Prof. Sig Gissler, who teaches in the new media program and is administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, gave his annual “Covering Your Beat” lecture to the full-time M.S. students. Here is the PowerPoint presentation he used this year (if the version below doesn’t work, try this link).
Len Downie, the executive editor of The Washington Post, was the opening day speaker at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism on Monday, August 11, 2008. His talk, and the Q&A that followed, dealt extensively with current trends in journalism, his experience at the Post and accountability journalism. He sprinkled his discussion with examples from Post stories and colleagues. What follows is an annotated version of the unedited notes from which Downie spoke. It will give you a sense of the conversation and allow you to read some of the stories he cited.
Len Downie, executive editor, The Washington Post
Opening Day Speaker
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
Monday, August 11, 2008
News media undergoing seismic changes:
Impact:
So why go into journalism?
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Join the Journalism School Mentor Program!
Start early seeking help with navigating the industry and make the most of your time in NYC. Join the Alumni Mentor Program now! For more information, go to: http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/student/mentor
In 1987, the alumni of the Journalism School started a mentor program for students. Open to both full-time and part-time students, the program is designed to give you access to a journalist working in the field you hope to pursue. We hope your mentor will serve as a resource for making the most of your time in New York City and will ease your transition from school to the workplace. The mentor program is voluntary and it’s up to you to make the most of it. You must be willing to commit the time to reach out to your mentor on a regular basis.
Alumni are generally enthusiastic and want to help, but not everyone works at a big newspaper or television station. Many mentors are recent graduates who are employed at Web sites or trade publications. Some are reporters covering business or local news. But all know about the school and the profession and are ready to share their experience with you.
A few words of caution: The goal of the program is not to get you a job after commencement. Many mentors are uncomfortable about being placed in the position of recruiter. So, please don’t sign up if your primary motivation is meeting alumni who could employ you, we have an excellent Career Service staff trained to work with you.
On Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, Bill Grueskin, the Columbia Journalism School’s new Dean of Academic Affairs, was interviewed as part of the school’s webcast program. Grueskin, who was, most recently, deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, spoke for an hour with Sree Sreenivasan, the school’s Dean of Student Affairs, about a wide range of topics.
Among them: the role of the WSJ in American journalism; the major changes at the paper since the arrival of Robert Thomson and Rupert Murdoch (including the recent editing layoffs); advice for young journalists; the future of newspapers; how technology has changed the business; how non-techies can learn how to work in the new world; the role of editing in journalism; his career (which included a stint on a paper on a Native American reservation); and more (he also answered questions received via e-mail and chatroom).
You can listen to the hour-long conversation here or via the player below:
See the full archive of Columbia J-school 15+ webcasts with faculty, administrators, alumni and more at http://blogtalkradio.com/columbiajournalism
These are also available as downloadable MP3 files for your personal collection. If you want to subscribe to these as podcasts on iTunes, go to “Advanced” within iTunes, then select “Subscribe to podcast” and type in http://www.blogtalkradio.com/columbiajournalism/feed and hit OK.
Questions, comments to sree@sree.net
- press release - June 2008 -
COLUMBIA’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM NAMES BILL GRUESKIN OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AS NEW ACADEMIC DEAN
New York, NY (June 4, 2008) — Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced that Bill Grueskin, the Deputy Managing Editor for News at The Wall Street Journal, will assume the position of Dean of Academic Affairs beginning on September 2, 2008. Mr. Grueskin will also have the academic title of Professor of Professional Practice.
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M.S. students: The Fall Curriculum Guide info is below. and we are hosting a webcast/discussion about it on Wednesday, July 2. The M.A. students have more of a set curriculum, and will be receiving their guide in a few days, with a webcast/discussion with Dean Evan Cornog set for Thursday, July 17, 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO ALL OUR PREVIOUS WEBCASTS AND SEE ALL OUR RESOURCES AND FAQS FOR NEW STUDENTS at http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/prepping/
[Please read the guide carefully. It’s also available off the “Current Students” page of the website.]
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Special info about your orientation, which begins Aug. 7, is at this link.
To: All M.S. students
From: LynNell Hancock, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Interim
Re: M.S. Instructional Program
Welcome!
The faculty, administrators and staff are glad that you have chosen to study with us at Columbia Journalism School. As students, you will be joining a community of teachers and learners who are dedicated to the highest ideals and aspirations of journalism. We believe that journalism is an integral part of a free, open and well-informed society. Everything we offer academically helps to promote that goal.
