NYC broadcast journalism

06/08/2024

Seeking Russian language PA for continuing part time work at a small independent NYC college. Non-fiction experience preferred, but not essential. Contact me for details...

24/05/2024

Memorial Day... In the veterans community there is an oft-repeated expression. "The real heroes are those who didn't come home."

16/04/2024

This week, my documentary “Unsettled History: America, China and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid” is being screened at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. Last year the exact same film was screened at the United States Embassy in Beijing, as well as the U.S. Consulates in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenyang.

04/03/2024

My new documentary, “Valor and Memory,” will air on Public TV stations across the U.S. in November. It is the story of America’s Flying Tigers of World War 2 fame, the “Chinese Tigers” who defended their homeland, and the “Chinese American Tigers” sent by the U.S. Army to China for their cultural and linguistic knowledge as well as technical skills. Why are they once again being remembered, and celebrated?

11/08/2023

While most Public TV stations have already aired "China: Frame by Frame," you can still see it on the PBS App or Vimeo.

When Emmy Award winning American filmmaker Bill Einreinhofer arrived in China 30+ years ago, he had no idea it was the first of many visits. “I didn’t…

14/05/2023

Extremely proud, even touched, that PBS has decided my new documentary -- "China: Frame by Frame" -- should be part of pretty exclusive neighborhood. It's now airing on PTV stations, and the PBS App.

18/08/2022

Congratulations to the latest NYFA Broadcast Journalism graduates! They came, they saw, they produced, wrote, edited and reported. Look up the term "multimedia journalist" and you'll see their pictures. Some of which they took themselves...

03/01/2022

It's a "new year" and I have "big news." On February 1st I am stepping down as Chair of the Broadcast Journalism department at the New York Film Academy. At NYFA I was able to pursue my two great passions: teaching and creating meaningful films. I plan to continue doing both, but at a significantly slower pace...

10/11/2021

The New York Film Academy is looking for two bilingual (English/Russian) TAs to work with Broadcast Journalism students during 2022 Spring and Summer semesters. You know Sony F and A series cameras, Premiere Pro and Avid. You also understand the difference between nonfiction and narrative production. Starts in early January. Get all the details here: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=22636&clientkey=C9F23EC741E35B0F046EDA7463D1F9E8

10/10/2021

Working with archival materials, you become accustomed to using copies of copies of copies of priceless images. But every once and a great while, you locate a print from the original negative. April 1942, Jiangxi province, China. Local militia members help an American aircrew escape capture, torture and death at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. From my documentary "Unsettled History: America, China and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid." Premiering in April on American Public Television.

19/04/2021

April 18, 2021 is the 79th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid. April 18, 2022 will be the premiere date of my new Public TV documentary, "Unsettled History: America, China and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid." 80 volunteers on their first combat mission, in planes never designed to launch from an aircraft carrier, with enough fuel to make it to their assigned military and industrial targets, but not much further. Saved by Chinese farmers, fishermen and patriots.

22/03/2021

This month marks ten years since the start of the Syrian civil war. NYFA Broadcast Journalism grad Nour Idriss, who comes from Aleppo, was stranded in New York City when all flights home were cancelled. Enrolling in NYFA, she reinvented herself as a multimedia journalist, then found a home at CBS News. Recently she wasn't just the producer of stories about the past decade, she became part of the story herself.

26/01/2021

Are you an early career Russian journalist? Or a Journalism student at a Russian college or university? If so, you are eligible for a full-scholarship to the NYFA Moscow Journalism Summer School (JSS). This three-week workshop will take place in late July and early August, at the American Center in Moscow. You will have the opportunity to study with award-winning New York Film Academy instructors. Scholarships cover all tuition, transportation, housing and meals. Participants from outside the Moscow region are especially encouraged to apply. For full information, go to nyfajss.com. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible. The deadline is April 1, 2021. https://vimeo.com/393495380