The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

SPJ and the Dean’s office invites you all to the the Boat Cruise event which will take place on Sunday, May 19 and will start at 4 p.m.

All students (including non-graduating part timers) will enter for free (must show Columbia ID) and each guest will cost $20. Enter at New York Skyports Marina (East River and 23rd Street).

4 p.m. Boat party at dock begins
At 5:30 p.m. Kimberly Brooks will announce the 2013 Teacher of the Year (congrats Ari Goldman) and student of the year (its shhhh… still a secret).
5:45 p.m. For those who do not want to set sail with the rest of the class, there will be a warning to get off the boat.
6 p.m.-8 p.m. The boat will set sail to lower Manhattan (pass by Statue of Liberty, etc.)
8 p.m. Everyone WILL HAVE TO leave the boat.

The cruise includes a cash bar and a DJ. There will also be a “cash food bar” for $8 per plate (i.e., chicken, pasta, salad, rice, etc.). It is advisable to eat before you get on board as the food is snack-ish.

Dress code is party-ish; please note, we will be near the water, so dress accordingly.

Please come explore the future according to the Video Storytelling Workshop and their 100+ Project!

As the Journalism School winds down its 100 year celebration, video storytelling students from the centennial class look at trends and innovations that will influence the 21st century–everything from 3D printing to cutting-edge pursuits by some recent J-School graduates. Find out more in the attached press release and on social media: Facebook.com/The100PlusProject and @The100Plus
on Twitter.

We hope to see you there, tomorrow, May 16 at 4 p.m. in the Stabile Center. Refreshments will be served!

This week’s Delacorte Lecture features theSkimm.com co-founders, Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. in the World Room.

Danielle Weisberg
Growing up in Chicago, Danielle was exposed to politics at an early age from family dinner table discussions in which she asked questions like, “Why is Bill Clinton in trouble?” Danielle was always the kid with her head in a book, mostly Nancy Drew. In high school, she interned for a few PR firms, which included work for “Oprah,” that got her going on a path of delivering information to people (and of possibly becoming a media mogul). While attending Tufts University, Danielle interned for Boston Magazine and MSNBC, which turned her into a full fledged political junkie. Upon graduating in 2008, Danielle went to work for NBC News in Washington, D.C. where she covered everything from the election and inauguration to TARP hearings and health care reform rallies for “Nightly News” and the “Today” show. In 2010, Danielle moved to New York, where she currently resides, to produce for MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” there she learned way too much about the tax code and spearheaded a campaign
with UNICEF. Danielle loves the Chicago Cubs, anything that happens when Kanye West and Jay-Z get together, fundraising for the K.I.N.D. Fund, and watching really horrible new television shows.

Carly Zakin
Carly became addicted to the “Today” show at age 5 — not their target demo — and fell in love with the news. Always a bookworm and inquisitive, her parents constantly told her she should either be a detective or an investigative reporter because she asked too many questions. She started interning in publishing in high school and knew from day one she wanted to make a living out of storytelling. While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, she began interning for “NBC News.” After graduating in 2008, she began work for CNBC’s primetime development division and went on to produce MSNBC news documentaries both in New York and D.C. From breaking news and writing for the political unit, to personal finance and documentaries on the Kennedy family, and interviewing Tom Brokaw on the Berlin Wall, she has made a career out of sharing stories. She also enjoyed a brief stint producing reality television, where she or may not have had to spend 8 days with a polygamist family. Not a sister-wife, Carly resides in New York and loves being a mentor with “Streetwise Partners,” has an unnatural obsession with John Stamos, bakes a mean soufflé, and secretly watches marathons of “Golden Girls” and “Frasier.”

The Delacorte Lectures, presented each week in the spring semester, examine aspects of magazine journalism by a leader in the field of magazine publishing. The series is headed by Victor Navasky, the George T. Delacorte Professor in Magazine Journalism and director of the Delacorte Center.

This week’s Delacorte Lecture features Keija Minor, Editor-in-Chief, Brides and Brides.com
from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the World Room.

Keija Minor is Editor-in-Chief of Brides and Brides.com and responsible for the development and oversight of all editorial initiatives and Brides-branded licensing deals. Keija was Editor-in-Chief of Uptown Magazine prior to joining Brides. She had previously been Editor-in-Chief of Gotham Magazine following her role as managing editor of Los Angeles Confidential and Aspen Peak. Keija practiced corporate law before making a career transition to publishing.