We have prepared some information to help you make appropriate academic decisions in the year to come.
It describes the instructional program for the Fall Semester for full-time M.S. candidates [LINK]
], and will help answer questions you might have
about the school [LINK].
This is an exciting moment in journalism, when technology is rapidly enhancing and altering the ways in which we tell the world’s stories. You will become familiar with the language and discipline of the changing modes of communication during the course of your time with us. At the same time, you will be reminded in every course that first-rate journalism education is far more than a mastery of skills. It’s all about learning context, analysis and habits of mind.
In mid-August, I will be returning to the faculty and you will have a chance to meet my successor as Dean of Academic Affairs, Bill Grueskin. He joins us from the Wall Street Journal, where he was one of the top editors and helped run the print and online newsrooms. Professor Grueskin will help lead the way in
bridging traditional journalism with the future of the industry.
Meanwhile, take special note of the impending deadlines (our favorite word) for balloting for Fall courses. And sample as many books as you can over the summer from the suggested reading list [LINK].
See you in August.
LynNell Hancock
2008 Graduation Week
Congratulations to all our graduates!
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Read (and listen to) transcript of the Henry J. Pringle Lecture by Dan Balz, chief political correspondent of The Washington Post.
Read transcript of graduation address by Terry Gross of NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross,” winner of the Columbia Journalism Awards, the school’s highest honor. Scroll down to read Dean Lemann’s remarks. Scroll down to read remarks by class president Yian Huang. Watch the year-end video starring several graduating students: “If I were giving the graduation speech…”: Facebook version | YouTube version. Read Dean Huff’s Year-end Manual (info about use of the building, Columbia e-mail, computers, alumni services, etc). Download photos of J-School class of 2008 Not our graduation, but Prof. Sig Gissler recommends this short AP story about Pulitzer Prize-winner David McCollough’s commencement address at Boston College: Photo on right: Wednesday, May 21, 12:10 pm - J-schoolers at the main university ceremony, complete with Reuters-branded beach ball. PHOTO: Craig Hettich. See a year’s worth of Student Affairs photos. |
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Message from LynNell Hancock, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs
Dear Students and Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce three major additions to our new media
efforts at the Journalism School.
The first is the appointment of one our most popular adjuncts, Duy
Linh Tu, to the full-time faculty. Duy (pronounced “Do” - see bio
below) joins us as new media coordinator and an assistant professor of
professional practice. As you know, he has been teaching here for
several years in the new media classrooms. He will intensify his
efforts to “webbify” our fall classes, and to integrate new and
compelling ideas in multimedia storytelling throughout the curriculum
in the years to come. Duy will continue to work with Dean Sree
Sreenivasan, who, as you know, has increased administrative
responsibilities at the school.
In addition, we have created two new post-graduate New Media
Fellowships starting this year. These July-June fellowships will
employ two students who will work closely with the technology staff to
help students and professors alike navigate the world of new media
journalism.
Our inaugural fellows are Kenan Davis and Dave Mayers (see bios
below). Part-teaching assistants, part-technologists, this year’s
fellows are both smart journalists with terrific reporting, writing,
editing and production skills. They will report to Duy.
Please join me in congratulating them. Kenan and Dave officially begin
their duties on July 1, but I am sure you will have other
opportunities to greet them before then.
From: Larry Fried, Asst. Dean for Technology
Dear Students,
Please make note of the following technology items as we approach the end of the academic year:
Equipment and Fines:
All checked out equipment should be returned no later than May 15th.
Equipment fines must by paid by May 16th or you may have a hold placed
on your diploma. If you wish to dispute a fine, please email Craig at
ch2314[at]columbia.edu.
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The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has just announced the Webby award winners for this year.
The 2008 Webby Award for the best student site was awarded to Defining Middle Ground: The Next Generation of Muslim New Yorkers - http://definingmiddleground.com/
It is the 2007 Master’s Project site of Tara Kyle, Bilal Qureshi and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.
End-of-Year Manual
May 2008
TO: All Students
FROM: Melanie Huff, Assistant Dean of Students
In order to help you plan for Graduation and beyond, we have prepared some documents for you - please make sure you read both carefully.
Journalism Day, the Journalism School graduation ceremony and the University graduation are covered in detail on the graduation page.
Post-graduation use of the building/equipment and alumni benefits/services are covered here.
