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Encyclopedia > Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Established 1912
School type Private
Dean Nicholas Lemann
Location New York, New York, USA
Enrollment ca. 270
Homepage www.jrn.columbia.edu/

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is the only journalism school in the Ivy League; it awards the Pulitzer Prize and duPont-Columbia Award; co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review. The School is located in Journalism Hall on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus in the New York City borough of Manhattan. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Nicholas Lemann graduated from Harvard University in 1976. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... NY redirects here. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States and a member of the prestigious Ivy League. ... A journalism school is a school or department, usually part of an established university, where journalists are trained. ... For the record label, see Ivy League Records. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award is an American award that honors excellence in broadcast journalism. ... The National Magazine Award is a prestigious American award that honors excellence in the magazine industry. ... The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. ... Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park (some now consider it part of the Upper West Side). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...


The school’s genesis came in 1892, when New York City newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, offered Columbia University money to set up the world's first school of journalism. The university initially turned down the money. Regardless, Pulitzer left the university $2 million in his will, which led to the creation of a journalism school at Columbia in 1912. He also erected and endowed both the building and the School in memory of his daughter, Lucille. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer (April 18, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism. ... The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


"My idea," Pulitzer wrote in a 1902, "is to recognize that journalism is one of the great and intellectual professions; to encourage, elevate and educate in a practical way the present and, still more, future members of that profession." 78 students attended the first day of classes on September 25, 1912. The school started with both undergraduate and graduate curricula. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


During the Chinese Cultural Revolution the School was accused of involvement in US government training for the Kuomintang. In 2000, former Vice President Al Gore served as a visiting professor after his election loss. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大革命 wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to 文革 wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the... The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China, now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the office of the Vice-President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ...

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Curriculum

In 1935 the undergraduate curriculum was dropped and the School adopted a program at the graduate level. Today, the School offers three degree programs: a Master of Science (M.S.) in journalism, a Master of Arts (M.A.) in journalism, and a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in communications. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ...


The school includes courses in radio, television, magazine, newspaper, and, most recently, new media journalism. The School has the highest percentage of technology resources, per student, of any school at Columbia. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... New media is a broad neologism usually referring to new technologies and communication methods in the context of their effects on the established mainstream media. ...


The school's graduate curriculum for the Master of Science degree is considered to be a rigorous hands-on course which is taught during a one-year program. All students take Reporting and Writing One, a School staple, where they are taught journalism techniques. In RW1, students are assigned a neighborhood in New York City to cover as a reporter and write stories on various topics and issues. These stories are then critiqued by professors and classmates. In addition to beat coverage, RW1 students cover breaking news and do long term investigative projects. RW1 classes are limited to no more than 16 students and classes are known to become close knit. Broadcast students take a special RW1 that combines print and broadcast techniques. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...


Students also take speciality classes in various aspects of reporting with options including, political reporting, education reporting, arts reporting, opinion writing, copy editing, and sports reporting. All students are required to take a law class, an ethics class, attend weekly all class lectures, and write a master's project.


There is an ongoing debate over whether the j-school should include academic studies along with classes that emphasize the craft of journalism and, most especially, writing. The school's alumni and many professors, troubled by possible changes to the current curriculum, consider the teaching of "shoe-leather" reporting to be more constructive than woolly-heady theories on mass communication. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into journalism school. ...


Though such theory-oriented programs are popular at other journalism schools, Columbia has eschewed unproven these media studies, regarded as nonsense to many veteran journalists, sticking instead to its tried and true news-gathering techniques that have served generations of its alumni in writing the first draft of history.


Still, many students find it difficult struggling under onerous debts attending the program, which approximately costs around $60,000 a year if all expenses are included. However, there are plenty of scholarships available and the school tries its hardest to be generous.


During the spring semester, students take a specialty class, either in newspaper, radio, television, magazine or new media. Newspaper concentrators work either on the Bronx Beat, which is a weekly newspaper serving the South Bronx or on the Columbia News Services, a wire service of feature stories, serving 500 newspapers nationally. The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...


In 1984, George T. Delacorte (Columbia College, Class of 1913) endowed the George T. Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at the School. The Center’s purpose is the teaching of magazine writing and production, to sponsor scholarships for magazine journalism and to study the exciting and competitive business of trade journals and glossy up-market publications. The Delacorte Center is located on the Journalism Building's 8th floor. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


The Master of Arts program debuted in September 2005 as a way to add a new academic approach to the school. It is open to mid-career journalists and graduates of the MS program. Students in this program take classes in both the Journalism School and in other parts of the University. They concentrate in either Arts, Science, Business, or Politics. Classes are taught in a cross disciplinary approach with an academic bent. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Journalism Building

Journalism Building

The Journalism School is housed in Journalism Building on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. The building, which was constructed as a part of Pulitzer's creation of the school, sits on the southeast corner of W. 116th Street and Broadway at the university's main entrance. A statue of Thomas Jefferson, sculpted by William Ordway Partridge in 1914, stands before the School's entrance. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park (some now consider it part of the Upper West Side). ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930) was an American sculptor whose work still adorns New York City. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


In addition to classroom space, Journalism Building contains a large lecture hall, computer rooms, a library, and television and radio studios. The building also contains the World Room, which is used for ceremonial events and is where the Pulitzer Prizes are announced each year. The Pulitzer Prize is a United States literary award given out each April. ...


Historically, the School has been the recipient of many of the relics of Pulitzer's New York World newspaper, including furniture and artwork from the World's offices, emblazoned with its trademark globe logo, a bronze bust of Pulitzer, sculpted by Auguste Rodin, and a tremendous stained-glass window from the editorial board room featuring the Statue of Liberty standing atop the earth. Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), is a large statue that was presented to the United States by France in 1886, standing at Liberty Island, New York in the mouth of the Hudson River...


New dean and curriculum changes

More recently, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger suspended the search for a new dean in 2003 and formed a committee to re-evaluate the School’s core mission, which many had derided for being too centered on craft at the expense of theory. Following an uprising by students, alumni, and faculty, an overhaul of the program was dropped and the MA program was created. Lee C. Bollinger is an American lawyer, educator and is currently serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. ...


In April 2003 University President Lee Bollinger announced that Nicholas Lemann, prominent author and Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker, would become the next dean of the journalism school. Lemann was a part of Bollinger's task force and a strong proponent of the new MA program. Lee C. Bollinger is an American lawyer, educator and is currently serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. ... Nicholas Lemann graduated from Harvard University in 1976. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...


Notable alumni

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See also

The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. ... The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award is an American award that honors excellence in broadcast journalism. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

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