Columbia Journalism School

🏜️ Tomorrow in Texas: Join Dean Jelani Cobb, Margaret Sullivan, Executive Director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, and Sewell Chan, Executive Editor of Columbia Journalism Review, at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin on September 7, 2024. Panel topics include training tomorrow's journalists today and this election season's "Kamala Harris Moment."

Plus, hear from CJS alumni industry leaders: David Gura, '07 M.S., of Bloomberg; Lisa Lerer, '04 M.S., of The New York Times; Jake Sherman, '09 M.S., of Punchbowl News; Nikhil Swaminathan, '04 M.S., CEO of Grist.org; and Kara Swisher, '85 M.S., of New York Media.

Find them on the TribFest schedule: https://bit.ly/CJSTribFest

CJS in Hollywood: alumni and community members will be at the NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists National Convention from September 5-9 in Los Angeles.

Don't miss the opportunity to connect with Gina Chua, '88 M.S.; Stephen Jiwanmall, '13 M.S.; Brooke Sopelsa, '07 M.S.; Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, '21 M.S.; Ignacio Torres, '11 M.S.; José Sepulveda, '19 M.S.; Sonali Kohli, 2021 Spencer Fellow; Leonor Ayala Polley, 2023 Sulzberger Fellow; and Emilia Ruzicka, 2023 Lede Program Project Manager.

Learn more: https://nlgja24.sched.com/

🏆 The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards have recognized excellence in nonfiction book writing annually since 1998. Today, authors can submit their works for consideration for over $40K in prize winnings.

The deadline for submissions is December 5, 2024. Find more details here: https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas

📝 Every year, Columbia Journalism School kicks off the semester with a celebration — and a full class picture on the iconic Low Library steps. Welcome to Columbia University, Class of 2025!

Learn how to join next year's cohort, no fee required. Apply today at journalism.columbia.edu.

📷: Rebecca Castillo, '06 M.S.

Each year, a select group of CJS students act as Welcome Ambassadors for their fellow graduate students.

Their role? Introducing them to life at Columbia University and in New York City, the media capital of the world. This is student life at CJS:

🛍️ CJS shoppers took on the Grand Bazaar NYC in Manhattan.
📷: Dana Binfet, '25 M.S.

🍎 New students walked the Brooklyn Bridge to enjoy the city views.
📷: Christopher Yowan, '25 M.S.

👟Students raced through NYC during a 5K welcome event.
📷: Bella Bromberg, '25 M.S.

Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/student-life

Columbia Journalism School alumni are on the move, capturing the 2024 Paris Olympics and winning awards in local newsrooms. See news from Tamia Fowlkes, '23 M.S.; James McBride, '80 M.S.; Luke Malone, '13 M.S., and more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/alumni-move-august-24

🎯 Decision-making and problem-solving skills are critical for journalists — now more than ever.

Columbia Journalism School is answering the call: "Decision-Making During Disruption," led by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, '92 M.S., will teach complex problem solving in times of significant change, using the AREA method.

Classes will be held from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET each Tuesday in October. Learn more about this professional development opportunity: https://bit.ly/CJSDecisionCourse

Tonight: Join Nina Alvarez, CBS Assistant Professor of International Journalism, ahead of the premiere of her new documentary, "Almost American." She joins Robe Imbriano, Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Journalism, for a Q&A about reporting the film.

Watch the Q&A at 9:30 p.m.: https://lnkd.in/gVRDKDxn

Then, watch "Almost American," the story of a Salvadorian-American family's fight to stay together, on PBS at 10:00 p.m.: https://lnkd.in/drNPVKPg

On August 24, 2024, James McBride, '80 M.S., will receive The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction – one of the Library’s most prestigious awards.

His body of work is being honored "not only for its mastery of the art, but also for its originality of thought and imagination."

Visit https://bit.ly/CJSMcBride for further details on this distinction.

James McBride to Receive 2024 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction James McBride to Receive 2024 Library of Congress Prize for American FictionAuthor of Books ‘The Color of Water,’ ‘Deacon King Kong’ and ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’ to Receive Prize at...

CJI’s Toxic Labor team of Janelle Retka, '22 M.A. Science, Samantha McCabe, '22 M.S. Stabile, and Jiahui Huang, '22 M.S. Stabile, continues to be recognized by professional organizations — so far winning 4️⃣ awards.

They most recently won the 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award in the investigative reporting category from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), and the 2024 Sunshine Award for best series in the print/digital category from the Florida Society of Professional Journalists.

Toxic Labor, a collaborative investigation between The Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations, has been awarded a Best in Business Award from the SABEW - Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW).

The investigation was led by CJI reporting fellows Janelle Retka, '22 M.A. Science, Samantha McCabe, '22 M.S. Stabile and Jiahui Huang, '22 M.S. Stabile.

Their reporting focused on the dangers that hundreds of disaster recovery industry employees encounter working in hazardous disaster conditions.

Learn more about the collaboration and the award: https://bit.ly/CJSToxicLabor

Columbia Journalism School faculty made significant contributions to the field over the summer, from documentary films to innovative narratives and beyond. Take a look: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/faculty-focus-aug-2024

🎥 On August 26: Learn about a Salvadorian-American family's fight to stay together — on the streets, and in federal court — in "Almost American."

