The Salvation for an Overlooked Oscar Category? The New Yorker
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Steven Zeitchik
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The New Yorker taps the power of short documentaries to captivate audiences and expand its intellectual brand in the digital age
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- The New Yorker has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 6 of the past 9 years, a Netflix-level influence, but has never won - a victory would cement its status as a documentary powerhouse
- The magazine's documentary shorts can run up to 40 minutes, defying the industry's short attention span, and are drawing more viewers as the publication leans into long-form visual storytelling to connect with a younger, video-first audience
call sheet
Paul Moakley, Sarah Lash, Zooey Zephyr, David Remnick, Omer Sami, Nasar, Kimberly Reed, Bill Morrison, Harith "Snoop" Augustus, The New Yorker, Condé Nast, Time, Netflix, Seat 31, Public Defender, Eternal Father, I Am Not a Robot, Incident