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| Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | |
| Established | 1912 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Nicholas Lemann |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Enrollment | ca. 270 |
| Homepage | www.journalism.columbia.edu |
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is a journalism school and one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism (full and part-time), Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications. The school, founded with a bequest from Joseph Pulitzer, is located on Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan.
In addition to graduate degree programs, the Journalism School administers several prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize and the DuPont-Columbia Award (see a complete list of awards below). It also co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review, essentially a trade publication for journalists.
It took the university ten years to act on Joseph Pulitzer's $2 million gift and pitch for a journalism school. Classes began on Sept. 30, 1912 with a student body of about 100 undergraduate and graduate students from 21 countries. The building was still under construction at the time.
In 1935, Dean Carl W. Ackerman led the school's transition to become the first graduate school of journalism in the United States. Classes of 60 students dug up stories in New York City during the day and drafted articles in a single, large newsroom in the journalism school at night.
Today, a faculty of internationally-recognized journalists with varying specialties—including politics, arts and culture, religion, science, education, business and economics, investigative reporting, national and international affairs—instruct Journalism School students. Faculty members are preeminent in their fields, and many have won numerous journalism awards including the Pulitzer Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the duPont-Columbia Award, the National Magazine Award, and the National Book Award.
The Graduate School of Journalism offers approximately $4.4 million annually in fellowships and scholarships to students who demonstrate high academic achievement, financial need, and promise for leading careers in journalism. Throughout the year, the Journalism School hosts sessions on campus in New York City and around the country to provide information about its programs and career advancement in journalism. [1]
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Academic Programs
Columbia Journalism School's 10-month M.S. program offers aspiring and experienced journalists the opportunity to study the skills, the art, and the ethics of journalism by reporting and writing stories that range from short news pieces to complex narrative features. Students choose from one of four specializations: newspaper, magazine, broadcast, or new media. Some students interested in investigative reporting are part of Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, a sub-specialization of the M.S. program. The M.S. program is also offered on a part-time basis.
The school also offers six dual-degree programs in collaboration with other schools at Columbia: Journalism and Law; Journalism and Business; Journalism and Religion; Journalism and International and Public Affairs; Journalism and Earth and Environmental Science; and a dual-degree program beginning in 2008 with Sciences Po in Paris.
The nine-month M.A. program is for experienced journalists interested in focusing on a particular subject area: politics, science, business, or the arts. M.A. students work closely with Journalism School professors as well as professors from other academic departments at Columbia. The program is full-time.
The Ph.D. program draws upon the resources of Columbia University in a multidisciplinary approach to the study of communications. Students craft individual courses of study from the departments and divisions at the University, including Journalism, Political Science and Sociology, the professional schools of Business and Law, and Teachers College.[2]
Student Life
Students study journalism in the classroom, but also by covering diverse neighborhoods of New York City with close guidance and mentoring from their professors. Students form intense bonds during their time at the school. Every day, students are invited to attend and participate in lectures, workshops, conferences, and receptions with journalists who visit the school. The school's student government is run through the University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the world's largest journalism organization. Student officers organize events throughout the year, including field trips, panel discussions, and community service projects.
The Stabile Student Center, completed in 2008, includes a café, computer workstations, teaching labs, conference rooms, and the school library. Technical resources at the school include more than 150 multimedia computers in labs and edit suites, the Roone Arledge broadcast studio, a radio studio, and an equipment room housing hundreds of media production kits for photography, audio and video.
Students publish their work in an array of platforms throughout the year, including ColumbiaJournalist.org, the online student publication of the school; Bronx Beat, a student-run weekly newspaper; Columbia News Service, a wire service that publishes student features in dailies around the country through The New York Times News Service; Columbia News Tonight, the weekly spring television newscast produced by our students; and NYC24, a web site produced by the new media workshops, combining traditional reporting and writing skills with online journalism.
The Knight Case Studies Initiative aims to enhance the way journalism is taught in the U.S. and abroad by giving teachers and professionals new tools with which to work. The goal is to train students to think like newsroom managers and news industry leaders.
The career services staff—all former journalists with industry connections in print, broadcast, and online media—work with students to help them pursue jobs and internships. The annual spring career expo is one of the biggest journalism job fairs in the country, with more than 150 recruiters and editors attending. Career services web pages, accessible only to Columbia students and alumni, offer information about job hunting, and a jobs database updated daily.
The continuing education seminars and fellowships offer opportunities for experienced journalists and media executives to advance their knowledge and expertise. These include: The Punch Sulzberger News Media Executive Leadership Program, Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship, The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, and the Columbia Publishing Course.
Journalism Awards
The Journalism School administers many professional awards to uphold standards of excellence in journalism, a tradition that Joseph Pulitzer began when he established the school and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia.[3]
Complete list of prizes administered by the Journalism School:
The Pulitzer Prizes; Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award; National Magazine Awards; The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes; John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism; Lukas Prize Project; John B. Oakes Awards; Mike Berger Award; Paul Tobenkin Award for Race Reporting.
