Event Archive |
Many distinguished professionals have visited the school and addressed our students. |
Listen to what they had to say. |
Changing Media Landscape, 2008 November 11, 2008 Columbia J-school's annual look at the media revolution, with several media influencers - and no Powerpoint! Columbia-Hearst Journalism Dialogues and the Columbia Journalism Alumni Association present: • Sewell Chan, blogger/editor, The New York Times "City Room" blog (from midtown) • Adriano Farano, executive editor, CafeBabel.com (from Paris) • Erica Smith, news designer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and "Paper Cuts" blog (from St. Louis) • Jacob Weisberg, chairman, Slate (from midtown) Tuesday, 6:30-9 pm (reception from 6:30-7 pm) |
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October 22, 2008 WERT 30th Anniversary Program The American Economy: How Is It Performing Both Nationally and Globally? Reception 5:30 p.m. ~ Program 6:00–7:30 p.m. Bloomberg News Headquarters 731 Lexington Avenue @ 58th St. Deadline for reservations Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Read more about the WERT event and participants |
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October 15, 2008 The speakers are the recipients of the 2008 Cabot Prizes, the most prestigious journalism prize for coverage of Latin America: • Carmen Aristegui Flores, CNN en Español and Reforma (Mexico) • Michael Smith, Bloomberg Markets • Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times • Gustavo Sierra, Clarín (Argentina) 5 to 7 p.m. The Journalism School, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall Read more about the Cabot Prizes 
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October 14, 2008 Prof. Bob Shapiro, from the Columbia Political Science department, and Matthew Dowd, ABC News political contributor, will talk about the use of polling in election coverage. 7-9 p.m. at the Columbia J-school Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor Read Robert Y. Shapiro's faculty bio |
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September 23, 2008 Farnaz Fassihi '99, The Wall Street Journal's senior Middle East correspondent, will discuss covering Iraq and the Middle East and her new book, Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq. More about the book Waiting for an Ordinary Day
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Investigative Reporting on Business and Finance September 20, 2008 Learn how to uncover the secrets of companies and corporations. Sponsored by Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and the Sullivan Foundation. Find out more about the conference |
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September 16, 2008 Prof. Thomas Edsall, political director of The Huffington Post and long-time Washington Post political reporter, will moderate a discussion between strategists from the Democratic and Republican sides. 7-9 p.m. at the Columbia J-school Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor Read Thomas Edsall's faculty bio See The Huffington Post Read more about this event
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September 10, 2008 Jim Sciutto, the London-based senior foreign correspondent of ABC News will discuss his new book, Against Us The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World, in the Lecture Hall at the Journalism School on Wednesday, Sept. 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. Learn more about Jim Sciutto Read more about Against Us
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August 29, 2008 New Academic Dean Bill Grueskin, in his first address to students, discusses trends in journalism. Read more about Bill Grueskin's lecture Read Bill Grueskin's faculty bio
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August 26, 2008 Joe Salvo and Frank Vardy of the New York City Planning Department talk about what information is available through their agency and how to access data on demographics. Read more about Joseph Salvo and Frank Vardy's talk
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August 25, 2008 Martin Smith spoke passionately about his travels to Pakistan and Iraq, just two of the 18 countries he's visited in his work for FRONTLINE, which specializes in in-depth reporting. "It's not luxurious or easy, but none of us are doing this to get rich," he told a packed Lecture Hall. Read more about FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith Read more about Martin Smith's J-School lecture
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August 20, 2008 An award-winning radio documentarian and the founder of StoryCorps, Isay delivers one of the most dynamic lectures of the academic year. More about StoryCorps More about Sound Portraits
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August 19, 2008 Prof. Dick Wald discusses Ethics in journalism and the Critical Issues curriculum. Read Richard Wald's faculty bio Read more about Dick Wald's lecture
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August 18, 2008 Prof. Sig Gissler, who teaches in the new media program and is administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, gave his annual “Covering Your Beat” lecture to the full-time M.S. students. See the “Covering Your Beat” PowerPoint slides Read Sig Gissler's faculty bio
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August 14, 2008 Shankar Vedantam speaks on his ground-breaking series of stories and columns for the Washington Post. He is an award-winning national correspondent at the Post, where writes the Department of Human Behavior column. Read his archive http://vedantam.com/
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August 11, 2008 Len Downie, the executive editor of The Washington Post, was the opening day speaker at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Read more about this event
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May 07, 2008 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Lecture Hall Registration is now closed. Read More |
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Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity May 01, 2008 The tenth annual workshop is a weekend-long event. Read more |
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April 24, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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April 23, 2008 Director of "Taxi to the Dark Side" and Executive Producer of "No End in Sight" 7 p.m. in The Stabile Student Center |
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April 23, 2008 Aleksei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief of Ekho Moskvy 7 to 8:30 p.m. in The Stabile Student Center From the coup attempt in 1991 to the elections in 2008, Russians have turned to radio station Ekho Moskvy for trusted, independent reporting. As press freedoms have diminished under President Vladimir Putin, Ekho Moskvy has maintained its independent voice, offering listeners a rich variety of news and views to counter the increasingly Kremlin-controlled media. Aleksei Venediktov is the station's editor-in-chief and the driving force behind its powerful and provocative journalism. On April 24, the day after this talk, Venediktov will receive the Overseas Press Club's Artyom Borovik Award for "outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, and independence of thought." This event is sponsored by The Journalism School at Columbia and the Committee to Protect Journalists. |
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Panel on Covering Victims of Violence, Crime and Trauma April 23, 2008 Hosted by Laura Muha, Academic Affairs Administrator, and Professor Jon Alpert 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the World Room |
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The Week April 17, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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April 16, 2008 Hosted by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Panel 7 p.m. in the World Room |
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President & CEO, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. April 10, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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April 03, 2008 Brian Storm, president Mediastorm Brian Storm is one of the most influential multimedia journalists working today. MediaStorm, his multimedia production studio, has revolutionized the way media outlets deal with online news and production. Earlier, he spent two years as a vice president for news and multimedia at Corbis, a digital media agency founded and owned by Bill Gates. He first made his mark in journalism when he was director of multimedia at MSNBC.com from 1995-2002, where he was responsible for the audio, photography and video elements of the site. Storm created “The Week in Pictures" and "Picture Stories" to showcase visual journalism in new media.