The Delacorte Lectures, presented each week in the spring semester, examine aspects of magazine journalism by a leader in the field of magazine publishing. The series is headed by Victor Navasky, the George T. Delacorte Professor in Magazine Journalism and director of the Delacorte Center.

This week’s Delacorte Lecture at 7 p.m. tonight features Chris Hughes, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic.

As editor-in-chief and publisher of The New Republic, Chris Hughes is a leading voice on the future of media. A founder of Facebook and architect of President Obama´s 2008 social media campaign strategy, Hughes is well-positioned to revolutionize traditional journalism.

An ardent believer in the social role of journalism in society, Hughes purchased The New Republic in March 2012 to preserve the magazine´s tradition of critical thinking and nuanced long-form analysis. Since taking the helm, he has re-engineered the nearly century-old institution to take full advantage of the digital age, including a full redesign of the magazine and seamless delivery of content across digital and mobile platforms.

Hughes began his career in 2004, when he co-founded Facebook with his Harvard roommates, serving first as the site´s spokesperson, then as a leader of its product and user experience team. In 2007, he became Director of Online Organizing for Barack Obama´s presidential campaign, where his success in generating grassroots support revolutionized the use of the Web as a political tool. Hughes helped Obama raise more than $500 million online.

Hughes is also an independent investor in technology and media companies and a trustee of the Knight Foundation.

Columbia Journalism School Office of Alumni & Development invites you to A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JOSEPH PULITZER with Dean Nicholas Lemann, David Peterkin ´82, chair, Alumni Board and fellow classmates on FOUNDER’S DAY (Joseph Pulitzer´s birthday) Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JOSEPH PULITZER
Lobby of Pulitzer Hall
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Birthday Cupcakes

Just a little reminder TO SET YOUR CLOCK AHEAD.

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 10, 2013 and reverts to standard time on Sunday November 3, 2013.

This is also a good time to test and change the batteries in your home smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Please join us for tonight’s Delacorte Lecture Series in the World Room.

William Kristol, Founder and Editor, The Weekly Standard
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
World Room (3rd floor)

Note: Attendance is required of all student in the magazine concentration.

William Kristol is the editor of The Weekly Standard. He is also a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday, a contributor for the Fox News Channel, and a monthly columnist for The Washington Post. Before starting The Weekly Standard in 1995, Mr. Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican congressional victory. Prior to that, Mr. Kristol served as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle during the first Bush Administration, and to Education Secretary William Bennett under President Reagan.

Before coming to Washington in 1985, Mr. Kristol was on the faculty of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Delacorte Lectures, presented each week in the spring semester, examine aspects of magazine journalism by a leader in the field of magazine publishing. The series is headed by Victor Navasky, the George T. Delacorte Professor in Magazine Journalism and Director of the Delacorte Center.

M.A. Spring Prep Follow-Up

Dear M.A. Students:

You will want to keep this note because it contains all the links you need to get ready for the spring term.

• ASSESSMENT: Students who have not submitted seminar Sample A and/or the final History assignment to the Assessment system will not be registered for the second semester until they submit. Students who have not submitted Sample B by January 4 will not be allowed to continue to the second semester.
  http://bit.ly/CUJLearning2013

• INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: All M.A. students traveling outside of the U.S. during winter break to do reporting for the thesis must submit an international registration form. Failure to do so will result in your not receiving your thesis grant.
  http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/IntlTravel/

• SPRING DIGITAL SKILLS: To request a spring skills class, please complete a ballot . Please note that your ballot must be submitted no later than November 26 at 10 a.m.
  http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/SP13_ballots/

• DIGITAL NEWS STRATEGIES or FORMATS, PROTOCOLS, ALGORITHMS: Please submit an Add/Drop form. The form goes live on January 7 at 7 a.m. Please note that Add/Drop is processed first-come, first-served.
  http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/AddDrop/
  You will need the course number, call number, section number and class name for each class that you will Add and Drop. Please see http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/ for this information.

• OUTSIDE COURSES: Please see this link for the required form that must be signed by both your seminar professor and the outside course instruction.
  http://bit.ly/MA_outside

• DIPLOMA APPLICATION REMINDER: Diploma applications are due by December 1 for May 2013 graduates! This link will provide you with a pdf document that you may complete online, save to your computer, and then attach in an e-mail to diplomas@columbia.edu. If you are unable to save the completed form, you may print it and fax it to 212-854-8747.
  http://bit.ly/CU_DipAp

Welcome to the Spring Ballot for M.S., Knight Bagehot and JN/SEAS Students:

Please carefully follow the instructions below.

