Hearst Digital Media Programs
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has generously underwritten two major new media initiatives at the Journalism School. They bring working professionals to the school multiple times a year in various settings to interact with our students.
Columbia Journalism Dialogues
The Journalism School examines the changing media industry, with an emphasis on digital media and online journalism. This is meant to be a different kind of panel, with a real conversation among the participants and no Powerpoint in sight. This annual program will invite new speakers each year to assess - and track - the changes taking place all around us.
Hearst Digital Media Professional-in-Residence
The Hearst Digital Media Professional-in-Residence is appointed each calendar year to participate in the educational activities of the school. The Hearst Professional is typically a senior journalist who works at the highest levels of the industry. He or she participates in classes and programs, critiques student work, and delivers an annual lecture to the school and the New York digital media community in April. The appointment has been made possible by a generous gift from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Columbia welcomes nominations for this position. Please contact Sree Sreenivasan.
The professionals-in-residence have been, in reverse chronological order: Rebecca MacKinnon, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation and "Consent of the Networked" author; Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News (2011); Steven Berlin Johnson, noted digital media expert and author (2010); Kenneth Lerer, Huffington Post’s chairman and co-founder (2009); Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm and former lead multimedia producer, MSNBC.com (2008); Adrian Holovaty, former editorial innovations editor, WashingtonPost.com (2007); Dan Gillmor, Center for Citizen Media (2006); Neal Scarbrough, former editor-in-chief, ESPN.com (2005); Jack Shafer, Pressbox columnist, Slate (2004); Michael Moran, director of special projects, MSNBC.com (2003); Rich Jaroslovsky, former managing editor, WSJ.com (2002); and Dan Okrent, former editor-at-large, Time Inc (2001).
Hearst New Media Lecture 2012
April 19, 2012
“Collateral Damage: News Organizations, Free Speech and the Internet” by Rebecca MacKinnon (@RMack), author of “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom” and Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation
Hearst Changing Media Landscape 2011
November 8, 2011
A annual panel discussion on the current revolutions in journalism featuring Leila Cobo,
Derek Dingle, Vadim Lavrusik, Mark Miller, Angela Morgenstern and Jai Singh
Moderated by Sree Sreenivasan
Krishna Bharat: Hearst New Media Lecture
April 7, 2011
Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News, delivers the annual Hearst Lecture.
Steven Berlin Johnson: Hearst New Media Lecture
April 22, 2010
Steven Berlin Johnson, noted digital media expert and author, is the 2009 Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at the Journalism School. Here, Johnson delivers the annual Hearst lecture.
The Changing Media Landscape 2009
November 16, 2009
The 2009 panel included:
- Julia Angwin, Wall Street Journal technology editor and columnist; author, "Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America"
- John Borthwick, CEO of Betaworks, a new media company that builds, and invests in real-time Web companies, including bit.ly, Twitter, TweetDeck, Tumblr, Outside.in and gdgt
- Alan Levy, founder, BlogTalkRadio.com, an internet-radio network offering free call-in talk shows, and Cinchcast.com, a new tool for micro-podcasting
- David Mathison, author, "Be The Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your Message... Your Way" and former vice president for global syndication for Reuters
- Jennifer Preston, first (and current) social media editor of New York Times and former New York Times reporter, editor and newsroom manager
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"How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here" By Ken Lerer
April 23, 2009
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Ken Lerer is the co-founder and chairman of The Huffington Post and the 2008-09 Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at the school.
The 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)
Hearst New Media Lecture: Brian Storm
April 3, 2008
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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The Changing Media Landscape 2007
November 13, 2007
A panel discussion addressed the current state of the news industry. Speakers included:
- Josh Cohen, business product manager, Google News
- Hossein "Hoder" Derakhshan, an Iranian-born blogger, journalist, and Internet activist
- Jonathan Dube '97, director of digital programming, CBC, Toronto, www.jondube.com
- Andrew Lih, author of a new book on Wikipedia and an expert on Chinese media, www.andrewlih.com
- Mindy McAdams, new media education pioneer and Knight professor at the University of Florida, www.mindymcadams.com
- Michael Rogers, resident futurist, The New York Times, michaelrogers.com
- Sreenath Sreenivasan, dean of students, Columbia Journalism School and WNBC-EV tech reporter
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Adrian Holovaty
April 19, 2007
Adrian Holovaty, editor of editorial innovations at washingtonpost.com, 2007 Hearst New Media Lecturer at Columbia and one of the most exciting and influential young minds in journalism (bio).
The Changing Media Landscape 2006
November 14, 2006
Panelists: Bill Grueskin, editor, WSJ.com; Michelle Leder of Footnoted.org; Kevin Sites, correspondent, Yahoo's Kevin Sites in the Hotzone; Rex Smith, editor of the Albany Times Union; and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
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E&P's Anna Crane
NewAssignment.net's Ahmed Eldin
Poynter.org's Adam Glenn
Former NBC producer Mark Westin's audio blog
Reports and get podcasts from Poynter.org
Footnoted.org
Dan Gillmor - Trends in New Media
The Changing Media Landscape 2005
November 6, 2005
Panel Discussion with Craig Newmark and four veteran journalists included Len Apcar, editor in chief, NYTimes.com; Craig Newmark, founder, craigslist; Andrea Panciera, editor, ProJo.com; Jeff Gralnick, NBC News special consultant; and James Taranto. The discussion was moderated by Professor Sree Sreenivasan, dean of students, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Read more on the Poynter.org site and download the podcast
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