Student Academy Award Winners
Eleven graduate students have won Student Academy Awards. You could be next.
In-Depth Documentary Training from Day One
NYU’s News & Documentary (NewsDoc) program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is for the curious, the natural observers who strive to dig deep and tell the unexplored stories of the world. Over three semesters, they learn in-depth writing, reporting, filmmaking, and editing techniques from day one, work with professional documentary makers in the business, and graduate ready to take on positions in news and documentary organizations or as independent filmmakers.
Curriculum
A NewsDoc education builds on a strong reporting foundation with training in the tools and techniques that transform students into reporters and producers of both long- and short-form journalism. Here, you’ll work with a broad range of faculty who are award-winning reporters, and filmmakers, and you’ll gain exposure to the best documentary makers in the business in our Master Class series.
Faculty
Marcia Rock
Associate Professor | NewsDoc, Director
Marcia Rock’s documentaries cover international dilemmas, women’s issues as well as personal perspectives. She’s won three NY Emmy Awards. Her recent documentary, UnReined, is about Nancy Zeitlin, a fearless Israeli equestrian champion who started the first Palestinian equestrian team after the Oslo Accords. Rock produced three films on veterans, Soldiers Period is a humorous short debunking myths about PMS, Warriors Return focuses on Navajo veterans and SERVICE: When Women Come Marching Home about women transitioning from active duty to civilian life, that won a NY Emmy and distributed on PBS stations. From the plight of salt harvesters in Ghana to the changing role of women in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, She has covered Irish American and Northern Irish history producing Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories (1997) that won many awards including the AWRT Grand Documentary Award. McSorley’s New York, tells the story of the NY Irish through the patrons of the bar and won a NY Emmy. Dancing with My Father, explores how adult love is shaped by what a child learns at home. Surrender Tango is a documentary on how tango can be a metaphor for relationships.
Jason Samuels
Professor
Executive Producer, Journalist, Full Time Faculty
Jason Samuels is a tenured professor of journalism and a television news and documentary producer with more than 30 years of Emmy Award-winning experience.
Jason currently serves as a senior executive producer and consultant at Paramount, where he has developed and produced of a slate of award-winning original primetime news specials, documentaries and docuseries for Black Entertainment Television including: State of Our Union: Vice President Kamala Harris, Dream Team: Birth of the Modern Athlete, Black + Iconic: Style Gods, Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement, Smoke: Marijuana and Black America and Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama.
Most recently, Jason produced the 2024 BET News primetime half-hour special “Black America Votes: The Biden Interview” – which featured President Biden’s final sit-down interview before he dropped out of the 2024 race.
Jason Maloney
Clinical Professor | Coordinator, Global and Joint Program Studies | Director, GlobalBeat
Jason Maloney is an award-winning cameraman, editor and news and documentary producer specializing in foreign affairs coverage. His work has appeared on ABC, CBC, CBS, CNN, Discovery, HDNet, PBS, Nytimes.com and Time.com. He teaches courses on multi-media production and international crisis reporting. In 2014, he launched GlobalBeat, NYU’s international reporting program that brings graduate students overseas for hands-on video reporting.
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Jane Stone
Professor | NewsDoc
Jane Stone specializes in legal affairs journalism and investigative reporting. She has worked for NBC Dateline, CBS’s 60 Minutes, Walter Cronkite’s documentary company, CNN, and PBS’s Frontline. Her journalism has been recognized with several journalism awards, including a national Emmy for investigative reporting. She was awarded NYU’s Golden Dozen Award for excellence in teaching.
Students
Each NewsDoc cohort features a small and talented group of bright and innovative students from around the globe who collaborate, critique, and support one another as they work to tell the compelling stories of our time.
Program News
NewsDoc had its inaugural screening event for alumni Contessa Gayle’s new project, The Debutantes.
The screening room at 20 Cooper Square opened in the fall of 2024. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Gayles and NewsDoc alum Alyse Shorland.
NewsDoc Alum Rishabh Jain’s thesis documentary, A Dream Called Khushi, is a 2024 Student Academy Award winner.
Of the 2683 films submitted, Rishabh's documentary film was one of three to win the award in the Documentary category. Rishabh's win this week marks NewsDoc's 11th student academy award win.
Contessa Gayles (NewsDoc 2014) is featured on the Doc NYC 40 under 40 list
DOC NYC’s annual 40 Under 40 list spotlights young creatives that are making an impact on the field of documentary. DOC NYC is proud to honor the accomplishments of these exceptional artists, and excited to highlight for our industry and audiences powerful work and diverse voices that are worthy of close attention.