Please keep in mind that this summer extensive construction work is taking place along with work to repair and prepare the building and equipment for the next academic year. Therefore, it is necessary to establish dates after which graduating students will no longer be able to access and use the facilities. Outlined below is the schedule for the coming summer.
Part of the reason for the tight deadlines is that the two new summer Part-time RWI classes begin on Friday, May 23.
Use of Journalism Building Facilities After May 21
Use of Building:
Members of the Class of 2008 will have access to the building and its facilities through June 30, 2008.
Exceptions include: any area under construction, and any classrooms and computer rooms being used for summer classes or special programs. If you are in one of these rooms when a class is scheduled to begin, please leave immediately. Refusal to cooperate may result in the termination of your access to the building.
Broadcast students may use the broadcast equipment, as available, until June 30. Please remember that scheduled summer school classes and members of the part-time class working on their master’s projects, as well as necessary equipment maintenance upgrades, have priority for equipment and editing rooms.
Please be aware that individual computer rooms will be closed at different times for maintenance and upgrading. Though it is likely, it is not guaranteed that there will always be a computer room or terminal available. Due to maintenance schedules, summer class schedules and the part-time students’ master’s projects, it is possible that you will be unable to use a computer at a specific time.
Student Lockers:
In order to get ready for the construction and the incoming part-time students, all May graduates must empty their lockers by noon, Friday, 23.
Continuing part-time students and News 21 fellows may keep their lockers. Graduates who will be working on a demo tape or other approved projects during the month of June may also keep their lockers. To request such a locker extension, please send e-mail to cc2964@columbia.edu with your name and the reason for your request.
Graduates’ lockers that have not been vacated by noon on Friday, May 23, will be have their locks removed and contents moved to a storage bin and eventually discarded. All locker questions should be directed to Melanie Huff.
Student Mailboxes:
The mailboxes of graduating students may be used until noon, Friday, May 23 as well. All items remaining in boxes after that date will be discarded. Continuing students (& News 21) will be able to access their mailboxes on the first floor hallway over the summer.
Computers:
Graduating students will retain access to computer resources through June 30, 2008. Afterwards you will be unable to use the computer labs, print, or access your network storage. Please be sure to backup all of your files to external media (CDs, DVDs, flash media, iPods, etc.) before your account is deactivated.
E-mail:
Please see the alumni services/benefits section below for full details.
University Services After May 21
Health Services
Access to Health Services at the University expires on August 31 for all graduating students. For those with major medical health insurance through Columbia (Chickering), coverage ends on July 31 for M.S. students. Coverage for all other students ends on August 31. You do have the option of purchasing an extention on this policy. Please see http://www.health.columbia.edu/index.html for details.
University Libraries
Recent alumni will retain full library privileges, including borrowing privileges and access to licensed electronic databases, for a period of three months beyond the degree conferral date. Access information can be found at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/access/. Library Services for alumni can be found at http://www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu/
Dodge Physical Fitness Center (aka the Gym)
You may use the gym over the summer with your current CUID. However, you will have to pay the $91 gym use fee. Beginning in September, you will be eligible for alumni gym use. Please see http://alumni.columbia.edu/visit/s5_1.html
A variety of benefits and services are available to Journalism School graduates. This page answers most of your most questions and concerns, from auditing a class at Columbia to updating your address information, from obtaining a transcript of your time here to using Columbia’s recreational facilities - http://snipurl.com/cugsj_alumni
Please note that you will automatically be subscribed to your class list serve using the real world e-mail address supplied in your graduation survey (more details en route from Career Services). Your Columbia e-mail will remain an actual e-mail account through the summer, but then you will have to convert it to an alias to which your e-mail is sent and then forwarded to your real world account. Instructions are available at http://alumni.columbia.edu/access/s2_2.html.
FROM: Dean Cornog
RE: Master’s Thesis
Your completed Master’s Thesis is due in the Dean of Students office by 10 a.m. on Monday, April 28. You will be required to sign your name in the thesis submission log.
Your submitted thesis must conform to the following requirements, so follow these instructions carefully:
Attn: M.S. Students
From: Dean Huff
Re: Year-end Awards
April 22, 2008
Each year on Journalism Day the school confers awards on several top-performing students. Each prize winner will receive a certificate and some will receive additional cash prizes (this depends on how the awards were originally set up). Below you will find the descriptions of this year’s awards.
These awards are open to any M.S. students graduating in this cycle (May 2008, Feb. 2008 and Oct. 2007). M.A. students are eligible for a separate category, for outstanding thesis, and will receive information from Dean Cornog.