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March 27, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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and the future of journalism March 26, 2008 Read more by visiting the Columbia Journalism Review.
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A.J. Liebling: World War II Writings March 24, 2008 Read more by visiting the Columbia Journalism Review.
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March 13, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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March 06, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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March 03, 2008 The Knight-Bagehot Alumni Committee presents Political Capital: The Economy in an Election Year, a talk with Gail Collins, New York Times, and Al Hunt, Bloomberg News, on Monday, March 3 at Bloomberg News headquarters, 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. Refreshments: 6 to 7 p.m. Panel discussion: 7 to 8 p.m. Moderator: Bill Glasgall, Bloomberg News. Attendance is free, but you must RSVP to knightbagehot@gmail.com by February 19. Questions? Contact Greg Farrell of the Knight Bagehot Alumni Committee. |
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February 28, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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Delacorte Lecture with Richard Stengel, editor, TIME February 21, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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February 14, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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February 07, 2008 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall
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December 06, 2007 Ann Curry has been a news anchor on NBC News' “Today” show for the past 10 years and a "Dateline NBC" co-anchor since 2005. She has reported from Lebanon, Pakistan, Chad, Sudan, Bosnia and Iraq, and on December 4, she spoke to an audience of students at the J-School. Read the full news story
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December 06, 2007 The BBC held a debate at the school on December 3 as part of its "Free to Speak" series, which marks the 75 anniversary of BBC World Service. The series examines issues of free speech and the media. The panel included journalist Judith Miller, who was jailed for refusing to testify in the Valerie Plame case; Catherine MacKinnon, professor of law at the University of Michigan, who specializes in sex equality issues; libel lawyer John Walsh; First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams; and WNYC's Brian Lehrer. Read more about the BBC's debate. |
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December 03, 2007 "Meeting Resistance," a documentary film on the war in Iraq, was screened in the Lecture Hall.Students and faculty members from across campus, alumni, and international affairs buffs sat in rapt attention while watching the film, which vividly portrays the everyday Iraqi citizens' response to the occupation of their war-torn country. The documentary covers a period starting at the beginning of the U.S. led coalition's occupation of Iraq through the spring of 2004. After the screening, the filmmakers, producer, and viewers stayed for a lengthy Q&A session that spared no punches on either side. See a list of screenings that are scheduled across the country: www.meetingresistance.com photo/Rebecca Castillo |
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November 13, 2007 A panel discussion addressed the current state of the news industry. Speakers included:
View the Webcast produced by GroundReport.com |
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Make It News: A Symposium on Poetry and Journalism November 08, 2007 In the first of a series of collaborations between the Journalism School and the Poetry Foundation, two panels pondered what makes poetry newsworthy and what makes news poetic. Panelists examined past and current poetry coverage in an attempt to predict its future. The second discussion focused on what poets and journalists can learn from each other. The guest speakers were
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Reporting Iraq November 01, 2007 A roundtable on the journalism of the war, featuring four professionals who covered it. Led by NPR’s Deborah Amos, presented by Columbia Journalism Review Just after the invasion in 2003, reporters could go almost anywhere and talk to almost anyone. Then, slowly, everything changed.
Presented by Columbia Journalism Review in celebration of the publication of its book, Reporting Iraq: An Oral History of the War by the Journalists Who Covered It. Reporting Iraq, the CJR book and panel were the topic of the Charlie Rose Show on October 25. For more information: mlw2134@columbia.edu
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October 30, 2007 Ken Burns, a 30-year veteran documentary film director and producer, visited the school to discuss his newest film, "The War," a seven-part series about the Second World War that relays the stories of 43 American men and women. Read more... More on Ken Burns by Magazine student Lauren Harrison ’08
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October 23, 2007 An insider's perspective on covering the nation's capitol and the Bush presidency. Panelists:
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September 25, 2007 The Poliak Lecture is delivered annually by a special guest speaker. It is one of the activities of the Poliak Center for First Amendment Issues at the Journalism School. This year's speaker is Ron Suskind '83, author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine." Read the student report of the event Learn more about the Poliak Center.
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A conversation with Bob Moses and Dean Nicholas Lemann November 30, 2006 To celebrate the new Andrew Goodman Scholarship for Coverage of Civil Rights By the Goodman Family, Bob Moses, civil rights leader, President and Founder of Algebra Project Inc., spoke with Dean Nicholas Lemann before an audience of faculty and students.
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September 28, 2006 David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker introduced Sheila Coronel, Director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. President Lee Bollinger and Dean Nicholas Lemann also made remarks.
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December 14, 2004
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December 10, 2004
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