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You believe that knowledge is power. You are curious, open-minded, and like to write. You seek a life that is fast-paced and exciting. Your passion about the world and commitment to the truth have given you the determination to make a difference and raise awareness of what’s happening around the world each day. If journalism is your calling, answer it at Columbia.

Columbia University

Professional Community

New York City

The World

Academic Heritage

Innovation

TechnologyIvy League

Columbia J School

Diversity

For 100 years (and counting) Columbia has led the way to journalism’s future.Uniquely positioned at the center of America’s news industry and at one of the world’s finest universities, the Graduate School of Journalism is a one-of-a-kind place where Ivy League academics converge with the rich diversity of America’s greatest city.

Our academic heritage

Origins of Excellence

Founder Joseph pulitzer

Ten years after Joseph Pulitzer first

proposed a world-class journalism

school at Columbia, classes began

on September 30, 1912. Seventy-nine

undergraduate and graduate students

enrolled, including a dozen women.

Classes convened at several locations

around campus until the Journalism

building opened in 1913, and in 1917

the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded.

upholding pulitzer’s legacy

“A journalist is the lookout on the

bridge of the ship of state,” Joseph

Pulitzer wrote. “The power to mould

the future of the Republic will be in

the hands of the journalists of future

generations.” As the Journalism

School moves forward, embracing the

challenges and opportunities of the

21st century, Pulitzer’s legacy endures.

Under the leadership of Dean Nicholas

Lemann and a distinguished faculty,

the Journalism School continues

to educate top journalists, uphold

standards of excellence for the

profession as a whole, and guide the

press to strive for the public good.

Columbia Journalism School welcomes students from more than 40 countries to the Columbia University campus in New York City every year. We are proud to provide the foundation and opportunity for our students to succeed, to become leaders in the industry, and to shape the future of journalism.

A solid foundation

Our curriculum covers the bedrock values of journalistic excellence and innovation, ensuring that you will be trained to thrive in the rapidly changing world of digital media. The courses we offer are unsurpassed in quality and the breadth of subjects they cover. We offer four degree programs to accommodate different needs and interests.

A century of leadership

For one hundred years, the Journalism School has championed Joseph Pulitzer’s vision of the press as an indispensable bulwark of democracy. We recently launched thenewyorkworld.com, an accountability journalism outlet named after Pulitzer’s pioneering paper.

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This stained glass window is a relic of Pulitzer’s World Building. It now adorns Columbia Journalism School’s World Room where the Pulitzer Prizes are announced each year.

Enduring connections

Students

Our students come from a wide

range of backgrounds, some with

considerable journalism experience

and some with none. They are

teachers, lawyers, doctors, military

officers, engineers, athletes,

playwrights, artists, business

people, scientists, accountants,

photographers, authors, farmers,

designers and more. What our

students share with each other

and with our faculty is a passion

for journalism and the talent to

excel. Columbia is the only Ivy

League school of journalism, and

students here have access to the

resources of one of the world’s

great universities.

Faculty

Our faculty consists of nationally

recognized journalists with

specialties that include politics,

arts and culture, religion,

science, education, business and

economics, investigative reporting,

and national and international

affairs. They have won numerous

journalism awards, including the

Pulitzer Prize, the Guggenheim

Fellowship, the Alfred I. duPont-

Columbia University Award, the

News & Documentary Emmy Award,

the National Magazine Award, and

the National Book Award. Because

our classes are small by design,

students have the opportunity to

work closely with each professor,

receiving one-on-one mentoring

inside and outside the classroom

on writing, reporting, and research.

Alumni

Our alumni can be found at

prestigious news organizations

around the world, where they

are active in every phase of

making the news. From reporting

to photography, from editing to

producing, and from publishing

to digital innovation, Columbia

journalists do it all. In addition

to the relationships they forge as

students, alumni have access to

our extensive alumni network of

unparalleled contacts in all areas

of journalism. And they are always

welcome at Pulitzer Hall.

Like the city it calls home, Columbia Journalism School never sleeps. There is always a flow of students, faculty, alumni, and distinguished guests. At Columbia, innovators and global thought leaders are always on campus.

Forging bonds

Collaborating closely on a wide variety of projects, students establish connections that enhance their careers and develop friendships that last a lifetime.

learn from the best

James Stewart—Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism, New York Times columnist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several bestsellers—works closely with students in the M.A. program.

