NYU News & Documentary

10/20/2026

Matt Wolf at 20 Cooper Square talking about students about his film, P*e Wee Himself in Nanfu Wang ‘s master class on personal doc.

10/19/2026

Jeremy Workman is going to be at NYU soon to help guide News Doc students with the basics of trailers for their respective thesis films to be screened at the News Doc Film Festival next year in February.

10/18/2026

A glimpse into the world of journalism!
News Doc Class of ‘28 visited The New York Times office for an exciting opportunity to explore the newsroom.

10/16/2026

Congrats to alum Alyse Shorland:
Brooklyn, N.Y. — August 31, 2026 — American Documentary/POV Shorts and Chicken & Egg Films announced three projects selected for the next cycle of their Co-Production Fund, with TIME Studios joining as distribution partner, and Bird Street Productions as executive producers.

Write Me a Letter, directed by Alyse Shorland
When post offices begin disappearing from communities, the people fighting to save them discover they're protecting far more than mail. Through intimate vérité and sweeping landscapes, Write Me a Letter reveals how our last shared public institution quietly binds us together through everyday rituals, shared obligations, and chance encounters.

Alyse Shorland is a documentary director, producer, and professor whose films explore the invisible architecture of democratic life. With a background in journalism and investigative reporting, her work has appeared on HBO, Netflix, FX, Hulu, VICE, CBS, CNN, and in The New York Times. Her projects have received support from the Sundance Institute, Impact Partners, Chicken & Egg Films, the Ford Foundation, and others. Her work has been honored with two Emmys, a Peabody, and a Gracie, and she was named to DOC NYC's 40 Under 40 in 2023. Shorland is an assistant professor of journalism and documentary film at Rutgers University.

10/15/2026

Join us for the screening of two docum shorts submitted to the 99th Academy Awards with News Doc Alumna and Student Academy Award Gold Winner Lara Dihmis and Oscar-winning flimmaker Ruby Yang on Nov 9.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevLQ01meNKDmVfmNmz4zXTl6WtVnaIRBDbIBLwbALwnti61g/viewform?usp=header

10/14/2026

Professor Nanfu Wang conducts a session for her Personal Doc students with Filmmaker Doug Block during her class Tuesday.

10/08/2026

Glimpses from this week’s screening of Refuge, followed by some delicious treats — matcha cake baked by Nabila and banana bread by alilya 💚🍰🍌

09/25/2026

09/23/2026

Geeta Gandbhir in an interaction with NYU students about The Perfect Neighbor at 20 Cooper Square.

09/15/2026

Keeping up the tradition. Lara is number 13. Congrats
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https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/september/nyu-journalism-graduate-dihmis-wins-student-academy-award-.html