon/Thu 5:30-8:30pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
NYC Backstage: The Art of the Interview (Session 2)
Michelle Smawley
Tue/Thu 4:30-7:30 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Covering a Beat Through the LGBTQ Lens (Session 2) (ONLINE)
Spencer Macnaughton
Mon/Wed 9:00am-noon ET
SS2: JOUR-UA 204
Covering News on YouTube (2 credit) (Session 2)
Nandini Gupta
Mon/Wed 6:00-8:00 pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 25
Finding Your Voice: Audio and Video Journalism (2 credit) (Session 2)
Kristin Schwab
Tuesdays 4:00-8:00pm
SS2: JOUR-UA 25
Graduate Electives