A team of experienced journalists guiding students to be competitive in the job market.
One‐on‐one advising, a full calendar of career workshops and events, an annual Career Expo and extensive professional development resources.
Interested in seeing results for yourself?
Explore where the Class of 2025 landed in their careers.
Recent Career Development Events
J-School alumni volunteer their time to provide career advice to current students.
Sessions of mock interviews to train students entering the job market.
Groups of alumni visit the J-School to network and connect with students.
Attending one of the View from the Trenches events organized by the Office of Career Development taught me how to distinguish myself from the applicant pool.
100+ News Organizations Visit Each Academic Year
A Special Thank You to 2026 Career Week Employers From
Dean Jelani Cobb
Career Development
Looking for an internship or job?
Columbia Journalism School students and alumni can access 12twenty to look for opportunities by logging in to https://columbiajournalism.12twenty.com/SignUp/Student.
This resource is exclusively for students and alumni of CJS.
Questions? Reach Associate Dean Anusha Shrivastava at [email protected].
The Office of Career Development also posts internship and job leads in the closed LinkedIn groups for alumni.
For a full list of the LinkedIn groups, visit: https://journalism.columbia.edu/alumni
Columbia Exclusive Fellowships and Internships
Every year, Columbia Journalism School graduating students have the opportunity to compete for a range of exclusive, paid, post‐graduate fellowships and internships. These include reporting and editing media research fellowships based at the Journalism School and a number of other fellowships at some of the most prestigious news organizations in the U.S. and overseas.
These exclusive opportunities include fellowships at Columbia Journalism Review and internships at member newsrooms of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), and several other fellowships and internships in the news industry such as ABC News, BBC, Frontline and other companies. Opportunities evolve every year.
In addition, graduating students also have the chance to apply for fellowships from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting to fund short-term reporting projects.
For Students
Whether you are coming straight from college, changing professions or seeking to redirect or accelerate your journalism career, the Office of Career Development will help you plan your job hunt.
For Employers
The Office of Career Development works throughout the year to connect employers with our students and alumni for paid internships, freelance opportunities and jobs. We offer several resources for employers including:
- Free accounts on 12twenty, our password‐protected job listing database
- Meet the Media: brown bag sessions with students
- Interview days on campus and virtually
- Promoting jobs and internships to students and alumni
- Career Expo: an opportunity to network with the largest journalism job fair in the country
Employers who would like to connect with the Office of Career Development or meet J-School students are encouraged to email Shumaisa Rehman-Nabi, assistant director of Career Development.
For Alumni
Columbia students benefit from a vast and loyal alumni network like no other in journalism. J-school alumni occupy many top jobs in newsrooms and frequently “pay it forward” by reaching out to their alma mater to fill positions. More recent alumni are also generous in offering guidance and connections. Throughout your time at Columbia, you’ll develop career-building skills and networks that will help you for years to come.
Alumni have access to a variety of career resources online.
If you are an alum who is a hiring editor or producer and want to advertise opportunities or interview students for jobs and paid internships, we welcome you to post on 12twenty, our free career management database, or contact Career Development. See Information for Employers.
Career Week
We are thrilled to share that the 2026 Career Week at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism was a tremendous success — and it would not have been possible without you.
By the Numbers:
- Hiring managers and journalists representing over 150 news organizations participated
- We hosted about 1,100 one-on-one meetings between hiring managers and students
- In addition, we had nearly 30 webinars and multiple group events.
What Employers are Saying:
“It’s like speed dating—15 minute interviews back to back with a waiting list for those who could not get a timeslot—and yet the hours flew by. Each student [was] more impressive than the last at today’s career day at the Columbia University School of Journalism. I wish we could hire them all!”
-Pam Huling, Chief Revenue Officer, Blue Chalk Media
“Just concluded an inspiring visit to Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism, where I had the opportunity to meet some of the most impressive young journalists. A special thank you to Anusha Shrivastava and her team for hosting and bringing together such a remarkable gathering of talent.”
-Leon Tucker, Director of Newsroom Recruitment, USA TODAY Co.
"Thanks for inviting me to speak last week. Your students are brilliant. They had fascinating thoughts, questions, and reflections. It makes me very happy for the future of our industry to hear their dedication to carrying on the mission of journalism. They asked deep questions that really shows they're thinking critically about what we do.” -Marcus Harun, Producer, NBC News Daily
"The students were really great and impressive, and honestly all of the conversations could have easily gone on for longer. It was a great, personable group and I was glad to meet them." -Dan Greene, Senior Fact Checker, The New Yorker
What Students are Saying:
"WHAT A WEEK! Thank you all for organising and coordinating this hybrid expo. It was brilliant to meet so many employers and newsrooms one-to-one, in the webinars, and in the group sessions. Let’s go get a career!”
-Mabel Pickering, M.S. '26
“So well organized!” -Oliver Hall, M.S. '26
“I wanted to offer my profound gratitude for the work you and your team put into organizing this impressive list of attendees. Each meeting was incredibly fruitful. I look forward to building on these relationships in the months and years to come. I truly feel like this is the beginning of the next phase of my career and I can't thank you enough for paving the way with these Career Week 1-on-1s.” -Tara García Mathewson, Spencer Fellow
“[There was] a variety of employers — there was something for everyone.”
-Neville Bhandara, M.A., Arts and Culture '26
Please mark your calendars for next year’s Career Expo:
SAVE THE DATE
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Career Expo
Friday, March 26, 2027 (in-person) and Saturday, March 27, 2027 (virtual)
Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Questions? Reach Associate Dean Anusha Shrivastava at [email protected].
Our Commitment
We believe that every Columbia student is uniquely talented, and we are committed to helping each student launch and achieve their individual goals. Our personalized career guidance covers all facets of the job hunt, from writing resumes and cover letters, to developing interview skills, finding mentors and negotiating equitable salaries, to understanding news media companies and what they’re looking for in job and internship candidates.
We encourage all efforts to end discrimination of any kind in hiring practices, promotions, beat assignments and other areas of newsroom management in the media. We promise to uphold principles of anti-racism, inclusion and equal treatment in our offices and to communicate these values to employers.
The Office of Career Development trains, supports and advocates for every student regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, geography, religion, disability, academic and extracurricular interest, family circumstance, sexual orientation, gender-identity or socio-economic background.
Meet the team
Associate Dean
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Assistant Director
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Career Counselor
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Contact us
Need help with 12Twenty, recruiting or registering for the Career Expo? Contact Associate Dean Anusha Shrivastava at [email protected].