The School of Media Studies Documentary Studies program will be featured at this year’s (Online) DOC NYC, with four films by the last year’s graduate filmmakers in the ‘University Showcase‘. Kudos to our outstanding students Amrit Cheng, Maliyamungu Muhande, Claire Haughey and Lillian Xuege Li whose films are in the showcase, and who managed to complete their work under very difficult circumstances.
Learn more about our programs
The MA in Media Studies gives students experience in creative media making, critical analysis, and entrepreneurialism. The Media Management MS offers the practical experience you need to succeed in today's media industries. The Documentary Studies Certificate program provides an opportunity to study documentary filmmaking in a small, tightly focused program. The Media Management Certificate Program provides a strong foundation of management principles and leadership skills to find work in the ever-changing global media landscape.
News
Sam Pollard is The School of Media Studies’ 2021 Spring Hirshon Artist-in-Residence
SMS Alum Igor Myakotin Co-Produced Documentary “Welcome to Chechnya” Which Is Shortlisted for Two Oscars
“Disclosure” by Sam Feder (MA Media Studies 04) is Now Streaming on Netflix After Screening at 2020 Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals
Head of TikTok US Vanessa Pappas (MA Media Studies 07) Profiled in Marie Claire
Media Studies student documentaries at DOC NYC, America’s Largest Documentary Festival
Terry Skoda, Media Studies ’06, Appointed as the Interim Director of The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Annual Events
This annual event features film and video works produced by students taking graduate, undergraduate, and certificate classes in the School of Media Studies. Finalists are selected by an external jury of film professionals.
New School graduate students exhibit and discuss their works-in-progress in this popular monthly media workshop and screening series. Presenting students receive constructive feedback on their film, video, and audio work.
Mixed Messages is an annual exhibition showcasing outstanding creative work by graduate students in the School of Media Studies. Selected by a panel of distinguished jurors, projects include installations, interactive experiences, Web-based projects, and works on paper.
Kinoscope is a screening series designed to foster dialogue about film as cinematic art. Kinoscope events include discussion and analysis at the end of each program. Kinoscope’s mission is to enhance the awareness and understanding of the film and filmmaking process by screening a wide variety of national and international films.
Over three evenings, short documentaries made by students in the Documentary Media Studies graduate certificate program are screened for the public. The films are the products of a year of study in documentary production, history and theory. The program has just completed its tenth year.
Immediacy is a student-centered online journal produced by the School of Media Studies that provides a space for fresh approaches and perspectives on the understanding of media.