FRONTLINE and Newmark J-School Announce 2022 Tow Journalism Fellow

Feb. 10, 2022: PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series FRONTLINE and CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism have selected Bruce Gil as a 2022 Tow Journalism Fellow. The year-long position is funded by The Tow Foundation.

Gil received his master’s degree in December, with a dual concentration in Spanish-language reporting and health and science reporting. During his fellowship, which began on Monday, February 7, Gil will report and write his own digital stories, and will collaborate with other FRONTLINE journalists and producers, contributing to digital and transmedia projects, including the documentary and podcast series.

“Our Tow Journalism Fellows have been an essential part of our in-house reporting ranks these past few years, and we’re so pleased to welcome Bruce to our team,” said Raney Aronson-Rath, FRONTLINE’s executive producer. “We are excited to continue our journalism fellowship with the Newmark J-School and grateful to The Tow Foundation for their generous support of our journalism and public media mission.”

“We are delighted that another of our talented alumni has the opportunity to work closely with a news organization as outstanding as FRONTLINE, thanks to the support of The Tow Foundation,” said Sarah Bartlett, dean of the Newmark J-School.

Gil has previously reported for Univision, Las Vegas Weekly and Desert Companion. Most recently, he provided production and research assistance on the three-part series “After Ayotzinapa,” a project of Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting. 

Earlier in Gil’s career, he worked as a news producer for the public radio station KUNV, and as an editorial and production assistant for the Emerge Impact + Music Conference. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently resides in New York City.

About FRONTLINE FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. FRONTLINE has won every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 100 Emmy Awards and 26 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced by GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.

About The Tow Foundation The Tow Foundation, established in 1988 by Leonard and Claire Tow, funds projects that offer transformative experiences to individuals and create collaborative ventures in fields where they see opportunities for breakthroughs, reform and benefits for underserved populations. Investments focus on the support of innovative programs and system reform in the fields of youth and adult criminal justice, journalism, medicine, higher education and culture. For more information, visit http://www.towfoundation.org. 

About the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, founded in 2006, is the only public graduate journalism school in the Northeastern U.S. With affordable tuition and extensive scholarship support, it prepares students from diverse economic, racial and cultural backgrounds to produce high-quality journalism. The school offers two master’s degree programs: a master of arts in journalism and an M.A. in social journalism. In fall 2016, it launched a unique Spanish-language program to train bilingual students interested in covering Latino and Hispanic communities in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/.

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