There are two broad categories of awards: those for which students can submit entries that are judged by faculty juries; and those decided by the professors teaching the course for which they are awarded - no submissions are accepted for these.
Please note: There are two awards run and judged by alumni - the Sander and Blood awards, which have already accepted submissions.
Another prize, the Harron Award, is decided by a faculty committee from nominations provided by the J-school community - see separate announcement). All M.S., M.A., Knight Bagehot, and Ph.D. students are eligible.
For juried awards, you may submit applications for no more than two categories (the Blood, Hechinger and Sander awards are not part of the limit), and each application can contain only one story, or segment of a Master’s Project no longer than 3,500 words (or 10-12 minutes of video or audio; for new media projects, submit specific URLs in addition to an overall URL, and printouts of the relevant pages).
The decisions of the faculty judges are final, and their deliberations are confidential.
If you are submitting an application for one of the juried awards, you must submit clean, hard copy (or broadcast materials, if applicable, WITH SCRIPTS, or for new media projects, submit specific URLs in addition to an overall URL, and printouts of the relevant pages) to the boxes in 2M07A (in the Career Services area)between Thursday, April 24, at 10 a.m. and Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. If you are coming after business hours, please drop off the entries through the slot of the gray box outside of the DOS offices(Huff/Sreenivasan) PLEASE SUBMIT THREE COPIES OF EACH ITEM.
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[Most of the information below is for M.S. students only. M.A. students are eligible for a separate award, the Arthur Harris Prize for best Master’s Thesis.]
We received the following question from a student:
Good question. Here’s the answer, from the Grades section of Academic Dean’s letter about the Fall 2005 curriculum.Today in RW1 we had a guest speaker whose bio mentioned that she received the “Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, won for graduating first in her class…”
Since we don’t receive grades, I’m wondering how this designation of “first in class” is decided.
The Journalism School has a Pass-Fail system of formal grading. It aims at encouraging students to perform as well as they can, without competing with classmates. In most courses (some electives excepted), students receive written evaluations of their work from the instructors. Copies of these evaluations are kept in the DOS Office.In RWI, written evaluations are issued at midterm and at the end of the semester. These preliminary evaluations indicate students’ early progress and, if necessary, serve as a warning if any students are in danger of failing. Students who are not doing passing work are placed on probation. If a student’s work is passing at midterm but deteriorates after the midterm evaluation, the instructor will give written notice of possible failure and inform the faculty.
RWI is the most important fall course. The decision to pass or fail a student in that course is determined solely by the instructor(s.) No grades of incomplete are allowed in RWI. Other required courses-such as Journalism, the Law and Society-are important, too. Inattention can result in failure. Students also should note that the “Skills” mini-courses are meant to be taken very seriously. The faculty reserves the right to dismiss a student who fails the same course twice or two courses, regardless of the credit points of the courses.
Deadlines for the Master’s Project drafts are strictly enforced. The Faculty retains the right to fail or place on probation a student who fails to meet deadlines for the Master’s Project.
No student is permitted to graduate while still on probation.
At graduation, the honors list is announced, recognizing approximately 15 percent of the students for superior performance in multiple courses; the faculty determines the honors list by comparing and discussing each student’s complete record. The faculty also awards more than a dozen special prizes at graduation, including five Pulitzer Traveling Fellowships for overall performance during the academic year. These decisions are based in part on an informal system of grading, which permits each instructor to designate one or two students as having completed a course “with honors.” Students are informed of the honors designation.
That designation, in the individual classes, is “honors in class,” and you will see it - if you get it - in the written evaluations you receive. If you receive two or more “honors in class” in our six-credit courses (RW1, Master’s Project, seminar, workshop) AND one or more in three-credit elective, you are likely to “graduate with honors.”
Except for a few prizes for which students can submit stories to be judged, the rest of the prizes are decided by faculty, without input from the students.
We hold briefing sessions close to Graduation to explain the procedures.
Part-time students are eligible for the awards and are tracked during their entire academic career here (though the prizes are typically given out the year they graduate).
Please direct all questions to Deans Sreenivasan and Huff.
The Daily Plan-it asked recent alumni to share tips about preparing for the school. Responses (some of them contradicting each other, some of them repetitive) are continuing to trickle in and will be added here throughout the semester, lightly edited for clarity. You’ll find them below, with the latest ones being added to the top. You can bookmark this posting separately by clicking on http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2008/04/20/tips-in-the-months-before-school-i-wish-i-had/ and adding it to your favorites/bookmarks.
