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NewsDoc Alum Robie Flores’ Documentary “The In Between” Premieres at SXSW

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“Wings of Dust,” a film by NewsDoc Alum Giorgio Ghiotto was nominated for an EMMY and made its MSNBC debut!

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NewsDoc Director Marcia Rock’s film, Family Treasures Lost and Found, premiered at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in January

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NewsDoc Alum Chen Dongnan’s film 14 PAINTINGS is having its North America Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

14 PAINTINGS will premiere at Sundance's 2024 film short film program.

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Newsdoc Alum Serge Kharytonau’s new venture, Frontlines of Freedom, premieres to the public.

Frontlines of Freedom is a brand-new series of broadcasts Kharytonau is producing […]

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NewsDoc Alum Giorgio Ghiotto’s Film “Wings of Dust” Shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards

"Wings of Dust" will compete with 14 other films for a nomination in the "Documentary Short Film" category. Nominations will be announced next month.

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NewsDoc Graduates Giorgio Ghiotto and Lyuwei Chen Take Home Two Student Academy Awards

Both alumni won in the documentary category. NewsDoc students and alumni have now won 10 Student Academy Awards in total.

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Alumni Lyuwei Chen and Giorgio Ghiotto Named Finalists for the 2023 Student Academy Awards

Chen and Ghiotto are both Class of 2023 News and Documentary graduates.

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Celebrated documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang will join the faculty at NYU’s Journalism Institute starting Fall 2023

Wang has won the MacArthur Genius Grant, two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, and was shortlisted for three Academy Awards. She will teach courses, including a new one on Reporting in Closed Societies, and advise graduate students as a Distinguished Writer In Residence.

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NewsDoc alum Shuhao Tse wins 2022 Student Academy Award for his documentary “Found”

Shuhao is the 8th NewsDoc student to win this honor.

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NewsDoc alum Shuhao Tse wins Documentary Prize and Special Jury Prize at the Yugo BAFTA Student Awards for his thesis doc film, “Found”

The Yugo BAFTA Student Awards celebrates and rewards the next generation of talented and innovative filmmakers and creatives from around the globe.

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NewsDoc Alum Nanfu Wang wins Peabody Award for “In the Same Breath”

The documentary recounts the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States.

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