Student Life
Students study journalism in the classroom, but also by covering diverse neighborhoods of New York City with close guidance and mentoring from their professors. Students form intense bonds during their time at the school. Students are often invited to attend and participate in lectures, workshops, conferences, and receptions with journalists who visit the school. The school's 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, panel discussions, and community service projects.
The Stabile Student Center, completed in 2008, includes a café, computer workstations, teaching labs, conference rooms, and the school library. Technical resources at the school include more than 150 multimedia computers in laboratories and edit suites, the Roone Arledge broadcast studio, a radio studio, and an equipment room housing hundreds of media production kits for photography, audio and video.
Students publish their work in an array of platforms throughout the year, including ColumbiaJournalist.org, the online student publication of the school; Bronx Beat, a student-run weekly newspaper; 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 students; and NYC24, a web site produced by the new media workshops, combining traditional reporting and writing skills with online journalism.
The Knight Case Studies Initiative aims to enhance the way journalism is taught in the U.S. and abroad by giving teachers and professionals new tools with which to work. The goal is to train students to think like newsroom managers and news industry leaders.
The career services staff—all former journalists with industry connections in print, broadcast, and online media—work with students to help them pursue jobs and internships. The annual spring career expo is one of the biggest journalism job fairs in the country, with more than 150 recruiters and editors attending. Career services web pages, accessible only to Columbia students and alumni, offer information about job hunting, and a jobs database updated daily.
The continuing education seminars and fellowships offer opportunities for experienced journalists and media executives to advance their knowledge and expertise. These include: The Punch Sulzberger News Media Executive Leadership Program, Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship, The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, and the Columbia Publishing Course.
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