First, please read the Spring Curriculum thoroughly. Some information has been added and some changed since the document became available.

You may read students’ evaluations of many of the classes and professors at http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/students/view_evaluations.htm. You will have to log in using your UNI and password. Please note that some courses are being taught for the first time this spring. If you cannot find evaluations for a particular course, look instead for evaluations of other courses that professor has taught.

Please select the appropriate ballot for concentration/program. If you complete a ballot for a concentration/program other than your own, you will have your classes assigned randomly in the correct concentration/program.

Please note that if you began the program as a part-time student, you must ALWAYS use the part-time ballot even if you plan on accelerating to a full-time course load.

To complete the ballot you will need your Columbia e-mail address and PID (If you have lost your PID, please refer to http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2005/11/14/faq-how-do-i-find-my-pid/)

The ballots are NOT handled on a first-come, first-served basis. As long as you make the deadline (Monday, November 26, 10 a.m.) you have equal standing with all other students.

If you applied for an application class (Book Writing or Covering Religion), please do not complete your ballot until you have been notified about the results - November 23. Those accepted will not be balloting for that type of class.

NOTE: Ranking the same class as your first choice repeatedly DOES NOT increase your likelihood of getting into that class. Rather it means that we will randomly select your class if we are not able to give you your first choice.

If you do not submit a ballot, you will be placed in classes on a space available basis. If you made a mistake or changed your mind, please resubmit your ballot. Your most recently-submitted ballot as of the deadline (Monday, November 26, 10 a.m.) will be the one processed.

All students who began the Master’s Project in the fall will be automatically registered for it in the spring. FT Stabile students will automatically be enrolled for the Stabile seminar and the Stabile elective.

If you experience any problems using the ballot, please send e-mail to dos@jrn.columbia.edu Please note we cannot promise students they will gain a seat in any specific class.

Please note that you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing the ballot information you submitted. You will have to look through it carefully to find what you entered as the response includes both the pages you were required to complete and those you weren’t based on type of ballot.

Please answer all questions carefully.

Spring 2013 Ballot

Dear Students:

I wanted to let you know about something new in the Covering Education seminar this spring, something I probably will not have time to explain in the three minutes we longwinded profs are given next Tuesday.

The goal of the course remains the same: to introduce students to the rich and contentious landscape of education reporting at its most expansive–its history, ethics, ideas, research, and fun stories.

What is different this year is our outside news partner. We have an ongoing relationship with the Hechinger Report and NYTimes/Schoolbook. This year, the class will work closely with editors at GothamSchools.org. Its team of reporters does the smartest job of covering education in the city, in my humble opinion. The site has expanded into Denver and Houston, and is working on making connections in Newark, NJ as well. There will be lots of opportunities for you to report and write news stories and enterprise projects in conjunction with the editors there.

For example, for news experience, I plan to send students to some of the 40 schools scheduled to be shut down to report on the fireworks that are likely to flare up just as our semester begins. As for projects, GothamSchools editors are interested in issues ranging from how writing is taught to why some high schools do a great job preparing their graduates for college, while others (three-quarters, if you can believe it) are abysmal. Honestly, the former is a new hot topic, and there’s new data on the latter. I’m open, of course, to all your interests and ideas.

And please don’t worry if you bloodied your knuckles in RW1 trying to pry open the door of a school to peep inside. It really doesn’t have to be that hard. Each student will spend time each week in an elementary, charter, middle or high school, making contacts, percolating story ideas, and learning from the various students, teachers and principals who will not toss you out. I promise. Additions to the embed list, are four charter schools, plus P-Tech High in Brooklyn, Urban Assembly School for Math and Science in the Bronx, I.S. 61 in Queens, Academy for Careers in TV and Film, Queens, World Journalism Prep, Queens, and more.

I am happy to answer any of your questions in person or over email. I am in 805, lh50@columbia.edu. Meanwhile check out past student work.

Cheers,
Prof. LynNell Hancock

SPRING SEMESTER PREP (updated several times a week) Here’s the schedule for Spring Semester Prep - events and dates to help you prepare for the Spring Semester. All the information will be available electronically, but you are encouraged to attend any events/briefing sessions you can. Please note we are offering events on a variety of dates and times. All this is subject to change, so please check back often.