Send us your tips to ss221@columbia.edu (subject line = school tips)
[See tips about the fall and spring semesters here.]
“In the months BEFORE school, I wish I had…
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FROM: Dean Cornog
RE: M.S. Master’s Projects, March 2008
The deadline for submitting your finished Master’s Project is Monday, March 24, at 10 a.m.
Only those who have received a formal extension from your faculty adviser and the Dean of Students Office have permission to miss this deadline. All projects must be submitted to the DOS Office team who will be stationed in the Stabile Student Center that morning. You will be required to sign your name on the Master’s Project submission log when you turn in your final project.
For those of you with an early deadline or who wish to submit your final project early, the DOS office will begin accepting final Master’s Project submissions as of 9 a.m., Monday, March 10 (with Yahaira Alonzo at the desk outside the offices of Deans Sreenivasan and Huff). Ms. Alonzo will be taking submissions during spring break ( 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., M-F).
Your submitted project must conform to the following requirements, so follow these instructions carefully:
1. You must write a first-person narrative of how you discovered, researched and reported your story. This will help future students see what goes into the making of a successful master’s project. This “P.S.” should be included with all copies of your Project, and should run no longer than 1,000 words. If confidentiality is a concern, before submitting the library copy, your narrative may be redacted or disguised to conceal specific, identifying information about individuals. For example, you may use “my main character” or “the protagonist” (or similar) instead of someone’s name. Include a copy of this narrative with all copies. If confidentiality is a concern and the above suggestion does not work, then withhold the “P.S.” from the library copy.
Note: the true identity and contact information for all of your sources must be disclosed to your adviser and included on the source list that you submit to your adviser.
2. Print three copies of your manuscript, or a verbatim broadcast script, double-spaced on one side of white paper, leaving a 1½- inch margin on the left-hand side and a 1-inch margin on all other sides. Do not use photographic paper as it does not meet preservation guidelines for library materials. Projects submitted on photo paper will be returned to the author in exchange for a plain-paper copy.
3. You should submit a complete source list for your project. If you are not certain about the best way to cite a source, consult with your adviser. Be aware that source lists and your entire project, including the “P.S.” portion, will be available for reading and copying by all Journalism School library visitors. (Columbia University Libraries does not provide copies of master’s projects or theses via its interlibrary loan service.) As noted above, if you have confidentiality concerns with sources (i.e. names, phone numbers, personal addresses, etc.), you are responsible for removing the source list from the library copy.
4. Pages must be numbered. Do not put any sort of binding on the project, and do not staple the pages.
5. Include a separate title page with the following information: Your name, class year, the title of your project, the name of your master’s adviser, and, at the bottom of the page, add:
Copyright
(Name of Student)
(Year)
6. Put each copy in a new 9 x 11 ½ envelope. Label the front of each envelope with your name, your class year, the title of your project and the name of your adviser for the Master’s Project. Please be certain to clearly label the library copy.
7. Submit all three copies to the DOS Office team in the Stabile Student Center on March 24. One copy will be returned to you with your instructor’s comments; another copy will be reserved for the library, and the third copy will be kept by your adviser.
* Students submitting a Radio or Television/Video Project should
include:
For all projects, please make two copies, labeling all DVDs, CDs, tapes, and accompanying materials with complete project information (author(s), title, adviser). Indicate whether CDs are data or audio. The Technical Staff can assist television projects in making the DVDs from the final, edited tape. Be sure to give them plenty of advance notice if you need their assistance.
* Students submitting a New Media project should include:
The library cannot store computer disks, and does not have the facilities for viewing their contents. A hyperlink will be made from the Masters Project Index web page to the project itself.
You will be expected to submit the materials above AND upload your final websites to the servers by 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24.
8. If you are submitting your master’s project earlier than the deadline, you must submit all copies to the DOS Office (to Yahaira Alonzo at the desk outside the offices of Deans Sreenivasan and Huff). You must also inform your adviser of the date you submitted the project.
9. Keep a copy of your project for yourself. Neither the Journalism School nor the Journalism Library is able to provide on-demand copies of your work. You are expected to keep usable copies of your Master’s project for future reference. For print projects and transcripts, a hard copy is the best option.