Notable alumni
- Margot Adler, anchor, National Public Radio
- Leonard Apcar, chief editor for Asia, International Herald Tribune; former editor-in-chief, NYTimes.com
- Wayne Barrett, senior editor and investigative reporter, Village Voice
- Ralph Begleiter, distinguished journalist in residence, University of Delaware
- Elizabeth Benjamin, Capitol bureau chief, Albany Times-Union
- Tom Bettag, executive producer, Discovery Channel
- Bob Blau, former managing editor, The Baltimore Sun
- Ryan Blitstein, freelance business reporter
- Louis Boccardi, retired CEO, Associated Press; Freedom Forum Foundation
- Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Pat Buchanan, GOP strategist, presidential advisor, presidential candidate, conservative columnist, TV commentator
- Robert Campbell, architect and journalist; former architecture critic for the Boston Globe
- Robert Caro, author
- Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House (deceased)
- David Cho, journalist
- Fahd Husain - Pakistani journalist who currently works for Express News Pakistan
- Barbara Cochran, president, Radio-Television News Directors Association
- Leah Hager Cohen, writer, formerly of Houghton Mifflin
- Richard Cohen, former reporter and columnist, Washington Post; four-time honorable mention winner, Pulitzer Prize
- Michael Clancy, city editor, AM New York
- Judith Crist, film and television critic; professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- Barkha Dutt, former managing director, NDTV 24/7, India
- Jim Dwyer, reporter, New York Times
- Andrea Elliott, reporter, New York Times; 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner
- Howard Fineman, author and political reporter, Newsweek
- Cardinal John P. Foley, Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
- Paul Friedman, Senior Vice President, CBS News
- Tara George, assistant professor of journalism, SUNY Purchase
- Robert Giles, curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
- Kate Grossman, education reporter, Chicago Sun-Times
- Mel Gussow, former theatre critic, New York Times (deceased)
- LynNell Hancock, education writer; professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- Arik Hesseldahl, senior technology writer, BusinessWeek.com; senior editor, Forbes.com
- Donna Hanover, co-host, WOR radio morning show; ex-wife of Rudy Giuliani
- Marguerite Holloway, contributing editor, Scientific American; professor of science and environmental journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- Molly Ivins, reporter, author and syndicated political columnist (deceased)
- Nigel Jaquiss, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for Willamette Week
- Soterios Johnson, host of NPR’s Morning Edition on WNYC
- Myron Kandel, anchor, CNN
- Frederick Kempe, president and CEO, Atlantic Council of the United States
- Andrea Kowalski, online editorial director, Yoga Journal and Vegetarian Times magazines; health and wellness reporter
- Steve Kroft, reporter, 60 Minutes
- Madeleine M. Kunin, former Governor of Vermont; Marsh scholar-professor at large, University of Vermont; founder and board president, Institute for Sustainable Communities
- Howard Kurtz, media reporter, Washington Post; host of CNN's "Reliable Sources"
- Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City, contributor to TIME magazine
- Brian Lehrer, talk show host, WNYC radio
- Flora Lewis, foreign-affairs columnist, New York Times (deceased)
- Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor and columnist, New York Times; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
- Bill Lichtenstein, president, Lichtenstein Creative Media
- Andrea Mackris, CNN producer
- Suzanne Malveaux, White House correspondent, CNN
- Mark Maremont, investigative reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- Tony Marro, former executive editor, Newsday
- Gabriele Marcotti, Sports Writer
- John McWethy, former national security correspondent, ABC News (deceased)
- Andrew Meldrum, South African correspondent, The Guardian and The Observer
- Katie Melone, staff writer, The Day
- Matthew Milliken, staff writer, The Daily Dispatch
- Glenford Mitchell, retired member of the Universal House of Justice
- Michele Montas, spokesperson, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; formerly with Radio Haiti
- Walt Mossberg, technology columnist, Wall Street Journal
- Alanna Nash, journalist and biographer; Society of Professional Journalists' 1994 National Member of the Year
- Patricia Nazario, news reporter, Southern California Public Radio
- Jasmina Nielsen, photo editor, POLFOTO, Copenhagen; stringer/photographer, Associated Press
- Beth Nissen, senior reporter, NBC News
- Viveca Novak, Washington correspondent for Time. She is a frequent guest on CNN, NBC, PBS, and Fox.
- Mirta Ojito, contributor, The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting in 2001; professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- John Oppedahl, former publisher, San Francisco Chronicle
- Peter Osnos, senior fellow for media, Century Foundation
- Rena Pederson, author and former editorial page editor, The Dallas Morning News; former member of Pulitzer Prize Board
- Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief, The Hindu
- Robin Reisig, professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- Geraldo Rivera, television reporter and talk show host
- Tanya Rivero, anchor, ABC News Now
- Tom Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
- George Rush, freelance magazine writer
- Christine Sadler, author, journalist, magazine editor (deceased)
- Michael Scully, professor, Roger Williams University
- Dick Schaap, sports journalist, author (deceased)
- Philip Scheffler, editorial consultant, Scheffler Group; former executive editor, 60 Minutes
- Gail Sheehy, author
- Kerry Sheridan, editor, Middle East bureau, Agence France Presse
- Mark Silva, White House correspondent, The Chicago Tribune
- Howard Simons, former curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism
- Allan Sloan, columnist and editor-at-large, Fortune Magazine
- Sreenath Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; technology reporter
- Rick Smith, former CEO, Newsweek
- Alexander Stille, author; contributor, New York Magazine; Sao Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University
- Ron Suskind, author and investigative journalist; former reporter, Wall Street Journal; Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing in 1995
- Valerie Wilson Wesley, author; former executive editor, "Essence" magazine
- Linda Winslow, executive producer, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Wayne Worcester, crime novelist; professor of journalism, University of Connecticut
- William Jorden, Ambassador to Panama and pulitzer prize winner
See also
References
- ^ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/about
- ^ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/academics
- ^ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/awards
External links
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