The deans will be available throughout November to discuss your options and help you plan for the Spring, as are your RWI professors, who serve as your advisers the rest of your time here.

PLEASE NOTE: This information is for M.S. students. There will be an M.A. briefing session on Tuesday, November 20, 2-3:30., World Room. Tali Woodward and Melanie Huff will go over Spring Semester questions and dealing with Fall final evaluations.

We expect to have the Spring 2013 M.S. curriculum available on Friday, November 9. Until then, you may refer to the Spring 2012 curriculum to get a sense of what we will likely be offering.

The Spring 2013 Curriculum is now available at http://bit.ly/MS_Spring13

If you want to check out evaluations of past spring classes, go to http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/students/view_evaluations.htm

All dates can be imported into your Google calendar via bit.ly/columbiajcal

• Thurs., Nov. 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Stabile Student Center: Spring prep meeting with focus on Spring Semester questions and dealing with Fall RWI mid-semester and final evaluations.

• Friday, November 9: Spring 2013 M.S. curriculum announced
• Monday, November 12: Applications due for Covering Religion
• Monday, Nov. 12, 6-7 p.m., Stabile Student Center Disruption and Resurrection: Big Stories for the Digital Age - Info session on Long Form Digital with Prof. Michael Shapiro.
• Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m., Lecture Hall: Spring Preview Session - an evening when professors who teach Spring seminars, workshops and new electives are invited to present three-minute previews of their classes. Typically, most professors present and all M.S. students gather for this session. Please note that only a handful of classes have individual briefing sessions (as listed above), so it is critical that you attend this large gathering
• Wednesday, November 14, 10 a.m.: Spring Ballots go live; close Monday, November 26, 10 a.m. noon You can submit ballots any time during that period - NOT first come, first served. If you applied for an application class, please do not submit your ballot until you have heard back about your acceptance.
• Wednesday, November 21, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Stabile Student Center: Pre-Thanksgiving Pies and Advice with Deans Sotomayor and Huff
• Friday, November 23: Students notified of application results for Book Writing and Covering Religion
• Monday, Nov 26, 10 a.m. Spring Ballots close.
• Monday, Nov 26, 10 a.m. DEADLINE to confirm your acceptance of spots in application classes
  [ And don’t forget Lucille’s Ball, the annual J-School Holiday Party & Faculty Roast - on Tuesday, December 11- you absolutely have to be there!]
• Late December: Students will be registered for their Spring courses.
• December 16-Jan. 22: Winter Break; work on Master’s Projects for M.S. students (first draft due Tuesday, Jan. 22)
• January 7-February 1: Add/Drop period
• Tuesday, January 22: M.A., and other University classes begin.
• Wednesday, Jan. 23 9:30-5:00: ALL-CLASS EVENT: SPRING PREP DAY: “An annual day of academic, career and writing/reporting tips and advice, before the semester formally begins. Brought to you by Student Affairs, Academic Affairs and Career Services “ - mandatory for all full-time MS students and MA students (except those MA students whose outside classes begin then); all others welcome. Presented by Student Affairs and Career Services.
• Thursday & Friday, Jan. 24 & 25: M.S. Workshops begin

Personal & Professional Style
Judith Crist & Helen Benedict

In the fall semester, this class is a three-point seminar open to Master of Science students.

The nature and demands of this course make it necessary to limit the class size.

It is offered to students who have mastered the basic mechanics and techniques of journalistic prose and are interested in developing and refining a personal literary style within a journalistic framework, appropriate to editorials, columns and reviews.

The emphasis is on form, structure and semantics for effective and original approaches to specialized writing in areas too long cliché-ridden. There are basic assignments and free-choice exercises, with concentration on self- and intra-group criticism. Not for the faint of heart.

Prospective students must complete the application (link below).

The forms asks for one sample of your best writing and a short a statement (no more than 350 words) of your interest in the course. The deadline to apply is Thursday, July 5, 10 a.m.

http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/PPStyle/index.html

Graduation Information Sessions

All sessions will be held at
The Stabile Student Center

Dear J-School Students,

President Bollinger is inviting students to his annual “Fireside Chat”.

This event provides an informal venue for students to engage with him and ask questions about the university, administration, student life, and other topics.

