Columbia Journalism School

So Long and Thanks for All the Gray Hairs

Anna Hiatt | Posted 05.22.2012

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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 05.08.2012

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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

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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

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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

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"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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NYT Reporters Captured In Libya Recount Their Harrowing Ordeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.31.2011

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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"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

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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

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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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Gowanus Prostitution Questions Emerge As School Looks to Move

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Clare O'Connor & Vinnie Rotondaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Texting Tool Finds Parking Spots For You

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Jehangir Irani & Yaffi Spodek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holocaust Survivor Evicted in Brooklyn

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Clare O'Connor, Laura Kusisto & Thorsten Schier | Posted 05.25.2011

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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

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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

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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

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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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Columbia Journalism School Dean: Fox News Attacks 'Very Good Advertising For Us'

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Lemann is Columbia's dean. Surprisingly he's rather tickled by Ailes's assault on his institution. "What we teach is how to report the news," he ...

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Columbia Axes Environmental Journalism, and Malcolm Gladwell Is Okay With That

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

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The media needs to get over the superficial, celebrity-soaked fad approach to environmental journalism and deliver something that people want: more and better in-depth environmental news.

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Jargon for Jobless Journalists

Lysandra Ohrstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

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Searching for a steady reporting job or freelance work is a lot like dating. We all know the euphemisms for getting dumped, but rejection in the job market is less obvious.

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How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here

Kenneth Lerer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalism isn't in jeopardy; it's just in another transition to a new and better place. And as long as the public puts a premium on quality information and analysis -- and the public always will -- journalism will thrive.

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Old Dogs, New Media: Why J-School Apps Are Up

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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"New media" is like the Emperor's new clothes: we all pay lip service to Macromedia Flash, html coding and RSS feeds, but no one has any real conception of how they might "save" journalism.

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Journalism School Applications Booming

Forbes | Andy Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yet punishing times for journalism have been an unlikely boon for journalism schools. Would-be Woodwards and Bernsteins hiding out from the bad econom...

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