Please note, the DOS Office is closed from Friday at 5 p.m. till Monday at 9 a.m. If you cannot come to the school during business hours, you may mail your three copies to: Melanie Huff, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, Room 207C, New York, NY 10027. Please note that they must arrive by Monday, March 24.
Dear Students:
We are writing to inform you of a new way to receive writing coaching at the
Journalism School. Currently, the only way a student can get writing
coaching outside a class setting is if a professor refers the student to the
Dean of Students office for remedial coaching. We will continue to offer
that service on a limited basis.
But there was there was no mechanism for a student who just wanted a way to
improve his or her work, or just wanted to bounce ideas off someone else, to
get help from our coaches.
That chanes with what we are calling “Writing Coach Wednesdays.” On an
experimental basis, on Wednesday, March 5, and on Wednesday, March 12, a
writing coach will be available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a classroom here.
Students can sign up for a 15- or 30-minute block of time during that
period. These are off-the-record, one-on-one sessions with no records kept.
Students can bring a piece of writing (anything goes: a sentence, a para, a
page, or more) and have the coach work on it with them and offer
constructive feedback. The students can use the sessions for any class work
(or for relevant freelance work).
Some things to keep in mind:
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Three of the five 2008 Foreign Press Association Scholarship Fund awards have gone to students from The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
First Prize: Anup Kaphle, M.S.
Second Prize (one of two): Vinod Jose, M.A.
Third prize (one of two): Lam Thuy Vo, M.S.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Please note, this memo is for PT students taking the Master’s Project during Summer 2007 only.
FROM: Dean Klatell
RE: M.S. Summer Master’s Projects, September 2007
Unless you have received a formal extension from your faculty adviser and the Dean of Students Office, the deadline for submitting your Master’s Project is Friday, September 7, at 10 a.m. All projects should be submitted to the Dean’s Suite, 701, on the 7th floor. You will be required to sign your name on the Master’s Project submission log (at the reception desk outside of Dean Klatell’s office) when you turn in your final project.
For those of you with an early deadline or who wish to submit your final project early, the Dean’s Office will begin accepting final Master’s Project submissions as of 9 a.m., Monday, August 20.
Your submitted project must conform to the following requirements, so follow these instructions carefully:
1. You must write a first-person narrative of how you discovered, researched and reported your story. This will help future students see what goes into the making of a successful master’s project. This “P.S.” should be included with all copies of your Project, and should run no longer than 1,000 words. If confidentiality is a concern, before submitting the library copy, your narrative may be redacted or disguised to conceal specific, identifying information about individuals. For example, you may use “my main character” or “the protagonist” (or similar) instead of someone’s name. Include a copy of this narrative with all copies. If confidentiality is a concern and the above suggestion does not work, then withhold the “P.S.” from the library copy.
Note: the true identity and contact information for all of your sources must be disclosed to your adviser and included on the source list that you submit to your adviser.
2. Print three copies of your manuscript, or a verbatim broadcast script, double-spaced on one side of white paper, leaving a 1½- inch margin on the left-hand side and a 1-inch margin on all other sides. Do not use photographic paper as it does not meet preservation guidelines for library materials. Projects submitted on photo paper will be returned to the author in exchange for a plain-paper copy.
3. You should submit a complete source list for your project. If you are not certain about the best way to cite a source, consult with your adviser. Be aware that source lists and your entire project, including the “P.S.” portion, will be available for reading and copying by all Journalism School library visitors. (Columbia University Libraries does not provide copies of master’s projects or theses via its interlibrary loan service.) As noted above, if you have confidentiality concerns with sources (i.e. names, phone numbers, personal addresses, etc.), you are responsible for removing the source list from the library copy.
4. Pages must be numbered. Do not put any sort of binding on the project, and do not staple the pages.
5. Include a separate title page with the following information: Your name, class year, the title of your project, the name of your master’s adviser, and, at the bottom of the page, add:
Copyright
(Name of Student)
(Year)
6. Put each copy in a new 9 x 11 ½ envelope. Label the front of each envelope with your name, your class year, the title of your project and the name of your adviser for the Master’s Project. Please be certain to clearly label the library copy.
7. Submit in all three copies to the Dean’s Suite (701) on the 7th floor. One copy will be returned to you with your instructor’s comments; another copy will be reserved for the library, and the third copy will be kept by your adviser .
Students submitting a Broadcast Project should include:
Students submitting a New Media project should include:
8. If you are submitting your master’s project earlier than the deadline, you must still submit all copies to the Dean’s Office. You must also inform your adviser of the date you submitted the project.