The “Fireside Chat” for graduate students will be held Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 6:00pm-7:30pm at the President’s House.

Given the limited number of slots for this event, only two students from the Graduate School of Journalism are invited to attend. The two students will be picked at random through a lottery.

For a chance to be one of the lucky two, simply click on the registration link and fill out the required information.

The deadline for registration is Monday, March 28 at 9:00am.

Please only submit your name if you are able to attend the event on April 12th from 6-7:30 pm at President Bollinger’s Residence on the Morningside Campus.

Students will be selected and notified via e-mail.

Register for Fireside Chat:

http://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/fireside/index.html

Columbia Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and
Office of The Pulitzer Prizes

WHAT: New Media Shot Documentary Film Screening
WHEN: April 21, 2009 (Tues). 6:30 to 9 PM
WHERE: Stabile Student Center, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Brooklyn Step (27 min)
Produced by Celina Canales, Dana Chivvis, Mariel S. Clark.
Description: The Brooklyn Tech High School step teams take time away from their school work, families, friends, and jobs to practice a dance they love.

My Life After Bear (10 min)
Produced by Chikodi Chima, Heather Grossmann, and Alan Haburchak
Description: In the aftermath of Bear Stearns’ collapse, a former employee shows the human side of the bank’s failure.

Debugging and Decluttering (4 min)
Produced by Karn Dhingra, Jacquelyn Kasuya, Ben Piven
Description: Frederick’s belongings are packed up and moved out by Magic Exterminating so that his studio apartment can be fumigated for bed bugs.

Hostage to Hoarding (4 min)
Produced by Karn Dhingra, Jacquelyn Kasuya, Ben Piven
Description: Having cluttered her East Village apartment for decades, ex-actress Fran begins to combat her problem.

Paliative Care (5 min)
Produced by Greg Emerson Bocquet, Gaia Pianigiani, and Paul Daniel Stephens
Description: In palliative care, there are good deaths and there are bad deaths. Hear the hospital team describe this aspect of end-of-life care.

Hunger (2 min)
Produced by Jamie Oppenheim, Parul Malik, Owen Kiben
Description: escription: Eric Johnson, the 44-year old luxury bus driver was laid off before Christmas. From having a respectable annual income of $54000, today Johnson and his wife have to do multiple rounds of food pantries. But they have not lost faith.

Rise of the Machines (4 min)
Produced by Nicole Breskin, Jenny Brown, and Jeff Otieno
Description: How bagel machines de-ethnicized the bagel and made it an American phenomenon.

Wheat Crisis Havoc (2 min)
Produced by Nicole Breskin, Jenny Brown, and Jeff Otieno
Description: How the wheat crisis hurt business for New York bagel bakers like never before.

Hoop Knight (26 min)
Produced by Collin Crowell and Chris Kieffer
Description: A short documentary film chronicling the nationally-ranked Mount Vernon Knights high school boys’ basketball team and the season it almost lost.

Two Rivers in DC (5 min)
Produced by Lina Ejeilat, Khalil Jetha
Description: Traditional Jazz meets Iraqi Maqam in Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Concert at the Freer & Sackler Gallery in Washington D.C.

Rail Riders (9 min)
Produced by Eric Baliantz, Alex Lowther, and Meredith Melnick.
Description: An exploration of the contemporary freight train rider.

The Making of Rail Riders (2 min)
Produced by Eric Baliantz, Alex Lowther, and Meredith Melnick.
Description: A romp through the sand line with Team Hobo.

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Duy Linh Tu
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Coordinator, New Media Program
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10024
P: 212.851.0791
F: 212.851.0751
E: dnt3@columbia.edu

The broadcast department invites you to a screening and discussion of four of the MS ’09 radio master’s projects.

akc24@columbia.edu

Jeffrey D. Sachs “Promoting Global Understanding of Sustainable Development”

BIO: Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty
He is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. For more than 20 years Professor Sachs has been in the forefront of the challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, and enlightened globalization, promoting policies to help all parts of the world to benefit from expanding economic opportunities and wellbeing. He is also one of the leading voices for combining economic development with environmental sustainability, and as Director of the Earth Institute leads large-scale efforts to promote the mitigation of human-induced climate change. In 2004 and 2005 he was named among the 100 most influential leaders in the world by Time Magazine, and was awarded the Padma Bhushan, a high civilian honor bestowed by the Indian Government, in 2007. Sachs lectures constantlyaround the world and was the 2007 BBC Reith Lecturer. He is the First holder of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair in Poverty Studies, at the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, University of Malaya.
He is also author of hundreds of scholarly articles and many books, including the New York Times bestsellers Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (Penguin 2008) and The End of Poverty (Penguin, 2005).

