Letters from Our CEO - New York Women in Film & TelevisionNew York Women in Film & Television

Below is a collection of updates from New York Women in Film & Television Chief Executive Officer Cynthia López.

López is an award-winning media strategist, and former Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, where she implemented strategies to support film and TV production throughout the five boroughs. López is the recipient of many coveted industry awards including: 11 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, a Special Emmy Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking, three Peabody Awards, and two duPont-Columbia Awards. In addition, she received the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Award for Commitment to Corporate Diversity. Prior to working as Commissioner, López was Executive Vice President and co-Executive Producer of the award-winning PBS documentary series American Documentary | POV, and was involved in the organization’s strategic growth and creative development for 14 years.

See her full bio on our staff page.

Click through below to read the archive of her letters.

Reach out to Cynthia with your thoughts at info@nywift.org.

October 2024

NYWIFT all around New York: from The New School to Greenpoint to NYC TV Week, DCTV, Queens, the Hamptons, and beyond...

July 2024

Summer heat, Kamala Harris, save arts funding, Lourdes Portillo, and FinanceHER...

April 2024

Thank you for an inspirational Muse 2024...

April 2024

Remembering beloved NYWIFT member leslie Shreve, founder of Women in the Arts & Media Coalition...

February 2024

A special Valentine's Day message and preview of Muse 2024...

December 2023

Remembering Muriel "Mike" Peters, former NYWIFT Board Member and longtime champion for women producers...

November 2023

The Writers Lab, New Works Lab, NYWIFT Night Out with Fusion Film Festival, DOC NYC 2023 Gala, and more...

September 2023

Highlights from the NYWIFT Creative Workforce STEM Summit, strike updates, introducing the NYWIFT Masterclass Series, and more...

July 2023

Remembering acclaimed documentarian Ellen Hovde, one of the very first members of NYWIFT...

July 2023

Congratulations to new Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment Commissioner Pat Swinney Kaufman!

June 2023

NYWIFT at Cannes, partnership with the Royal Film Commission-Jordan, members at Tribeca, standing in solidarity with the WGA, Muse 2023, programming updates, and more...

She Said

Reflections upon viewing the phenomenal new film She Said, about 2020 NYWIFT Muse honorees Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of The New York Times...

February 2023

Gearing up for Muse, celebrating Black History Month, remembering Barbara Walters, and more...

December 2022

Remembering powerhouse documentarian Julia Reichert...

November 2022

Hybrid programming updates, The Writers Lab, Muse, and more...

October 2022

NYWIFT thrives in pandemic year three, Member Screening of The Bengali, SOHO International Film Fest, Hamptons Brunch, new President Leslie Fields-Cruz, and more...

July 2022

Living in the era of COVID, NYWIFT at the Montauk Film Festival, collaborations with Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films, and remembering Mable Haddock and Gloria Allen...

February 2022

Remembering late Board Member Ruth Gutman and groundbreaking reporter Gloria Rojas...

November 2021

Turkey Day gratitude to our community, virtual Muse 2021, NYWIFT strategic planning, Creative Workforce Summit publication, NYWIFT Talks, Good Pitch Local: Puerto Rico, awards, scholarships, and industry screenings...

September 2021

Remembering former NYWIFT Board President Linda Kahn, a trailblazer in children's media...

May 2021

NYWIFT Summit: The Creative industry Radically Reimagined, record-breaking Designing Women honoree Ann Roth, and remembering industry luminaries Olympia Dukakis, Flavia Fontes, and former Board Member Marjorie Kalins-Taylor...

February 2021

Happy Valentine's Day, NYWIFT team celebrating love in during the pandemic, Muse 2020 recording, and NYWIFT's firs-ever publication: NYWIFT Creative Workforce Summit: Diversity and Inclusion, Workplace Safety, and Pay Equity...

January 2021

Pandemic and political updates, 2020 NYWIFT year in review, and remembering longtime NYWIFT member Joan Micklin Silver...

April 2020

Holiday greetings, COVID-19 updates, announcement of NYWIFT Talks, virtual programming, and online peer-to-peer networking...

February 2020

Remembering documentarian Lucy Jarvis, who was featured in the NYWIFT Archive Project living history series...

November 2019

Announcing the 40th Anniversary Muse Awards, Tribeca Festival, Women Behind the Scenes Party, Designing Women, Summit, FinanceHer, On the Road to the Emmy's, and DOC NYC honors...