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Commencement 2007

May 16, 2007

2007 Class (large printable image)


Dana Priest


2007 Berger Award Winner - Abigail Tucker


Ben Bradlee and Nick Lemann at Commencement
Photos/John Smock

In addition to the honors and awards garnered by our students at commencement, they were treated to inspiring and enthusiastic words from guest speakers. In addition to commencement honorees, Ernest Scheyder,'07, has been selected to receive the 2007 SPJ Deadline Club Scholarship and the 2007 Abbott Memorial Scholarship. He will receive both awards at the annual SPJ dinner on June 21.

During the Journalism Day celebration on May 15, students and faculty gathered to hear Dana Priest, national security correspondent of the Washington Post, talk about her work and offer advice to the new crop of journalists.
Read the transcript of Dana Priest's talk

When her talk was completed, the Mike Berger Award was presented to this year's winner, Abigail Tucker, of the Baltimore Sun.
Read A Daughter's Difficult Journey, a story by Abigail Tucker

This was followed by the presentation of student awards.

At the commencement ceremony on May 16, Ben Bradlee, vice-president at large of The Washington Post, received the school's highest honor, the Columbia Journalism Award. His inspiring address was received by students and parents.
Ben Bradlee's commencement address

Pulitzer Traveling Fellowships & Eibel for the top six students in the Class of 2007:

Pulitzer Traveling Fellowships
Vidya Ram
Dan Charnas
Susan James
Dorian Merina
Emily Voigt

David Marcus Eibel Award
Christie Nicholson

Students Graduating with honors:

Best M.A. Thesis
Julia Mead

Finalists
Justine Sharrock
Scott Dodd

Nona Balakian Award for Literary Criticism
Rafael Valero

Richard Blood Scholarship
Lisa Desai

Sevellon Brown Award
Julia Mead

Philip Greer Award
Jason Del Rey

Robert Harron Award
David Ressel

Fred M. Hechinger Journalism Education Award
Angela Hokanson and Justin Nobel

Horgan Prizes for Excellence in Critical Science Writing
First Place: Emily Voigt
Second Place: Margaret Ballantyne, Jacoba Charles
Third Place: Domenico Montanaro, Ann Venesky, Lora Wallace

Christopher Light Editing Prize
Annie Correal

Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing
Lauren McSherry and Dan Charnas

Melvin Mencher Award
Sarah Brown

Lars-Erik Nelson Prize
Christina Brouwer

Sackett Award
Dan Charnas

Leslie Rachel Sander Social Justice Award
Lily Jamali, Mary Catherine Brouder, Kate McCarthy

Henry N. Taylor Award
Archie Bland and Lorenzo Morales

Louis Winnick Prize
Gregory Beyer

Richard T. Baker Bronx Beat Award
Charis Anderson

Richard T. Baker Columbia News Service Award
Chris Twarowski

Richard T. Baker Magazine Award
Ayub Nuri

Literary Criticism Award
Megan Garber

New Media Workshop Award
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and Paul Suwan

Photojournalism Award
Amanda Rivkin

Television News Magazine Workshop Award
Kate McCarthy

Nightly News Workshop Award
Mary Catherine Brouder and Nick Meidanis

Radio Workshop Award
Jennifer Collins

Television Documentary Workshop Award
Smiriti Aggarwal and Shahar Smooha

James A. Wechsler Award for International Reporting
Clint Hendler

James A. Wechsler Award for National Reporting
Daniel Weiss

James A. Wechsler Award for Local Reporting
Betty Yu