February 2012
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Studio 20 Grads Settle into their New Jobs!
After graduation this December, the second Studio 20 class has wasted no time getting themselves in with some of the top media companies around. From ProPublica to the New York Times, you may see Studio 20 alums popping up all over the news world. Check out where some of last year’s class have landed and what lessons they’ve taken with them to their new jobs:
Blair Hickman | Social Media Producer...
January 2012
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December 2011
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Studio 20 Will Collaborate With The Guardian on...
On Dec. 8, Studio 20 and The Guardian US jointly announced that they will collaborate in the development of a “citizens agenda” approach to election coverage during the 2012 campaign for president.
Jay Rosen and Amanda Michel, The Guardian’s Open Editor, explained it this way in a co-authored column that ran on The Guardian site:
The alternative to “who’s going to...
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Open Studio: An Open Invitation
You are cordially invited to the Studio 20 Open Studio, a presentation of innovations in journalism by the students and innovators of Studio 20. These final projects are the both the capstone project for students enrolled in the NYU Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, and a survey of cutting edge advances in journalism today.
Time: 5:30 PM, December 14th, 2011
Place: Arthur L. Carter...
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The Studio 20 @ NYU Explainer
Wonder why we say Studio 20 is unlike any other journalism program out there? Curious about what we do? Thinking of applying?
Check our latest attempt to put it all into words.
Studio 20 - New York University from The Local East Village on Vimeo.
November 2011
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Introducing... Zoe Fraade-Blanar
Zoe Fraade-Blanar is Studio 20’s secret weapon.
Since September 2010, Zoe has worked with Studio 20 as we try and solve the big puzzles in journalism. In Studio II, She introduced us to the skills and tactics we need to execute our long-term project with ProPublica. Zoe taught us the value of iterative project management and agile development, and also lead weekly workshops on everything...
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The Redistricting Remix
The Studio 20 singer/songwriter in residence Dave Holmes, the man behind The Euro Debt Crisis Disco Song and The Fracking Song, is back with another hit.
The Redistricting Song is Dave’s third music video explainer and the second he’s created in partnership with ProPublica. As he’s done before, Dave has combined clever lyrics with a catchy beat and awesome animation to bring...
October 2011
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Studio 20 students are Designing Conversational...
Last spring we were thrilled to announce that Clay Shirky joined the Studio 20 faculty. This Fall, seven third-semester Studio 20 students elected to take his Designing Conversational Spaces class at ITP.
The class addresses a very specific problem: how to design online environments that support or encourage good conversation? Through studying the trade-offs and dynamics present in existing web...
Class of 2011 - Studio III Projects and Summer...
We’re in the middle of the make-it-or-break-it period for our Studio 3 projects. According to Jay, October should be our biggest month in terms of productivity. Each week we meet to discuss four projects as they progress and each one is as different as the next.
Here’s a look at what the 16 of us are working on this year:
Assia Boundaoui began this summer freelancing radio reports...
Studio 20 Speakers Series
A big part of the Studio 20 experience is the speakers series.
Every second week in Studio I, we invite industry leaders and innovators to join us for a conversation over wine and cheese. Last year, we hosted Gaby Darbyshire, COO, Gawker; Burt Herman Co-Founder and CEO, Storify; Megan McCarthy Founding Editor, MediaGazer and News Editor, The Observer and Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas...
September 2011
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Tracking the success of My Water's on Fire Tonight
Last spring, we presented the findings of our project “Building A Better Explainer”, to a live audience at the Varick Street Incubator. We showcased the explainers we created for ProPublica and other partners to a room full of journalists, editors and entrepreneurs.
One of the highlights of the night was the debut of our music video explainer, “My Water’s On Fire Tonight...
May 2011
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Photos from "Building A Better Explainer"...
ExplainerNet →
“Investigative reporting with a back beat.”
– David Carr, New York Times. May 11th, 2011 via Twitter, after seeing My Water’s on Fire Tonight.
December 2010
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Studio 20 Collaborates with ProPublica to Build a...
