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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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NYU NewsDoc alums Mona El-Naggar and Veda Shastri Part of NYT Video Team to Win Edward Murrow Award

Both Mona El-Naggar and Veda Shastri were present as this year's Edward Murrow Awards, both representing the New York Times video unit.

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NYU NewsDoc alum Megan Thompson’s PBS News Hour Story: Artist William Wegman and His Weimaraner Muses

Megan Thomson released a piece about a Massachusetts native and NYC resident William Wegman, who creates art inspired by his two dogs.

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Preeti Mankar Screens Her Film at This Year’s Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

Preeti Mankar is officially in the film festival circuit, bringing her film […]

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Congratulations to News and Documentary alum Haya Fatima Iqbal

Haya Fatima Iqbal helped produce the film A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, that won the Emmy on 10/5 for Best Documentary

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