• ABCNews

• AgenceFrance-Presse

• AspenMagazine

• AssociatedPress

• TheAtavist

• AtlanticMedia

• Barron’s

• BloombergNews

• bostonglobe.com

• CBSNews

• CNN

• ChicagoTribune

• CondéNast

• TheDenverPost

• DetroitFreePress

• TheEconomistGroup

• FinancialTimes

• Forbes

• Fortune

• GlobalPost

• TheHuffingtonPost

• KQED(SanFrancisco)

• LosAngelesTimes

• mashable.com

• TheMiamiHerald

• Money

• msnbc.com

• NationalPublicRadio

• NBCNews

• Newsweek/TheDailyBeast

• NewYorkDailyNews

• NewYork

• TheNewYorkTimes

• patch.com/AOLNews

• PBSNewsHour

• ProPublica

• Reuters

• SacramentoBee

• ScientificAmerican

• Slate

• SouthChinaMorningPost

• SportsIllustrated

• thestreet.com

• Time

• TheVillageVoice

• TheWashingtonPost

• TheWallStreetJournal

• Univision

• Wired

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Academic programs

Mastering your craft

Students hone their

skills with accomplished

journalists like Professor

LynNell Hancock and with

their close-knit classes of

rising talent.

Columbia doesn’t just teach students what they don’t know—it discovers and creates knowledge for our changing world. Columbia journalists learn how to uncover, analyze, and explain the stories of our time—and to create the first draft of history.

Master of Science

The 10-month M.S. program offers aspiring and experienced journalists the opportunity to study the skills, the art and the ethics of journalism by reporting and writing stories ranging from short news pieces to complex narrative features. With New York City as their laboratory, students learn how to think critically and deeply, and to be both ethical and street smart. During the year, you will acquire a core set of sophisticated newsgathering skills that emphasize in-person, interview-based reporting as well as other means of acquiring and assessing information. You’ll take a course from each of three modules: The Written Word; Image and Sound; and Audience and Engagement. These courses focus on topics ranging from deadline newswriting to interactive graphics, from social media to video skills. During the year, you will complete a long form master’s project, as well as take core classes in law, ethics, history and the business of journalism.

Applicants interested in investigative reporting may apply to the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, a sub-specialization within the M.S. program. We also offer dual degree programs with the schools of engineering, business, law, international and public affairs, and the religion program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. You may also consider our international dual degree programs with Sciences Po in Paris and the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Students may also enroll in the M.S. program in Journalism on a part- or a full-time basis.

Application deadlinesdeceMber 3

Master of science international dual-degree programs

• With Sciences Po, Paris

• With University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

deceMber 17

Master of science

Master of science dual-degree programs

• Journalism and Law

• Journalism and Business

• Journalism and Religion

• Journalism and International and Public Affairs

ph.d. in communications

January 15

Master of science in computer science and Journalism

Master of arts

Academic programsNo matter who you are, what you want to cover, or how you want to report on it, one of Columbia Journalism School’s carefully designed academic programs will take you anywhere you want to go.

Making the news

From field reporting to

broadcasting on air to the

latest in digital production,

Columbia students are

immersed in every element

of today’s journalistic world.

Master of Arts

The 9-month M.A. program is for experienced journalists who would like to deepen their knowledge of one of four subject areas: politics, arts and culture, science, or business. The program is designed to impart the skills and habits of reflection that will enable you to cover complicated issues in a sophisticated, nuanced manner. You will develop the knowledge and confidence to ask more informed questions, to situate news events in their larger context, and to evaluate competing claims made by sources. Since M.A. students already know how to report and write well, we challenge you to raise your game, and specifically to create new ways of telling stories that are informed by deep understanding of complex subjects. You read heavily and you work closely with Journalism School professors as well as professors from other academic departments at the University. The primary journalistic work of the year is the master’s thesis, which is an ambitious piece of long form journalism. The M.A. program is available full time only and runs from late August into May.

Master of Science in Computer Science and Journalism

This innovative program, which accepted its first students in 2011, offers dual Master of Science degrees in computer science and journalism. A close collaboration between the Engineering and Journalism schools, the program uses the content of one discipline to inform the execution of the other, providing unique and highly specialized training in the digital environment including technical and editorial skills in many aspects of computer-supported news gathering and digital media production. The goal is not only to impart expertise in today’s digital news realm, but also to equip graduates to refine and create new news gathering and digital media technologies that will redefine journalism as we know it. You enroll in classes, including seminars and workshops, at both the Journalism and Engineering schools for a total of four semesters. Applicants must have academic backgrounds in computer science or in mathematics and engineering, have excellent writing skills and be familiar with the fundamentals of reporting.

