CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Associate Professor Kroeger
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Clinical Associate Professor Ludlum

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 this: 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. 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. They 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 four state-of-the-art newsrooms, modern broadcast production facilities, the Associated Press wire service, and desktop publishing.

Faculty

Professors:
Burrows, Stephens, Willis

Associate Professors:
Boynton, Dent, Fagin, Kroeger, Linfield, Newkirk, Norman, Rock, Rosen, Seife, Serrin, Solomon, Sternhell, Stone

Assistant Professors:
Dery, Penenberg

Clinical Associate Professors:
Blood, Ludlum, Quigley, Wolff

Director of Adjunct Relations:
Quigley

Director of Career Services:
Shazia Ahmad

Distinguished Writers in Residence:
Berman, Conover, Hamill, Hotz, Johnson, McBride, Weschler