CBS Assistant Professor of International Journalism Nina Alvarez followed the Ayala Flores family for five years, after the Department of Homeland Security revoked the Temporary Protected status of over 400,000 El Salvadorian people.

With reporting partner Caterina Barbera-Kipreos, '18 M.S. Documentary, she obtained nearly 50 hours of videotaped depositions, interviewed dozens of government sources and reviewed over 20,000 pages of internal DHS documents.

The result? A rare behind-the-scenes look at how those who claim to be committed to the rule of law are willing to set it aside to achieve their goals. “Almost American” will premiere on PBS, PBS.org and the App. Directed by Nina Alvarez.

Learn more: https://www.pbs.org/show/voces/

🎉 On Saturday, August 17, Columbia Journalism School held Summer Graduation and inducted new members into a dynamic, global network.

Support goes beyond the celebration: eligible alumni can apply for the Loan Repayment Assistance Program, the first of its kind in the journalism industry.

For a second year, LRAP offers financial support to graduates in nonprofit newsrooms. Apply by October 1. Plus: learn how, under Dean Jelani Cobb, CJS works to ease the burden of educational debt: journalism.columbia.edu/CJS2030/Access

📷: Silence B*K Photography

🎓 More Class of 2024: today, 34 Columbia Journalism School students officially completed their M.S., M.S. Data Journalism and M.S. Documentary programs.

"This work changes people's lives,” said keynote speaker Hannah Dreier of The New York Times. The 2023 Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism WERT Global Prize Winner, her reporting has led to nationwide policy changes and multiple Pulitzer Prizes. “When we do our part, and knock on that extra door, or extra thirty doors, and handle all the rejection that comes with being a reporter, the world can truly change."

Congratulations to these new members of the CJS alumni community — 15,000 strong.

📷: George Miller

Though the 2024 Paris Olympics have come to a close, Columbia Journalism School is still celebrating alum Gabriela Bhaskar, '17 M.S., who captured gold — through her lens. She shared her favorite shots from her second time covering the Games:

🏉 Ireland v Japan play Rugby Sevens on the first day of competition of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games at the Stade de France.

🏆 Noah Lyles of Team USA wins Men’s 100m Final by 1/5000ths of a second at Stade de France.

🤸‍♀️ Sunisa Lee of Team USA competes on the balance beam in the Women’s Qualifications Subdivision 2 for Artistic Gymnastics at Arena Bercy.

🥊 Women’s 66kg final between Imane Khelif of Algeria and Liu Yang of China for Boxing at Roland Garros Stadium.

📷 courtesy of Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

🤝 CJS conference season continues: Ty Lawson, Joan Konner Visiting Professor of Journalism, and Andie Tucher, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of Journalism and Director of the Ph.D. program, are featured speakers at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) upcoming August 8-11 conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Plus, don't miss presentations from CJS doctoral students Ali Raj, '25 Ph.D., Emma Goldhaber, '28 Ph.D., Christine Flammia '28 Ph.D., and program alumni Kathryn Montalbano, '16 Ph.D., and Alexandre Gonçalves, '22 Ph.D.:

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This year — for the first time in Columbia Journalism School's history — prospective students can apply to all degree programs at no cost.

Apply today: journalism.columbia.edu/admissions

CJS is further removing financial barriers for those seeking a top-tier journalism education in the heart of the world's media capital. Learn more about this next step of the Access Initiative: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fee-waiver

📷: Eileen Barroso

Day 1️⃣ of the 2024 Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) National Convention is here: recognizing the important work of Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists who are "Meeting the Moment."

🗓️ Register now to meet CJS community members and Duy Linh Tu, '99 M.S., Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Professional Practice, at the CJS Alumni Austin reception on August 9 coinciding with : https://bit.ly/CJSAustin

Can't make the reception? Visit CJS at convention Booth 2 at . Sameea Kamal, '13 M.S., and Rhema Thompson Bland, '08 M.S., have already stopped by!

📷: Anusha Shrivastava

🏆 Luke Malone, '13 M.A. Arts and Culture, is nominated for two Emmy Awards! His HBO Max original documentary, "Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family’s Secrets," is up for Best Documentary and Outstanding Writing: Documentary.

📄 Read the full announcement: https://theemmys.tv/news-45th-nominations/

🎥 Plus, watch Malone discuss the impact of the CJS M.A. program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVPRRSF2P3c

Luke Malone, M.A. Arts Culture '13 Luke Malone, M.A.‘13, wrote a groundbreaking thesis that was published by Matter and This American Life and won a slew of awards. Hear more about what he g*i...

Thanks to all CJS community members who came out to the (NABJ) National Association of Black Journalists Convention!

The weekend in the Windy City brought together the Dow Jones HBCU Media Collective, alumni, faculty and staff — and capped off with a special alumni reception featuring an election themed discussion with Dean Jelani Cobb, Professor Samuel Freedman and Lotoya Francis, '24 M.S.

📷: Ty Lawson

Come visit CJS at the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair! Connect with faculty, staff and other community members at Booth 605.

