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Tough Times At Columbia Journalism Review

Capital New York | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.10.2013 | Media
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In media, there are big fish and little fish. Which is why the appointment of Cyndi Stivers as editor-in-chief of AOL.com didn't create a lot of noise...

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Longform Journalism Gets New Startup

Capital New York | Jesse Sposato | Posted 03.26.2013 | Media
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How many great stories never end up seeing the light of day as a result? Lots, according to Michael Shapiro, a Columbia Journalism School professor w...

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Columbia J-School Chose An Eminent Outsider Over A Popular Internal Choice

www.capitalnewyork.com | Posted 05.22.2013 | Media
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When Columbia University President Lee Bollinger appointed Steve Coll dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism earlier this week, he brought i...

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Our Democracy Is Only as Strong as Our Press

Carnegie Corporation of New York | Posted 02.06.2013 | Media
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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Many have despaired over the perceived decline of journalism. But I see many reasons for hope. In our new digital environment, what endures is the need for excellence, knowledge and integrity from a free press who helps people become good citizens.

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Master's Degree Mania: Employers Win, Students Lose

David Callahan | Posted 08.12.2012 | College
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David Callahan

The explosion of master's degree is great for employers and it's great for universities. It's just not great for all the young people now caught up in an expensive educational arms race.

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Barbara Walters Apologizes For Attempting To Get Assad Aide A CNN Internship

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 08.05.2012 | Media
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Barbara Walters has apologized after newly released emails showed her attempting to get a close aide to Syrian president Bashar al-Asaad an internship...

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So Long and Thanks for All the Gray Hairs

Anna Hiatt | Posted 07.22.2012 | College
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Anna Hiatt

The peanut gallery sat crowded together atop the bleachers. The 10 months of journalism school went by in a caffeinated, sleepless haze.

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Goodbye J-School, Hello World

Anna Hiatt | Posted 07.08.2012 | New York
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Anna Hiatt

Our whirlwind friendship began what seems like a century ago. It was before the moment that New York became "home." "It shall be a carnival of the liver," he said.

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Starkman on the Decline of Business Journalism

Robert Teitelman | Posted 03.14.2012 | Business
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Robert Teitelman

We can all agree that business journalism can be improved. I have my own kit bag of concerns and fears. But Dean Starkman seems to suggest that reforming journalism shouldn't be all that hard -- that it's really a matter of realizing what's gone awry.

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The Fundamental Choice

John Thompson | Posted 07.26.2011 | Home
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John Thompson

Data-driven "reform" seems very rational, and not inhumane, from 30,000 feet above our schools and families.

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Creating Educational Monocultures

John Thompson | Posted 07.23.2011 | Home
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John Thompson

"Reformers" still seek to build educational monocultures. They want to destroy the educational "status quo" in order to save our diverse school systems. So, one rushed "silver bullet" after another is funded.

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Jack Mirkinson

NYT Reporters Captured In Libya Recount Their Harrowing Ordeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.31.2011 | Media
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The four New York Times reporters who were kidnapped in Libya spoke out at their first public event on Thursday. The event, which was held at the C...

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Venezuelan President, Criticized For Press Stifling Press, Wins Journalism Award

Posted 05.30.2011 | World
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LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who critics accuse of stifling press freedom, was given a prize by an Argentine ...

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Howard French on Africa in a Chinese Century (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Christopher Lydon

Fifty years almost to the day after the catastrophic assassination of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo, the journalist Howard French is sketching an alternative path ahead for African development today.

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Village Voice In Plagiarism Scandal, Forced To Retract Article

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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The Village Voice found itself embroiled in a Jayson Blair-style scandal when it emerged that a reporter had fabricated characters for an article. ...

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Tea Party Brewing In Brooklyn (VIDEO)

Huff Post Citizen Reporting | Laura Kusisto and Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. The Tea Party movement has c...

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Dean Sree Sreenivasan on Using Social Media For Better Journalism

Alexander Howard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Alexander Howard

"I used to say "justify every pixel," said Sree Sreenivasan, a dean of student affairs and professor at the Columbia Journalism School. "Now I say earn every reader."

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Orthodox Matchmaker: A Love Story in Midwood

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Yaffi Spodek & Nathania Zevi | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. "What should we do? ...

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Elvis Haircut Williamsburg

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Joseph Alexiou | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. It is only in a neig...

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Texting Tool Finds Parking Spots For You

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Jehangir Irani & Yaffi Spodek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Roadify, a startup "...

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Gowanus Prostitution Questions Emerge As School Looks to Move

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Clare O'Connor & Vinnie Rotondaro | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. A new charter school...

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Holocaust Survivor Evicted in Brooklyn

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Clare O'Connor, Laura Kusisto & Thorsten Schier | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Eta Eckstein's furni...

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After The Fire: The Long Farewell

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alyson Martin | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. On Friday evening,...

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President Bill Clinton Marks Black History Month in the Bronx

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Dan Lieberman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Bronx Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Former President Bill...

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WWE Or Bust

HuffPost Eyes&Ears | Mary Plummer and Jehangir Irani | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Columbia Journalism School, Patrick Ellrich, Williamsburg, Atlanta, Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Ink, Wrestling, Wwe, Video, New York News

Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Dreams of turning pr...

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