FACULTY: Prof. Gissler to leave RWI, continue running Pulitzers
A note from Prof. Sig Gissler…
From: Sig Gissler, sg138 [at]columbia.edu
Dear all:
With very mixed emotions, I plan to step down as a RW1 teacher at the end of
this semester after 13 straight years in the classroom. It has been a
wonderful run. And I can’t depart without thanking everyone for his or her
support, good cheer and friendship. My course, to a great extent, reflects
the distilled wisdom you have shared with me.
I will continue to administer the Pulitzer program, which is a full-time job
in itself and getting more complex as we more fully embrace online
components in the competition. I’m also thinking of possibly crafting a
less-demanding three-credit course that would draw on the best of
Pulitzer-winning material; or perhaps I’ll just coach some master’s projects
as I did in the past. I certainly would like to maintain links to the
students.
Yes, RW1 can be tiring. But, with the help of stellar adjuncts, it has been
an honor to teach the course and work with so many talented students and
colleagues. As I told David and Nick the other evening, I’ve spent the
happiest days of my profesional life in this school.
Warm regards, Sig
Sig Gissler, administrator
Pulitzer Prizes
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