9. Keep a copy of your project for yourself. Neither the Journalism School nor the Journalism Library is able to provide on-demand copies of your work. You are expected to keep usable copies of your Master’s project for future reference. For print projects and transcripts, a hard copy is the best option.
Please note, the Dean’s Suite is closed from Friday at 5 p.m. till Monday at 9 a.m. If you cannot come to the school during business hours, you may mail your three copies to: Melanie Huff, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, Room 703, New York, NY 10027. Please note that they must arrive by Friday, September 7
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HELLO, 2009: The international students of the Class of 2008 welcome the new class and offer tips that everyone can use in this video. Take a look and post your comments. Older videos below.
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HELLO, 2008: The international students of the Class of 2007 welcome the new class and offer tips that everyone can use in this video. Take a look and post your comments.
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HELLO, 2007: The international students of the Class of 2006 welcome the new class and offer tips that everyone can use in this video. Take a look and post your comments.
2007 Graduation Awards
The following awards were presented on May 15 and the winners will be acknowledged again on May 16.
PULITZER TRAVELING FELLOWSHIPS & EIBEL for the top six students in the Class of 2007:
PULITZER FELLOWSHIP: Vidya Ram (designated as the top student in the class)
PULITZER FELLOWSHIP: Daniel Louis Charnas
PULITZER FELLOWSHIP: Susan Donaldson James
PULITZER FELLOWSHIP: Dorian Sanae Merina
PULITZER FELLOWSHIP: Emily Elizabeth Voigt
David Marcus Eibel Memoria Scholarship: Karen Christie Nicholson
AWARDS & WINNER
Literary Criticism Award: Megan Maria Garber
Richard Blood Scholarship Award: Lisa Marie Desai & Andrea De Marco
Leslie Rachel Sander Social Justice Award: Lily Roxanna Jamali, Mary Catherine Brouder & Kate Elizabeth McCarthy
James A. Wechsler Memorial Awards
International: Clinton Martin Hendler
National: Daniel Weiss
Local: Betty Yu
Richard T. Baker Bronx Beat Award: Charis Hagyard Anderson
Richard T. Baker Magazine Award: Ayub Nuri
Richard T. Baker Columbia News Service Award: Christopher Jude Twarowski
Nona Balakian Award in Literary Criticism: Rafael Enrique Valero
Photojournalism Award: Amanda Katharine Rivkin
Philip Greer Business Writing Award: Jason Anthony Del Rey
Robert Harron Award (nice guy/nice gal prize): David Lee Ressel
Fred M. Hechinger Education Journalism Award: Angela Renee Hokanson & Justin David Nobel
Horgan Prizes for Excellence in Science Writing:
Emily Elizabeth Voigt
Margaret Ballantyne
Domenico Montanaro
Ann Marie Venesky
Horgan Prize for Excellence in Science Writing: Lora Kristina Wallace
Lars Erik Nelson for national reporting: Christine Cecile Brouwer
Christopher Light Editing Prize: Annie Correal
Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing: Lauren Marie McSherry & Daniel Louis Charnas
Melvin Mencher Reporting Award: Sarah Selene Brown
New Media Workshop Award: Ahmed Rakan Shihab-Eldin & Paul Saksith Suwan
Nightly News Workshop Award: Mary Catherine Brouder
Nightly News Workshop Award: Nicholas Emmanuel Meidanis
Radio Workshop Award: Jennifer Carissa Collins
Television News Magazine Award: Kate Elizabeth McCarthy
Sackett Graduate Award: Daniel Louis Charnas
Henry N. Taylor Award for international students: Archie Bland & Lorenzo Morales
Louis Winnick Prize for RWI: Gregory Steven Beyer
Sevellon Brown Award: Julia Charlotte Mead
Documentary Television Workshop Award: Smriti Aggarwal & Shahar Smooha
Master of Arts Award for Best Thesis: Julia Charlotte Mead
MA Thesis Finalists: Thomas Scott Dodd & Justine Juliet Sharrock
STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH HONORS
(see explanation of how these are determined)
Andres Amerikaner
Archie Bland
Dorian Emily Block
Christine Cecile Brouwer
Daniel Louis Charnas
Jennifer Carissa Collins
Coleman MacDonalson Cowan
Jason Anthony Del Rey
Brett Taylor Elliott
Paige Ferrari
Anne Gehris
Jessica Joy Heasley
Susan Donaldson James
Laura Shannon Legere
Aimee Anne Levitt
Kevin Joseph Livelli
Aili Mary McConnon
Dorian Sanae Merina
Karen Christie Nicholson
Vidya Ram
Courtney Christine Reimer
Beth Anne Rotatori
Ahmed Rakan Shihab-Eldin
Samuel Irving Stein
Emily Elizabeth Voigt
Robert Thomas Wagner
Daniel Weiss
Joshua Marc Yaffa
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Below: One of the photos by Amanda Rivkin (it’s of a woman having her eyebrows threaded), winner of the 2007 Photojournalism Award:
See 2008 Graduation Awards.
