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NewsDoc alum Alice Xue Yu’s film “Family Meal, NYC” nominated for James Beard Award
Congratulations to alum Alice Xue Yu, whose interactive piece Family Meal, NYC for CNN earned a James Beard Award nomination.
Shehzhad Hameed Ahmad releases doc on Nepal’s Child Brides
Congratulationsto NewsDoc alum Shehzhad Hameed Ahmad, whose documentary Nepal's Child Brides is now live on Channel NewsAsia.
NewsDoc Alum Mona El-Naggar’s “The Story of Esraa” featured at Women’s International Film Festival
Mona El-Naggar’s short doc, The Story of Esraa, was featured at the 2018 Women’s International Film Festival on March 10, 2018.
NYU NewsDoc Alum Kaitlin Sprague screens doc “Our Brother Jordan”
The event, which was presented by Samaritans NYC and the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, focused on the ways mental health and suicide are presented in the media and how reporters can responsibly cover mental health issues.
NYU NewsDoc Alum Contessa Gayle produces Women Who March: The Sequel for CNN
The Women’s March on Washington and hundreds of sister marches across the […]
NYU NewsDoc alum Nanfu Wang’s “I Am Another You” on Independent Lens on PBS
Nanfu Wang's newest film, I Am Another You premiered on Independent Lens on PBS on January 29 and is now streaming.
NYU NewsDoc alum Yamiche Alcindor joins PBS NewsHour as White House correspondent
Congratulations to Yamiche Alcindor, formerly a national political reporter for The New York Times, who joined the “PBS NewsHour” as its White House correspondent on January 16, 2018.
NYU NewsDoc Alum Runze Yu’s Film Selected for DC Independent Film Festival
Alum Runze Yu's documentary "The Wives," which he started as his NewsDoc thesis film, has been named a Documentary Short Official Selection for the 2018 DC Independent Film Festival, which will take place February 14-19, 2018.
NYU NewsDoc alum Ying Lu’s “Slow Angel” named FFIFA Finalist
Class of 2016 alum Ying Lu's film "Slow Angels" has been named a Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards finalist.
Two NYU NewsDoc alums, Veda Shastri and April Fan, Screen Thesis Films at DocNYC
NewsDoc Class of 2016 Alumni, Veda Shastri and April Fan screened their thesis films as part of an NYU showcase at DocNYC over the weekend.
Kim Jones, NYU NewsDoc 2016, Screens ‘A Place or Us’ at Reel Sisters Film Festival
Recent 2016 graduate Kim Jones brought her film 'A Place for Us' to Brooklyn Heights for this year's Reel Sisters Film Festival, after recently screening her film in Newark.
NYU NewsDoc alum April Fan’s ‘Dancing On Wheels’ Now Available on National Geographic
April Fan has been added to the Short Film Showcase at National Geographic with her second semester piece, Dancing on Wheels.