CJS2030

Reporting begins here.

Columbia Journalism School has been a preeminent institution for over a century — and continues to invest in the industry by focusing on five major areas over the next decade.

Even as the industry is grappling with many difficulties, journalism is seeing an unprecedented level of innovation.

Dean Jelani Cobb

The pillars of CJS2030 are integrated in every facet of the school, from curriculum to Centers and career development. Learn how at each of the pages below.

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AI Initiative

Researching and developing tools to be on the cutting edge of the industry.

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Mstyslav Chernov at the 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards.
Democracy Initiative

Strengthening the fourth estate with rigorous, ethical and compelling journalism.

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Climate Initiative

Training the next generation of reporters to cover the most pressing issue of our time.

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Dean Jelani Cobb celebrating the first anniversary of the Loan Repayment Assistance Program, supporting graduates who work in nonprofit newsrooms.
Access Initative

Opening doors to the profession: journalism relies upon, and is improved by, perspectives and people from a variety of backgrounds.

CJS2030 News

Their reporting across three different categories underlines the vital role high-quality nonprofit journalism can play in various communities.

After awarding more than $300,000 with LRAP, the School is now eliminating application fees.

We express our concern and disappointment at The Wall Street Journal’s decision to terminate reporter Selina Cheng.

As one of three winners, Foust will focus on underreported communities and the juvenile correctional system as a fellow at

This grant will support research on climate change and fisheries in New England in collaboration with Boston’s WBUR public radio. 

As a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford University’s School of Engineering, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation awa

One year ago, Dean Jelani Cobb and Columbia Journalism School launched the pilot Loan Repayment Assistance Program, the first of its kind for gradu

Reporters from The Washington Post and the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO & ProPublica have won the 2024 Berger Award and

The Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce its 2024 fellowship winners — journalists who will pursue reportin

Alex Mierjeski, ’17 M.S. Data Journalism, shares the National Reporting award with other staff members at ProPublica.

Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, will be the journalism school’s in-house expert for topics related to clim