In its second year, Studio 20 is again embarking on a big collaboration with a major media partner. In 2009-10 it was The Local East Village with the New York Times. In 2010-11 it’s the Building a Better Explainer project with the investigative journalism non-profit, ProPublica. The project will focus on the art of explaining the sort of sprawling complicated stories that ProPublica covers....
November 2010
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Studio 20 Students Push a Variety of Envelopes...
Studio 20’s first class of students are in their third semester, and working on innovation projects with a variety of media partners. They work independently and present their progress in Jay Rosen’s Studio 3 course. Here’s what they’re up to this term:
Tim Stenovec is working with Saul Hansell of Seed.com to design and build a site for AOL that helps people sort through...
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Studio 20's Niel Bekker Publishes Post about...
Studio 20’s Niel Bekker recently published a post exploring two new startups, Storify and Qwiki, which are finding ways to disrupt storytelling. From the post:
Which is more disruptive: connecting users to a library of machine-made knowledge remixes, or connecting users to each other’s curated content, shaped into narrative by human hands?
Read Niel’s full story on MemeBurn.
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Studio 20 Liveblogs the NYC Marathon
Students in Professor Jason Samuels’ course worked with the New York Daily News to liveblog this weekend’s New York City Marathon.
The NYDN’s Lauren Johnston blogs about running, but couldn’t do it Sunday since she was participating in the marathon itself. Studio 20 came to the rescue. Johnston explains:
Photos and details were captured by Studio 20 and posted to...
October 2010
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Studio 20 Profile: Focus on James Matthews
Studio 20’s James Matthews spent the summer in Brazil. Here’s his tale about his experience:
I spent the first six weeks of the summer adapting my doctoral thesis on the Spanish Civil War for publication by Oxford University Press. I am now about half way through the rewriting stage.
For the rest of the break, I worked as an editorial intern for Thomson Reuters from their Sao Paulo...
Studio 20 at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism...
The STUDIO 20 concentration at NYU offers master’s level instruction with a focus on innovation and adapting journalism to the web. The curriculum emphasizes project-based learning. Students, faculty and visiting talent work on editorial and web development projects together, typically with media partners who themselves need to find new approaches or face problems in succeeding online. By...
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WatchCongratulations to Studio 20’s Tim Stenovec for getting his Local East Village video on a makeshift Hare Krishna center picked up by the Huffington Post!
September 2010
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Studio 20 Summer: Focus on Lesley Messer
This is the first post in a series on how Studio 20 students spent their summers. Lesley Messer tells us about writing for People Magazine and a trip to Toronto:
Over the summer, I went back to my full-time job, writing, reporting and fact-checking entertainment features for People.
A few highlights included spending time with the cast of Jersey Shore and their families (including Snooki),...
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Studio 20 Profiled as a Unique Approach to...
PBS’ MediaShift profiled NYU’s Studio 20 concentration as an example of journalism education adapting to the changing media industry.
Studio 20 Director Jay Rosen explains his philosophy for student participation:
“What I want students to do is look at the web as an opportunity to learn about journalism today by participating in it.”
The article describes NYU’s...
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WatchIn case you missed it, last night on CNN, Studio 20 Professor Jason Samuels produced Soledad O’Brien’s live one-hour exclusive interview with Imam Feisal of the controversial Park 51 project. The interview has been cited in numerous news reports.
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Jay Rosen's Advice to the Next Generation of...
Studio 20 Director Jay Rosen recently gave an Inaugural Lecture to the incoming class at Sciences Po école du journalisme in Paris (read reports of it in English and in French, with videos of the talk) that was meant not only for French students, but for anyone interested in journalism.
Rosen elaborated on his talk in a post he published titled The Journalists Formerly Known as the Media: My...
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The Local East Village to Launch September 13
The Local East Village will launch on Monday, September 13. The site is a collaboration between The New York Times and New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and will cover New York City’s East Village. Studio 20 students have been planning and working towards its launch throughout spring semester and into the summer.
