Columbia Journalism School Statement in Support of The Associated Press

The White House ban against The Associated Press is an assault on the First Amendment and undermines the free press in the United States. News organizations should not be penalized or barred from covering public events and officials in retaliation for editorial decisions. Denying access to working journalists as punishment for editorial standards sets a terrible precedent. Columbia Journalism School stands with The Associated Press and other press organizations in calling for their access to be restored. 

Signed,

Jelani Cobb, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism

Lisa R. Cohen, Director, duPont-Columbia Awards

Sara Silver, Adjunct Associate Professor

Sally W. Herships, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism and Director, Audio Program

Alisa Solomon, Professor and Director, Arts Concentration, M.A. Program

Sean Gregory, Adjunct Professor

Duy Linh Tu, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Professional Practice

Jessica Bruder, Adjunct Associate Professor

Jacob Kushner, Visiting Assistant Professor

Winnie O’Kelley, Bloomberg Professor of Professional Practice

Samuel Freedman, Professor

Gina Boubion-Ryan, Director, Office of Career Development

Alyza Enriquez, Adjunct Associate Professor

Robe Imbriano, Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Journalism and Director, Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights

Sheila Coronel, Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism and Director, Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism

Aida Alami, James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues

Margaret Sullivan, Executive Director, Newmark Center

Judith Matloff, Adjunct Professor and Senior Safety Advisor, Dart Center

Sean Campbell, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jonathan Soma, John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Professional Practice in Data Journalism and Director, Data Degree Program

Dale Maharidge, Professor

Abi Wright, Executive Director, Professional Prizes

David Hajdu, Professor

Meghnad Bose, Reporter and Delacorte Fellow, Columbia Journalism Review

Sacha Biazzo, Reporter and Delacorte Fellow, Columbia Journalism Review

Melissa O’Keeffe, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Human Resources

Jonathan Weiner, Professor

Kaitlin Balasaygun, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Amy Singer, Adjunct Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship

Paula Span, Adjunct Professor

Randi Hutter Epstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director,  Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and Adjunct Professor

Ari L. Goldman, Professor Emeritus

Jake Price, Adjunct Professor, Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Charles W. Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor

Helen Benedict, Professor

Andie Tucher, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of Journalism and Director, Ph.D. Program

Mary Ellen Schoonmaker, Adjunct Professor

Mike Hoyt, Adjunct Professor

Marguerite Holloway, Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Science Concentration, M.A. Program

Johanna M. Hansel, Reporting Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Kristen Lombardi, Director and Editor, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Jazzmin Jiwa, Reporting Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Carla Samon Ros, Reporting Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Nina Alvarez, Assistant Professor

Juan Manuel Benítez, Philip S. Balboni Professor of Professional Practice of Local Journalism

The Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism

Lauren Watson, Delacorte Fellow, Columbia Journalism Review

Curtis Brodner, Reporting Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Oishika Neogi, Reporting Fellow, Columbia Journalism Investigations

Tamar Lewin, Adjunct Professor

Ann Cooper, Professor Emerita

This statement is also supported by additional faculty members who are employed at news organizations that prohibit the signing of letters.