Dear Students,

To pick up your CUID Spring 09 validation sticker, please go to the 5th floor equipment room.

Equipment room hours are Monday – Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday 10am – 5pm.

Don’t forget this is the sticker that gets you into the MET, MOMA, and various other museums around the city for free!!!

Dear J-School Students,

President Bollinger holds annual “Fireside Chats” with undergraduate students, providing an informal venue for students to engage with him and ask questions about the university, administration, student life, and other topics.

This spring he is holding the very first “Fireside Chat” for graduate students on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at the President’s House.

Given the limited number of slots for this event, only three students from the Graduate School of Journalism are invited to attend. The three students will be picked at random through a lottery.

For a chance to be one of the lucky three, simply click on the registration link at the bottom and fill out the required information.

The deadline for registration is Monday, February 9 at 7:00am.

Please only submit your name if you are able to attend the event on March 4th from 6-8 pm at President Bollinger’s Residence on the Morningside Campus.

Students will be selected and notified via e-mail by mid-February.

Register for Fireside Chat: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=29339

View Event Details: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?vt=detail&br=default&id=29339

2009 Delacorte Lectures on Magazine Journalism

The Delacorte Lectures examine various aspects of magazine journalism, presented in the spring semester each week by a leader in the field of magazine publishing. All lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s Lecture Hall. Attendance is required of students in the magazine concentration. The lectures are open to the public. This schedule is subject to change.

Listen to the Delacorte Lectures in the Event Archive.

Spring 2009 Delacorte Lectures

Jan 29 - David Andelman, editor, World Policy Journal

Feb 5 - Mort Rosenblum, Dispatches,

Feb 12 - Tina Brown, editor, The Daily Beast

Feb 19 - Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Marie Claire

Feb 26 - Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief, Gourmet

Mar 5 - J.C. Suares, art director

Mar 12 - Daniel Peres, editor-in-chief Details

Mar 19 - Spring Break, no lecture

Mar 26 - Stephen Murphy, president & CEO, Rodale Press

Apr 2 - Steve Adler, editor-in-chief, BusinessWeek

Apr 9 - Passover, no lecture

Apr 16 - Kate White, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan

Dear Students-who-are-about-to-graduate:

As you may know, in a task I have inherited from Dean Klatell, I will be
reading your names at the Wednesday afternoon J-school Graduation ceremony.
I will read your names as you come up to get your diplomas in front of kith
and kin (and faculty), so I would really like to get the pronunciation right
(or as right as possible).

Here’s how you can help:

You have already spelled the name phonetically in the form you filled out,
and I will be walking around for the next week with a document containing
those spellings. If you see me around, please stop me and practice your name
with me, so I can annotate the document further. Feel free to stop by my
office if you happen to be on the seventh floor.

After glancing at the list and seeing all the new-to-me first, middle and last names, I can use all the help I can get. Even some of the old-to-me names aren’t so easy.

In the interests of full disclosure, I have ensured trouble for some hapless
administrator at some unknown school many years from now by naming my twins
(now turning three) with four exotic names each. Here’s something my wife
and I wrote about that:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14477_1.html

Good luck with your final week. For continuing students: It’s never too
early to start having me work on your names!

- Dean Sreenivasan

Q: Which nights are the LEAST busy if I want to plan an event for students?

A: Given how packed the schedule is, any event on a weeknight is likely to exlude dozens of students. Here are some thoughts about the Spring 2006.

While we don’t have a master schedule as such, here is some basic information about when students are more likely to be free for other activities.

For general planning, our universe of students is about 365 (we also have 31 PhD students, whose schedules are not reflected in the numbers below).

In the hours between 6-10 p.m., here are the basic numbers of students available for events.

Please go to http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/delacorte/index.asp for complete information and the 2006 schedule. Magazine concentration students are required to attend; all others are invited.

When the ballot went live, it incorrectly listed CAR in place of New Media in the skills options for the Spring. We have had the problem fixed. If you completed a ballot expressing an interest in CAR and want instead to express an interest in the other skills options, please resubmit your ballot.

Our apologies for the error.