And don't miss Dean Jelani Cobb in conversation with Professor Samuel Freedman tonight. Register for the CJS Alumni Chicago reception happening at 7:30 p.m. CDT: https://bit.ly/CJSChicago

📷 by Edwin Isaac and Dean John Haskins featuring Dean Cobb; Tyler Clifford, 2024 Knight-Bagehot Fellow; Joyce Philippe, '21 M.S.; Michelle Miller; Robin Turner and Brent Jones.

🌟 What's better than giving $300K to your alumni? Doing it ag*in.

Under Dean Jelani Cobb’s leadership, CJS piloted the first-of-its-kind Loan Repayment Assistance Program, directly supporting more than 30 graduates who brought their talents to nonprofit newsrooms. Applications re-open today, on the second anniversary of his deanship.

Eligible alumni can receive up to $50K over five years in educational debt relief. Learn more and apply today: https://journalism.columbia.edu/CJS2030/Access

🎥 Professor Robe Imbriano, Director of Ira A. Lipman Center For Journalism and Civil and Human Rights, is directing ag*in for the silver screen.

"Criminal" debuts tomorrow at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia. An animated musical documentary short film, it confronts the injustice of people held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas as they wait for their turn at trial.

For more information and to get tickets, visit: https://www.blackstarfest.org/festival/films/criminal/

✶ The 2024 (NABJ) National Association of Black Journalists Convention & Career Fair starts today in Chicago, and CJS is showing out.

Don't miss a conversation with Dean Jelani Cobb and Beatrice Peterson, '14 M.S., about taking journalism "from the field to the classroom." Plus, connect with Professor Ty Lawson; Morgan Radford, '12 M.S.; Monica Drake, '99 M.S.; Vladimir Duthiers, '11 M.S.; Tamia Fowlkes, ‘23 M.S.; and more CJS community members throughout the conference.

In town? Register for the CJS Alum Chicago reception this Friday, August 2: https://bit.ly/CJSChicago

Columbia Journalism School welcomes Jacob Kushner, '13 M.A. Politics, as the incoming Newsday/Laventhol Visiting Assistant Professor of Journalism.

“I'm excited to return to campus after a decade reporting abroad and to help prepare a diverse class of ambitious young journalists to report in a world that needs them like never before," said Kushner.

Read the full announcement: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/newsdaylaventhol-visiting-assistant-professor

Columbia Journalism School welcomes Aida Alami, ‘09 M.S., as the incoming James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues.

"I am humbled by the prospect of mentoring and guiding a new generation of brilliant journalists," said Alami.

Read the full announcement: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/james-madison-visiting-professor-first-amendment-issues

Congratulations to Angela Chen, '10 M.S.: as a 2024 Rosalynn Carter Fellow (The Carter Center), her reporting will focus on potential solutions for the "hopelessness crisis" that impacts the mental health of millennials.

Congratulations to our new class of Rosalynn Carter Fellows for Mental Health Journalism! These 9 Carter Fellows will report on a wide range of mental health topics to help reduce stigma and drive change in their communities. Learn more about them here: bit.ly/3W1udAF

📚 Congratulations to V.V. Ganeshananthan, '07 M.A., for winning the 29th Women's Prize for Fiction!

Her award-winning book, "Brotherless Night," follows Sashi, a sixteen-year-old aspiring doctor whose family is torn apart by the onset of civil war in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Learn more about the celebration of creativity: https://bit.ly/CJSGaneshananthan

Congratulations to Scilla Alecci, ‘15 M.S., The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the staff at Reuters, the staff at The Marshall Project and Lois Parshley for their well-deserved 2024 recognition. Learn more about this excellent environmental journalism: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/2024-oakes-award

Ty Lawson, Joan Konner Visiting Professor of Journalism, is back on the Morningside campus. As a Global Scholar at Columbia Global Center Beijing, he spent two weeks conducting research and engaging with fellow academics.

"I hope the relationships I built in Beijing will continue in our journalism education,” he said. “Global experiences like this are transformative learning opportunities that can add to the innovation and growth of our journalism education."

📷: Ty Lawson

Marguerite Holloway, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Science and Environmental Journalism, will participate in the 2025 Faculty Visitorship program at Columbia Global Centers l Paris.

Over several weeks, she and nine other Columbians will collaborate with colleagues to investigate the city's urban forestry initiatives. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/CJSHolloway

Crisis coverage can present some of the biggest challenges for journalists. A four-day course from The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma trains freelance journalists to operate with caution in those volatile situations.

"Having that much more control over your environment is going to make you, in the long run, a better journalist," said Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center.

Applications for the 2024 Reporting Safely in Crisis Zones course close July 31. Learn more:

2024 Reporting Safely in Crisis Zones Course for Freelance Journalists In partnership with the ACOS Alliance and the Bronx Documentary Center, the Dart Center is offering its annual four-day crisis zones reporting course to 16 freelance journalists worldwide at no cost. Application deadline is July 31st. APPLY HERE

A statement from the Columbia Journalism School faculty in support of global press freedom and Selina Cheng, '16 M.S. Stabile: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-statement-selina-cheng-wsj