Leslye Davis

Journalist / Filmmaker

Leslye Davis is a documentarian and photographer at The New York Times, where she has worked since 2012. She reports across multiple desks including Investigations, International, National and Metro, and frequently collaborates with the newspaper’s designers and graphics department.

Her work has been nominated for an Emmy and a Gerald Loeb Award for explanatory journalism, and she was part of a team of journalists who were finalists for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. In 2011, Pictures of the Year International honored her for Multimedia Portfolio of the Year.

Her work focuses on innovation in storytelling, grounded in the pursuit of understanding everyday issues.

Leslye will be presenting on the All the News That’s Fit to Screen: Film and TV at The New York Times panel.

Participating Sessions

THE SHORT TO FEATURE PIPELINE

What does it take to move from producing shorts to bringing a feature to market? Four award-winning visual journalists discuss their successful transition from short-form to feature-length filmmaking — and share the tips, tricks, and secrets they learned along the way. This panel is presented in partnership with the Video Consortium.