Please note that we are offering the following skills classes this spring - all after spring break:

• Section 1: New Media - TBA (Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: 3/25; 4/1; 4/22; 4/29; 5/6)
• Section 2: Photography - Sara Barrett (Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.: 3/28; 4/4; 4/11; 4/18; 4/25)
• Section 3: Radio - TBA (Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.: 3/25; 4/1; 4/8; 4/22; 4/29)

As a followup to Dean Klatell’s introductory memo (below) and the Tuesday briefing for News21, here is how you can apply for the News21 project.

You will be taking two courses:
SEMINAR: Business and Economic Journalism with Prof. Rob Norton
ELECTIVE: Investigative Business Reporting with Prof. Judith Dobrzynski

You must take both to be considered for the News21 project and to be part of
the 16-student pool from which 10 fellows will be selected for the summer.

FORM: You must fill in the News21 application form at
http://www.formsite.com/columbiaspj/news21 (live now)

Deadline for this form is Wednesday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m. Selected students
will be informed by noon on Monday, Nov. 28, the same day the Spring
Ballot is due (at 7 pm). We suggest you hold off till after 12 p.m. on
Monday, Nov. 28, to fill in the Spring Ballot, so that if you don’t get
into News21, you can put a different first choice for your Seminar and
Elective.

Timeline for the project:

Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m.: News21 in overall Spring Preview
Nov. 23, 10 a.m.: Application form deadline
Nov. 28, noon: Selected students named
Nov. 28, 7 pm: Deadline for students to fill in Spring Ballots
Week of Jan. 23: Start of classes
Late March/early April: Selection of 10 Fellows
May 17: Graduation

May 22: Start of 10-week Fellowship

Mid-June: News21 weekend retreat for 44 national Fellows at Berkeley (paid
for by project)

Week of July 24: End of 10 weeks

———- Forwarded message ———-

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:30:01 -0500
From: David A. Klatell
Subject: News 21 - An Exciting New Combinaion of Study and Employment

This spring, the school will offer an exciting initiative in business and
economics journalism, called News 21. Funded through grants from the Knight
Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, News 21 is part of a consortium among
this School, the schools of journalism at Berkeley, Northwestern, Southern
California and the Shorenstein Center at Harvard. Its aim is to develop
exciting curriculum initiatives while simultaneously producing first-rate
journalism through the combined efforts of students and faculty at these
schools.

The overall theme of the News 21 project this year is “Liberty and
Security”; each of the participating universities have chosen a different
sub-set of that overall story and a different media format. Columbia has
decided to investigate what has changed since 9/11 in the government’s
access to private or corporate financial information, under the rubric of
the fight against terrorism. We want to know what, exactly, has the
government been doing, what has it learned, what has it done with that
information, and to hat extent has it challenged important concepts of
privacy and liberty. We have selected on-line journalism as our preferred
publication format.

There are three important components to this project: a required spring
6-credit Seminar (Business and Economic Journalism - emphasizing the News 21
subject matter, with Professor Norton), a required 3-credit Elective
(Investigative Business Reporting with Judith Dobrzynski), and a 10-week paid
internship ($7,500 per student) reporting and writing stories under the
guidance of the faculty, including Ms Dobrzynski, Louise Story, Dorian Benkoil
and others. There is money available for travel - reporting trips and to meet
with colleagues from the collaborating schools, as well as funds for some
investigative expenses (document searches, court or FOI filings, etc.).

Students interested in participating in the summer reporting project must
(with the exception of night-Bagehot Fellows) enroll in both the Seminar and
Elective noted above. The 10 best-performing students from those classes
will be offered the opportunity to continue working through the summer and,
of course, get paid. Students who take the courses but are not selected may
nevertheless have the opportunity to have their best work published. It is
possible to enroll in these courses (up to the limit of 16 in each) without
becoming a candidate for the summer job.

In the coming days I will provide more information, and we will flesh out
the course descriptions in the Spring Letter, but I wanted to get this
message to you in advance of any course decisions you may be making about
the spring term.

SO HERE’S THE DEAL, PLEASE DON’T ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A DIFFERENT ONE: WE HAVE COMMITED TO THE FUNDATIONS AND THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES THAT THESE COURSES WILL BE REQUIRED OF ALL PARTICIPANTS; THE FACULTY WILL HAVE FINAL SAY OVER THE SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SUMMER JOBS; ANY STUDENT SELECTED MUST MAKE A BINDING COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WORKING ON THE NEWS 21 REPORTING PROJECT FOR AT LEAST THE 10-WEEK PERIOD OF SUMMER REPORTING.

