AUGUST: Final ALL-CLASS Events
There are three final ALL-CLASS events for J-school students. These are open to M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Knight-Bagehots, etc. All Faculty, Adjuncts and Staff are cordially invited.
[For the rest of the August schedule specific to each group, students should continue to consult previously distributed documentation. For example, Full-time M.S. students should consult http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/august/2006week4.htm]
- WEDNESDAY, August 30, 6-7:30 p.m., Lobby/Lecture Hall: Movie & Mixer
All M.S., Bagehot, PhD and M.A. students are invited to a mixer and showing of Control Room (a documentary on perception of the United States’s war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera’s coverage). We will be serving: tortilla chips & salsa; potato chips with dip; Mediterranean platter and assorted sodas & bottled water. - FRIDAY, September 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Lecture Hall: Writing Workshop
“The Long and Short of Feature Writing” with Prof. Paula Span
A special presentation on feature writing by one of our most gifted and popular professors, Paula Span (see bio). Here’s what one student had to say after last year’s lecture: “Prof. Span’s talk was excellent. She’s a great lecturer, laid out a number of clear, helpful ideas for organizing research and then weaving it into a long-form piece, and also gave great advice in responding to student questions.”
Please note: this is mandatory for all full-time M.S. students and M.A. students; others welcome. - FRIDAY, September 1, 1-4 p.m., Furnald Lawn (in front of the Journalism Building): Picnic
All M.S., Knight-Bagehot, Ph.D. and M.A. students are invited to a picnic out on the lawns in front of our building. We will be selling 150 boxed lunches for $5 per person (please bring exact change, please). Each box includes: a sandwich, chips, brownies, fresh fruit and a cold beverage. You are welcome to bring your own lunch, too. Please feel free to bring a bedsheet/blanket to put on the ground.
IN CASE OF RAIN: We will sell the food in the lobby - and move the picnic into the World Room on the third floor. FRIDAY, September 1, 5-6 p.m., room 601B: Palestine Meeting
Informal meeting with senior media professionals from Palestine. A group of students and Dean Sreenivasan will engage in a group Q&A with them. Similar to recent sessions with journalists from Syria, Morocco and Indonesia (see Notes From…).
