CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Associate Professor Brooke Kroeger
Chair’s Assistant: Andrea Rosenberg
Inquiries: 212-998-7887;
andrea.rosenberg@nyu.edu

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION:
John Brendan Murphy
Inquiries: 212-998-8839;
john.murphy@nyu.edu
Administrative Aide: Kate Panuska
Inquiries: 212-992-9842;
panuska@nyu.edu

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:
Associate Professor Stephen D. Solomon
Graduate Administrative Aide: Rose Choi
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

REPORTING NEW YORK:
Associate Professor William Serrin
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

REPORTING THE NATION:
Associate Professor William Serrin
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

MAGAZINE WRITING:
Associate Professor Robert S. Boynton
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY:
Associate Professor Marcia Rock
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

CULTURAL REPORTING AND CRITICISM:
Associate Professor Susie Linfield
Inquiries: 212-998-3786;
cultural.program@nyu.edu

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING PROGRAM:
Associate Professor Stephen D. Solomon
Inquiries: 212-998-7995;
business.journalism@nyu.edu

SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING PROGRAM:
Associate Professor Dan Fagin
Inquiries: 212-998-7970;
dan.fagin@nyu.edu

GLOBAL AND JOINT (GLOJO) PROGRAM STUDIES:
Associate Professor Brooke Kroeger
Inquiries: 212-998-7993;
graduate.journalism@nyu.edu

CAREER SERVICES:
Pamela Noel
Inquiries: 212-992-9665;
pamela.noel@nyu.edu

ADJUNCT RELATIONS:
Clinical Associate Professor Mary W. Quigley
Inquiries: 212-998-7998;
mary.quigley@nyu.edu

ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT:
Nadine Heintz
Inquiries: 212-998-8044;
nh302@nyu.edu

At New York University, we believe that journalism has a serious public mission and can make a difference. We want to educate those who agree.

Opportunities abound in the media world, but the opportunity to do compelling work that informs, engages—and matters—is what drives our faculty, motivates our students, and informs our entire approach.

Great journalism has always come from the great cities of the globe, and there is no better place to learn the craft than the city of New York—where power and wealth concentrate, news and culture originate, and daily events fascinate.

Centrally located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, the department immerses students in the richness and vitality of the city, while attracting to campus many of the leaders and thinkers in the journalism profession. New York City is our laboratory—and our inspiration. The very first lesson we offer students is: Tap into it, with our help.

NYU students study as interns in almost every major news organization in the city. They often graduate to jobs in newspapers, magazines, broadcast outlets, and online operations headquartered in New York, though some choose to go elsewhere. And every day, students move outward from the classroom to the city, on assignments that take them all over town.

The full-time faculty is itself of national stature in the journalism world. As writers, reporters, producers, and critics, NYU professors continue to practice the journalism they teach and preach, holding the profession to its highest standards of public service. The adjunct faculty, our teaching professionals, features working journalists from all the major news media, who share their wealth of experience and a commitment to craft.

Each area of study pairs accomplished faculty who have worked in the field with students who seek practical instruction and intellectual depth. Most classes are kept small (12 to 18 students) to allow for one-on-one instruction. All of our graduate programs focus on content as well as skills. Students may enroll in an area of study focused on reporting the city or nation; business and economics; culture and criticism; science, health, and the environment; or the literary journalism genre in magazine writing. They may select a joint program in journalism and Latin American and Caribbean studies, journalism and Near Eastern studies, or journalism and French studies.

Course work begins with the basic skills of reporting, writing, and research, but simultaneously students are taught what journalism at its best can be—and what it should accomplish in a free and democratic society. Students are also encouraged to publish their work, with assignments, internships, and online projects geared to this end.

Housed within the arts and sciences core of a leading university, the department sees journalism as an essential strand in the liberal arts tradition and a critical factor in public culture. But we also recognize that news these days is a business. When our skilled graduates enter that business, they are prepared to improve and enliven it.

Department facilities include state-of-the-art computer and digital equipment; a fully equipped broadcast facility with a television and radio studio, nonlinear editing, an Avid central server, and digital video field equipment. The department’s Web site functions as a self-publishing venue, making use of its extensive content management system.

Faculty

Paul Berman, Distinguished Writer in Residence. M.A. 1973 (American history), Columbia.
Political journalism and commentary; literary journalism; intellectual history.