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Explore a century of reporting from the Columbia Journalism community.

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as it happened — and as it unfolds today.

A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Covering the conflict from Gaza to Campus

Columbia Journalism School alumni reported on the Israel–Hamas War for major news organizations around the world. On the Morningside Heights campus, students documented the impact of the conflict on Columbia students in Spring 2024.

Street-level view of the New York Stock Exchange building, prominently displaying a large American flag on its facade. — A series by CJS alumni covering the roots and impact of several corporate scandals that became symbolic of the modern gilded age (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times).

Scandals on Wall Street

David Wessel, '81 M.S., Laurie Cohen, '82 M.S., Mark Maremont, '83 M.S., Theo Francis, '97 M.S., and Julia Angwin, '99 M.S., shared a Pulitzer Prize for a Wall Street Journal series on scandals that became symbolic of the modern age. Read their work.

20 Days in Mariupol

Raney Aronson-Rath, ’95 M.S., produced "20 Days in Mariupol," an Oscar-winning film documenting Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Two priests escorted by a security guard. — Alumni uncovered how the Catholic Church allowed abuse by priest for years (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe).

The 2002 Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal

For The Boston Globe, Eileen McNamara, '76 M.S., exposed decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and efforts to cover it up — reporting that inspired the Oscar-winning film Spotlight. Learn more.

Waterfall in a rainforest — John Quiñones won an Emmy for his coverage of rainforest preservation in the Congo (Photo by Zack Seckler/Corbis).

Protecting the Rainforest

John Quiñones, '79 M.S., won an Emmy for his ABC “Primetime” report on biologist Michael Fay, who is working to create a national preserve and protect wildlife in the rainforests of the Congo. See his work.

The Obama Election

Suzanne Malveaux, '91 M.S., chronicled the 2008 election of the first African American U.S. President.

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More Stories That Made History

Front page of the New York Times with the headline "Men Walk on Moon."

John Noble Wilford's story on the moon landing on the front page of the July 21, 1969 New York Times (New York Times Web Archive).

Landing on the Moon

John Noble Wilford, ’62 M.S., covered Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk on July 21, 1969, with a front-page story in The New York Times.

View from inside a World War II landing craft looking toward the beaches of Normandy

Three days after the first Allied landing in France, Liebling was in the wardroom of an LCIL (Landing Craft, Infantry, Large) off the Normandy coast. (Photo: Robert F. Sargent/U.S. Coast Guard)

D-Day

A.J. Liebling, '25 M.S., covered World War II extensively and was with the Allies when they stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day. A critic called Liebling’s account for the New Yorker a “finished masterpiece of reportage.”

A man in military uniform stands on a balcony holding a red flag, overlooking a large crowd gathered below.

The downfall of the USSR, covered by CJS alumni (Reuters/Corbis).

Fall of the USSR

Stuart Loory, '58 M.S., of CNN and Ann Imse, '76 M.S., of the Associated Press drew upon reporting by themselves and American and Russian colleagues to craft a portrait of a superpower’s downfall.