The site will feature a specially developed Virtual...
July 2010
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Studio 20 Student Scores Fellowship to Work for...
Studio 20 student Amir Shoucri is helping the New York Observer develop their video strategy this summer. The project is funded through a $10,000 grant to the Carter Institute from the Knight Foundation.
The fellowship also allowed Amir to purchase video equipment, which will be donated to Studio 20 at the end of his work:
A Panasonic AG-HMC150 digital camcorder
The camera, along with a...
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Studio 20 Student Analyzes LeBron Reaction Via...
Studio 20 Student Anjali Mullany works for the New York Daily News as their social media manager. Using her expertise, she rounded up some of the best reactions to LeBron James’ announcement that he will play for the Miami Heat via Twitter. Here’s a sample:
After the announcement, Knicks fans took to Twitter to share their disappointment - but many Cavaliers fans were downright...
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Studio 20 professor joins CNN as lead producer
Congrats to Studio 20’s Professor Jason Samuels who recently left BET to join CNN as a lead producer for CNN’s award-winning, long-form documentary unit ‘In America” - which strives to present untold stories in underreported communities. Professor Samuels’ first prime time documentary for CNN will air in the fall. Learn more about CNN’s “In...
June 2010
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Studio 20 named as a great example of a successful...
A Poynter Institute article interviews Studio 20 Director Jay Rosen and New York Times editors collaborating with NYU on The Local: East Village. From the story:
In the case of the NYU/New York Times partnership, it’s Richard Jones, a former New York Times metro reporter who is now on NYU’s faculty. Jones will edit “The Local: East Village,” the hyperlocal news site at...
May 2010
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April 2010
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Studio 20 Professor wins another NAMIC Vision...
Studio 20 Professor Jason Samuels won a NAMIC Vision Award for Best Sports for ESPN’s “James Stewart: King of the Hill“ feature, which Samuels produced.
The NAMIC Awards honor multi-ethnicity in communication and recognize programming that has aired on television and digital platforms that is reflective of the depth and breadth of the lives, spirit, and contributions of people...
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David Friedman, Senior Video Producer for msnbc.com talked with Studio 20 about his work and shooting video with a DSLR camera.
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Studio 20 Director at 140 Characters
Photo by Jay Bryant
Studio 20 Director Jay Rosen spoke on the topic of the self-informing public at the 140 Characters conference. Watch the video of his talk.
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WatchStudio 20 Director Jay Rosen inspired a segment on Wednesday’s The Colbert Report looking at fact checking on Sunday shows.
March 2010
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Studio 20 Director discusses the Future of Context
Jay Rosen recently spoke on a SXSWi panel on the Future of Context with Matt Thompson and Tristan Harris.
In preparation, the trio launched a Future of Context web site to invite questions and discussion. Rosen blogged his ideas before the panel, Steve Myers liveblogged it on Poynter, and Jeremy Littau discusses it in a later post.
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Catch Studio 20 professor's latest work
Professor Jason Samuels’ latest project for BET will air on Sunday at noon. This half-hour special - “Be counted: Black America and the 2010 Census” - is a compelling look at the importance of the 2010 census to urban communities.
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Studio 20 professor wins two awards
Studio 20 Professor Jason Samuels picked up two first place awards from the New York Association of Black Journalists earlier this week.
His primetime special on BET on the death of Michael Jackson won the first place award in the TV Arts and Entertainment category. And his primetime documentary on BET on the dropout crisis in America’s public schools - “Heart of the City:...
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Studio 20 Director Jay Rosen and Visiting Scholar...
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WatchProfessor Yvonne Latty’s video invites you to learn and practice hyperlocal journalism at The Local East Village. Will you join?
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Studio 20's James Matthews to intern in Brazil
James Matthews has won the Overseas Press Club Foundation Emanuel R. Freedman scholarship. He has also been selected for the Reuters Americas Journalism Summer Internship and will spend summer 2010 reporting from Reuters’ Sao Paulo bureau in Brazil.