This is a great opportunity for those interested in following the money
trail all the way from individual accounts (ex: “Islamic charities” that
were initially targeted by Homeland Security) to the government agencies
mining, analyzing and acting upon the data. If this is not what you want to
do, please don’t let the appeal of a well-paid internship at the School sway
your judgment; this is serious business and we want only those who will make
and keep the commitments required of participants.

Regards,
DK

Q: How do I consider taking an internship in the spring?

A: See this site for for info: http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/admissions/programs/courses/

Q: FAQ: How do I take an elective outside the J-school?

A: In certain cases, M.S. students may take an outside course as a substitute for the spring elective. Students are encouraged to make use of the greater Columbia University course offerings to further their knowledge base in areas of particular interest and relevance to their journalistic goals. Classes (except for languages) must be graduate level and must be approved by the Dean of Students office. For further information, please go to http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/outside_courses.asp. Please note that you must complete our course preference balloting and registration process with the intention of taking all your classes at the Journalism School (since cross-registrations aren’t always possible, you should carefully complete your ballot). Registration for outside courses is a function of our add/drop period.

FYI, each August, at least 100 students express an interest in taking an outside elective. But by the time spring comes around, usually, no more than 15 students actually follow through.

From Dean Klatell.

This spring, the school will offer an exciting initiative in business and economics journalism, called News 21. Funded through grants from the Knight Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, News 21 is part of a consortium among this School, the schools of journalism at Berkeley, Northwestern, University of Southern California and the Shorenstein Center at Harvard. Its aim is to develop exciting curriculum initiatives while simultaneously producing first-rate journalism through the combined efforts of students and faculty at these schools.

The overall theme of the News 21 project this year is “Liberty and Security”; each of the participating universities have chosen a different sub-set of that overall story and a different media format. Columbia has decided to investigate what has changed since 9/11 in the government’s access to private or corporate financial information, under the rubric of the fight against terrorism. We want to know what, exactly, has the government been doing, what has it learned, what has it done with that information, and to hat extent has it challenged important concepts of privacy and liberty. We have selected on-line journalism as our preferred publication format.

There are three important components to this project: a required spring 6-credit Seminar (Business and Economic Journalism – emphasizing the News 21 subject matter, with Professor Nasar), a required 3-credit Elective (Investigative Business Reporting with Judith Dobrzynski), and a 10-week paid internship ($7,500 per student) reporting and writing stories under the guidance of the faculty, including Ms Dobrzynski, Louise Story, Dorian Benkoil and others. There is money available for travel – reporting trips and to meet with colleagues from the collaborating schools, as well as funds for some investigative expenses (document searches, court or FOI filings, etc.).

Students interested in participating in the summer reporting project must (with the exception of night-Bagehot Fellows) enroll in both the Seminar and Elective noted above. The 10 best-performing students from those classes will be offered the opportunity to continue working through the summer and, of course, get paid. Students who take the courses but are not selected may nevertheless have the opportunity to have their best work published. It is possible to enroll in these courses (up to the limit of 16 in each) without becoming a candidate for the summer job.

In the coming days I will provide more information, and we will flesh out the course descriptions in the Spring Letter, but I wanted to get this message to you in advance of any course decisions you may be making about the spring term.

SO HERE’S THE DEAL, PLEASE DON’T ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A DIFFERENT ONE: WE HAVE COMMITED TO THE FUNDATIONS AND THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES THAT THESE COURSES WILL BE REQUIRED OF ALL PARTICIPANTS; THE FACULTY WILL HAVE FINAL SAY OVER THE SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SUMMER JOBS; ANY STUDENT SELECTED MUST MAKE A BINDING COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WORKING ON THE NEWS 21 REPORTING PROJECT FOR AT LEAST THE 10-WEEK PERIOD OF SUMMER REPORTING.

This is a great opportunity for those interested in following the money trail all the way from individual accounts (ex: “Islamic charities” that were initially targeted by Homeland Security) to the government agencies mining, analyzing and acting upon the data. If this is not what you want to do, please don’t let the appeal of a well-paid internship at the School sway your judgment; this is serious business and we want only those who will make and keep the commitments required of participants.