History
The CUNY Board of Trustees approved the Graduate School of Journalism's creation in May 2004. Proposed by CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, the school was to focus on teaching reporting skills and news values at a time when other journalism schools were emphasizing education in academic disciplines such as political science and statistics.
After a search that weighed dozens of journalists and educators, former BusinessWeek editor-in-chief Stephen B. Shepard was chosen as the school's first dean. Goldstein and Shephard had worked together before; as head of CUNY's research foundation, Goldstein helped BusinessWeek formulate its business school rankings in the 1980s. Former New York Daily News editor Pete Hamill was also among those considered.
The school admitted its first class, comprising 57 students, in the fall of 2006. Dean Baquet, former editor of The Los Angeles Times, spoke at the school's first graduation ceremony in December 2007 and received an honorary degree. Veteran broadcast journalist Bill Moyers addressed students at the school's second graduation a year later.
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