Attention: Your browser does not support Javascript or you have disabled JavaScript. JavaScript is used to open the link in a pop-up window.
Student_life

Student Life

Life in New York City is an exploration and education that can be replicated in few places on earth.

Student life at Columbia Journalism School is not strictly about class work. The school is a regular host to lecture series, workshops, conferences and receptions. The school’s Stabile Student Center serves as a social hub for students with a newly renovated space that includes a café, work stations, teaching labs, conference rooms and the school library. The Student Affairs and Career Services offices are also located in this wing of the building.

Student Government

The student government of the Journalism School is run through the university chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the world's largest journalism organization. An elected board of student officers organizes events throughout the school year with the active participation from the student body. Events include parties, field trips, panels and community service projects.

Studentlife_side
Students enjoy a night out on the Upper West Side. Photo/Rebecca Castillo

In addition, the board serves as the official liaison to the faculty on student matters. For more information, e-mail spj@columbia.edu.

Columbia Journalism School
Student Associations

Students interested in developing local chapters or liaising with a national journalism association are encouraged to contact us at dos@jrn.columbia.edu

Students interested in joining the student interest groups or Columbia chapters of national associations should contact the student representative or faculty adviser listed below. While we encourage membership to the national organizations, it is not something we require.

Ameja
 

Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter

Essaid Salim, chapter president
Advisor: TBD
http://www.ameja.org/


 

 


Asia American Journalists Assoc.
Aaja
Columbia J-School Chapter
Seth Berkman, chapter president
Advisor: Duy Linh Tu
http://www.aaja.org/

Nabj
 

National Assoc. of Black Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Tracy Jarrett, chapter president
Advisor: Howard French
http://cuabj.wordpress.com/


Nahj
 

National Assoc. of Hispanic Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Joshua Peguero, chapter president
Advisor: Elena Cabral
http://cunahj.wordpress.com/


Nlgja
 

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter
Sharyn Jackson, chapter president 
Advisor: Leon Braswell
lb2545@columbia.edu

Saja
 

South Asian Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter

Sumit Galhotra, chapter president
Advisor: Sree Sreenivasan
saja@columbia.edu

Spj
 

Society of Professional Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Jake Heller, chapter president
Advisor: Kenan Davis
spj@columbia.edu
http://spj.jrn.columbia.edu/

New York, New York

Journalism students' reporting is informed by living in New York City. From the Dominican bodegas of Manhattan’s Washington Heights to the Hasidic synagogues of Brooklyn’s Borough Park, from the Irish soccer leagues of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to the Guyanese chutney clubs of Richmond Hill, Queens, living here is an exploration and education that can be replicated in few places on earth.

Read more...
CU Arts Initiative
CU EATS
Exploring New York City
MTA - Public Transportation
NYC.GOV
Prof. Sam Freedman on New York City


Contact the Admissions Office

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2950 Broadway (at 116th St.)
Room 203 (lobby)
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-8608
admissions@jrn.columbia.edu