Doctor of Philosophy in Communications

The Ph.D. in Communications offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the relationships between people and media in their cultural, social, political, historical, economic, and technological contexts. With the guidance of a faculty advisory committee drawn from the Journalism School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of International and Public Affairs, the Business School, and Teachers College, you craft individual courses of study drawing upon the university’s graduate resources in the humanities, the social and practical sciences, the arts, and the professional schools. The goal is to connect the strengths of the Columbia journalism tradition with the outstanding intellectual work in the humanities and human sciences elsewhere at the university in a way that enhances our understanding of media and journalism in society. The interdisciplinary program provides a unique preparation for students who wish to teach in colleges and universities, to conduct original research in communications, or to carry out policy or research work in government and industry.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS

Our continuing education seminars,

executive education, and fellowships offer

opportunities for experienced practitioners

and media executives to advance their

knowledge and expertise. These include:

• punch sulzberger program for executive leadership sulzbergerprogram.org

• the spencer Fellowship for education reporting www.journalism.columbia.edu/spencer

• the Knight-bagehot Fellowship www.journalism.columbia.edu/knight-bagehot

• columbia publishing course www.journalism.columbia.edu/publishing

At Columbia and in the kaleidoscopic metropolis that is New York City, you truly become a citizen of the world—with friends and connections on campus, across the city, and around the globe.

At school and on the beat

Student life at the Journalism School incorporates more than just course work. Our students study journalism through covering the intricate and diverse neighborhoods of New York City, with close guidance and mentoring from their professors. Students form intense bonds during their time at the School and often develop lifelong friendships with fellow students as well as with faculty. Every week, our students are invited to attend and participate in lectures, workshops, conferences, and receptions with leaders in journalism who visit the School. The student government is run through the University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the world’s largest journalism organization. Student officers organize events throughout the year, including field trips, panels, and community service projects.

Resources

The Stabile Student Center, completed in 2008, is the Journalism School’s social hub, with a café, computer work stations, teaching labs, conference rooms, and the school library. Technical resources at the School include more than 150 multi-media computers in labs, edit suites, and social areas; the Roone Arledge broadcast studio; a radio studio, and an equipment room housing hundreds of media production kits for photography, audio, video, and digital media. Computer labs offer Apple operating systems and media software suites such as Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Creative Suite Premium. Students also gain access to the university’s world-renowned library and other technological offerings, along with guidance from highly-trained university staff.

Life at Columbia and in NYC

NYC is Unparalleled

• New York is the ‘capital of the world’

for media, journalism, and just about

everything else—including the arts,

finance and international politics.

• Eight million people live in the City of

New York. Nearly 200 languages are

spoken daily, and there are dozens of

unique ethnic communities through-

out the city’s five boroughs.

• Morningside Heights, Columbia’s

home neighborhood, boasts an

impressive array of academic institu-

tions situated in the heart of Upper

Manhattan near historic Harlem,

Central Park and Riverside Park.

• New York’s famous 24/7 subway

system has a stop right outside

Columbia’s gates at 116th Street.

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Student work

Our students publish their work in a rich array of platforms throughout their time at the Journalism School, including columbiajournalist.org, the online student publication portal of the school; thebrooklynink.com and bronxink.org, online news sites dedicated to coverage of those boroughs; Columbia News Service, a wire service that publishes student features in dailies around the country through The New York Times News Service; “Columbia News Tonight,” the weekly spring television newscast produced by our students; and the digital media workshops, combining traditional reporting and writing skills with the best of online journalism. Opportunities also arise each year to publish work in a variety of special projects devoted to exploring particular issues or communities, especially those traditionally underserved by the news media. And, many students land their reporting in other publications, in New York City and beyond.

Career services

Our Career Services staff—all former journalists with strong industry connections in print, broadcast, and digital media— work closely with you to help you pursue the most meaningful jobs and internships in the U.S. and abroad. Students are invited to meet with a Career Services counselor for one-on-one consultations during the school year and are encouraged to attend weekly panels and workshops with guest editors and job-hunting strategy sessions hosted at the School. Our annual spring career expo is the biggest journalism job fair in the nation. This year, more than 200 recruiters and editors from 111 news organizations attended. The companies sought candidates for more than 250 full-time jobs, internships, fellowships and freelance positions. Our dynamic proprietary website, accessible only to Columbia students and alumni, includes guides, audio archives from past speakers, tips about job hunting, employer profiles, and a jobs database that is updated daily.

