Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. It is the only journalism school in the Ivy League; it awards the Pulitzer Prize and duPont-Columbia Award; co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and it publishes the Columbia Journalism Review. The School is located in Journalism Hall on the campus of Columbia University.

New Dean and Curriculum Changes

More recently, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger suspended the search for a new Dean in 2003 and formed a committee to re-evaluate the School?s core mission, which many had derided for being too centered on craft at the expense of theory. Following an uprising by students, alumni and faculty, an overhaul of the program was dropped and the MA program was created.

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In April 2003 University President Lee Bollinger announced that Nicholas Lemann, prominent author and Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker Magazine would become the next dean of the journalism school. Lemann was a part of Bollinger's task force and a strong proponent of the new MA program.

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Lee Bollinger - Nicholas Lemann - The New Yorker

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