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NYU NewsDoc Alum Marjan Riazi wins award for “High Hopes”

Marjan Riazi wins "Best Student Short Documentary" at the Olympus Film Festival in LA for "High Hopes"

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Shehzad Hameed is investigating coral bleaching in Australia for his next documentary

50% of the reef in Australia is dead due to global warming. Will the remaining survive?

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“The Money Stone”, Alum Stuart Harmon’s first feature-length documentary film, wins best documentary during its first Africa Premiere

Alum Stuart Harmon started his documentary film at NYU NewsDoc.

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Alum Elle Luan’s documentary “Rainbow Mothers” wins IMDB qualifier, is officially selected to two festivals

Congratulations to Elle Luan from NewsDoc 2018.

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NewsDoc student receives $15,000 fellowship with CNN’s Great Big Story

NewsDoc Student William Martin's documentary project is scheduled for release on Great Big Story, November 2019.

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Latest from Newsdoc Alum Shehzad Hameed Ahmad on white terrorists

Newsdoc Alum Shehzad Hameed went on a journey from Australia, Europe and […]

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NewsDoc Alum Rebecca Blandon’s Film in 2 Festivals in NYC

Don't miss Rebecca Blandon's doc RUN THE METER at Worker's Unite Film Festival May 16 and NY Shorts International Film Festival June 6!

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Professor Jason Samuels at Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival Jason Samuels with his co-producer Nina Yang for doc A Kid from Coney Island

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Marcia Rock comments on Durst Case

Professor Marcia Rock interviewed on Cheddar TV

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NewsDoc Alumni featured at Tribeca Film Festival

So wonderful for the current NewsDoc class to share the NYC premiere at Tribeca Film Festial with Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang and Yuanchen Liu, all NewsDoc alumni who worked on One Child Nation.

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Alum NewsDoc alum Meredith Lawrence interviewed about her film “My Grandmother’s Grape Leaves”

In “My Grandmother’s Grape Leaves,” Alum Meredith Lawrence interweaves insights into Armenian history with scenes of Armenian-American home cooks.

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In Puff Puff Pak, a NewsDoc student explores the connection between cigarettes and his masculinity

Puff Puff Pak came about as filmmaker/journalist Fahad Naveed's Masters thesis for NYU’s News and Documentary program.

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