TOTAL ANTICIPATED STUDENT ENROLLMENT 2012–2013

272Master of Science (full time)

80Master of Science (part time)

9Master of Science Dual Degree

with Computer Science

59Master of Arts

32Doctor of Philosophy

DEMOGRAPHICS (FULL TIME)

International Students . . . 32%Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67%Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%Average Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

AMONG AMERICAN STUDENTS

Asian American . . . . . . . . . . 12%Black/African American . . 12%Latino/Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . 9%White/Caucasian . . . . . . . . 22%Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%Unreported . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%

APPLICATIONS FOR FULL-TIME STUDY 2012–2013

Master of scienceApplicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816Admits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Expected to Enroll . . . . . . . . 272

Master of artsApplicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Admits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Expected to Enroll . . . . . . . . . 59

doctor of philosophyApplicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Admits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Expected to Enroll . . . . . . . . . . 4

ALUMNI

10,506Total Living Alumni

1,126Alumni Living Overseas

COST OF ATTENDANCE 2012–2013

Master of scienceTuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,432Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,914Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,876TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,222

Master of science in computer science and Journalism

Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,480Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,914Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,876TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $78,270

Master of arts / ph.d.Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,992Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,914Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,466TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,372

ANTICIPATED SCHOLARSHIP / FELLOWSHIP FUNDING 2012–2013

Master of science$1,816,24267% of those who applied for scholarship aid received funding.

range of awards

$363 – $62,144

average award

$11,094

Master of science in computer science and Journalism

$261,325100% of those who applied for scholarship aid received funding.

range of awards

$36,438 – $56,514

average award

$35,060

Master of arts$1,615,05394% of those who applied for scholarship aid received funding.

range of awards

$3,036 – $74,572

average award

$31,668

doctor of philosophyAll entering doctoral students receive funding. They normally receive a tuition waiver for the first two or three years of course work, a stipend for the first three years of study, and medical coverage for several years of their studies. They are also eligible for research or teaching assistantships.

By the numbers

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Commitment to Diversity

The Graduate School of Journalism is committed to creating and supporting a community that is diverse in every way. We offer a curriculum as pluralistic and polyphonic as New York itself, and a community of scholars who embody this commitment to open discussion and debate. Diversity is one of the things that makes the Journalism School vibrant and exciting, and our students find a setting that allows them to explore diversity in a variety of ways, at a university that prides itself on serious intellectual inquiry and the exploration of diverse ideas. This is the transformative power of diversity in education: its ability to enrich the individual as it enriches the community and society as a whole.

DART CENTER

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, dedicated to informed, innovative and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy, provides training and resources for journalists and news organizations worldwide. dartcenter.org

DAvID AND HELEN GURLEY BROWN INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA INNOvATION

Thanks to the largest gift in its history, Columbia Journalism School will soon be home to the groundbreaking and bicoastal new David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Under the leadership of newly appointed director, Mark Hansen, faculty, fellows and researchers at the Institute will work closely with colleagues at Stanford University's Engineering School. Their goal is to foster journalistic innovation and use competitive grants to seed promising projects, while the J-School's historic Pulitzer Hall will host a high tech newsroom. Bridging America’s east and west coasts, the Brown Institute will cultivate working relationships with top business leaders and media companies to link its advances to the market. The Institute also will engage with students at Journalism and other Columbia schools to further understanding and innovation in media.

TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism, which opened in Fall 2010, offers students the skills, experience, and knowledge to become leaders in digital journalism and also serves as a research and development center for the profession as a whole. The Center explores how the development of technology is changing journalism, its practice and its consumption—particularly as consumers of news seek ways to judge the reliability, standards, and credibility of information. It also devises and publicizes innovative methods of digital reporting and presentation for both established media companies and new startups. The Center director, Emily Bell, oversees original scholarly research and explores a variety of new models by which news organizations can sustainably create and deliver high quality content to their audiences. The Tow Center recently accepted a $2 million grant from the Knight and Tow Foundations to explore best practices for maximizing the impact of digital news. towcenter.org

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

BAHRAIN

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHILE

CHINA

COLOMBIA

DENMARK

FRANCE

GERMANY

GHANA

GREECE

HAITI

INDIA

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

JAPAN

KENYA

MEXICO

NEPAL

NIGERIA

PAKISTAN

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

SINGAPORE

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH KOREA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

TAIWAN

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

TURKEY

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED KINGDOM

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED 2012–2013

✽✽ Pulitzer Prizes

✽✽ The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for Broadcast

✽✽ National Magazine Award

✽✽ The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes

✽✽ John B. Oakes Awards

✽✽ John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism

✽✽ Lukas Prize Project

✽✽ Mike Berger Award

✽✽ Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award

Journalism AwardsThe Journalism School administers many professional awards to uphold standards of excellence in the media, a tradition that Joseph Pulitzer began when he established the school and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia.

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