Your second education: Exploring New York City
Student life at the Journalism School is not strictly about class work. The school regularly hosts lecture series, workshops, conferences and receptions. The school’s Stabile Student Center serves as a social hub for students and includes a café, workstations, teaching labs, conference rooms and the school library.
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 active participation from the student body. Events include parties, field trips, panels and community service projects.
In addition, the board serves as the official liaison to the faculty on student matters.
Student Associations
Students interested in joining the student interest groups or Columbia chapters of national associations should contact the student representative or faculty adviser listed here.
Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Association
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Shahrzad Rasekh, Co-President; Nora Zaim-Sassi, Co-President.
- Advisers: Melanie Huff & Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Asian American Journalists Association
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Harrison Tsui, President; Rachel Lim, Vice President;
- Adviser: Duy Linh Tu
National Association of Black Journalists
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Ariana Cobb, President; Chioma Nwana, Vice President.
- Adviser: John Haskins
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Isabella Garcia--Mendez, President; Jordan Coll, Vice President.
- Adviser: Daniel Alarcon & Nina Alvarez
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Jordan Gonsalves, President; Claire Caulfield, Vice President.
- Adviser: Mark Hansen
South Asian Journalists Association
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Sheetal Banchariya, Co-President; Pooja Chaudhuri, Co-President; Nikita Vashisth, Co-President; Aayushmita Bhattacharjee, Vice President.
- Adviser: Anusha Shrivastava
Society of Professional Journalists
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Niroja Arulananthan, President; Vaidik Trivedi, Vice President.
- Adviser: Rebecca Castillo
Columbia Journalism School Women in Media
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Sanjana Bhambhani, President; Sara Levine, Vice President.
- Adviser: Joanne Faryon
African Journalists Association
- Columbia J-School Chapter: Mariama Jallow, President
- Adviser: TBA
Columbia Journalism Alliance of Journalists with Disabilities
- Columbia J‐School Chapter: Leslie A. Zukor, President; Heather Smith, Vice President.
- Adviser: Chanel Roche
Columbia Journalism Climate Reporters Network
- Columbia J‐School Chapter: Lue Boileau, Co-President; Nina Dietz, Co-President; Daniel Shailer, Vice President.
- Adviser: Marguerite Holloway
Explore New York
Reporting on neighborhoods across New York City immerses Journalism School students in the city’s diversity of cultures. 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 and learning in New York City is an experience that can be replicated in few places on earth.
Columbia students have free access or discounts to many museums and cultural events through the University’s Arts Initiative. See Exploring New York City for other guides to the vast opportunities for work and play in the city.
