Career News
NYU Journalism alumni are hired by top media companies around the world. In 2014, LinkedIn ranked NYU the #1 university for media professionals, based on alumni career placement. Check out some recent success stories below.
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June 1, 2016
Kenzi Abou-Sabe, BA 2016
Kenzi was accepted out of thousands of applicants for NBC’s prestigious News Associates program.
June 1, 2016
Johanna Li, BA 2016
Johanna was hired as a digital reporter for Inside Edition after her fall production internship.
June 1, 2016
Nicole Phillip, BA 2015
As media content lead for ABC News election coverage, Nicole manages all incoming election video content for the network.
June 1, 2016
Francina Morel, BA 2012
Condé Nast Traveler hired Francina as associate social media editor after meeting her at the 2016 NYU Journalism Career Fair.
June 1, 2016
Carina Wong, BA 2015
Carina met the VICE on HBO team at the 2015 NYU Journalism Career Fair, and after accepting a production assistant position, she returned to recruit NYU Journalism talent in 2016.
June 1, 2016
Rakeesha Wrigley, MA 2016, Reporting the Nation and New York
CNBC pegged Rakeesha for a production associate role with their long form unit shortly after her successful internship there.
June 1, 2016
Caleb Silver, MA 1997, News and Documentary
After more than 20 years producing broadcast news, digital video programming, documentaries and live events – most recently at CNN – Caleb moved to Investopedia as Vice President of Content.
June 1, 2016
Kyli Singh, MA 2015, Studio 20
Kyli is an associate editor at HuffPost Labs, where she works closely with newsroom editors to develop content and products in line with HuffPost’s DNA.
June 1, 2016
Phylicia Ashley, BA 2016
Phylicia will be an on-air reporter for WJFW in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
June 1, 2016
Josh Azar, BA 2015
After graduating last spring, Josh got his start as a reporter for MandateWire, a Financial Times publication.
June 1, 2016
Molly O’Toole MA 2011, Global Journalism
Molly is covering the 2016 election as senior reporter for Foreign Policy.
June 1, 2016
Brittany Mania, BA 2015
With two NBC News internships under her belt, Brittany was hired as a researcher for “Weekend TODAY.”
June 1, 2016
Madeline Welsh, MA 2016, Studio 20
Madeline returned for the 2016 NYU Journalism Career Fair to represent Guardian News & Media, where she is associate editor of the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab.
June 1, 2016
Justin Slaughter, MA 2016, Cultural Reporting and Criticism
Justin signed on to be a reporter for Real Estate Capital.
June 1, 2016
Zoe Slemmons, BA 2015
Zoe was promoted from freelancer to full-time news assistant at NY1 News.