From Sreenath Sreenivasan, Dean of Students
Re: E-mail lists and subject lines
The high volume of e-mail messages we send out means that at some point in the fall, some students will start tuning out some messages and miss important items. This is particularly important now that we have several cohorts in the building. (As the #1 e-mail sender in the school, I believe I am especially qualified to speak to the issues of people tuning out particular senders.)
It is crucial that we carefully follow the guidelines below in order to have clarity in our subject lines and our communications. We deliberately control the number of people who are allowed to post to these lists, because we have seen problems in the past with inappropriate messages going out to large groups of students. If you would like to be a sender of information on any of these lists and aren’t set up already to do so, please write to me explaining why you need to be on this. Or if you have a message to be sent out, just send that along and we will send it out.
First, a reminder of the various lists we have for students.
[J_school] = the entire universe of students - including all the full-time MS,
MA, PT students, Knight-Bagehots, PhDs, etc.
[PTclass] = all current PT students, no matter when they graduate.
[MAclass] = all current MA students.
[PhD] = all PhD students.
[INTL] = all current international students.
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SUBJECT LINES: Here are the subject line headers we should be using.
ACADEMICS: this covers registration, how to apply for classes, changes in
instructors, change in class meeting times, etc.
LOST/FOUND: sent by Robert MacDonald only, along with a reminder that we have a
Lost & Found box in the Mailroom; use sparingly.
CAREERS: for all job-related info; posted by Ernest Sotomayor and his team.
MEMO: for major memos only - eg, Spring Letter from David Klatell or
registration information; use sparingly.
EVENT: this signals a J-School event — anything from lectures to panels to the
holiday party to the First Amendment Breakfasts to special speakers to
Breakfast with the Deans to the duPont events. If it’s a specific speaker,
please list the affiliation in the subject line and the date, if possible.
CAMPUS EVENT: for events not sponsored by the J-School but that we think our
students might be interested in such as the park clean up, university blood
drive, programs at SIPA, SAJA events, etc.
NY EVENT: for events outside the campus; use sparingly.
LIBRARY: for library related items; posted by Deborah Wassertzug.
SPJ: for SPJ items; posted by Prof. June Cross, the faculty adviser and Akisa Omulepu, class president and Rubina Madan, pulblicity director.
FINANCIAL AID: for scholarship and financial aid info; posted by Robert
MacDonald.
LEDE: for issues of The Lede; posted by Barbara Fasciani
REQUEST: for reqests of various kinds — volunteers, book donations, etc.
OFFER: for offers of tickets, unscheduled classes, media tours, etc.
ARTICLE: for articles that students should read; use sparingly.
GRADUATION: this covers all commencement related topics and memos; sent by
Melanie Huff & Barbara Fasciani.
There may be other key words that we decide we need and we can add those later.
There will still be times when you send a message and think none of these key
words are appropriate. In those cases, just put in your own subject.
If your message is intended only for the M.S. students and is going out to the
main [J_School] list, please put a ” - MS students” at the end of the subject
line.
When you type in the subject using key words, it should look like this:
ACADEMICS: Law Exam - MS students
or
EVENT: Lecture by David Remnick, The New Yorker, on Tues, 9/19
Thanks for your cooperation on this.
Sreenath Sreenivasan
Dean of Students
The Daily Plan-it asked recent alumni to share tips about surviving and thriving in the Spring semester. Responses (some of them contradicting each other, some of them repetitive) are continuing to trickle in and will be added here throughout the semester, lightly edited for clarity. More than 75 below, with the latest ones being added to the top. You can bookmark this posting separately by clicking on http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2006/01/17/tips and adding it to your favorites/bookmarks.
MAY 2006 UPDATE: We are now collecting Fall semester survival tips, too. Send your tips for either semester to ss221@columbia.edu
In the Spring semester at J-School, I wish I had…
