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Journalist Azmat Khan to Join Columbia Journalism Faculty and Lead New Center for Global Journalism

August 27, 2021

Azmat Khan joins Columbia Journalism School as the Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor of Journalism and Director of the newly established Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism.

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Columbia Journalism School’s Lipman Center Awards $165,000 in its First Grants for Reporting on Abuses in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

August 5, 2021

The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights has awarded five inaugural grants totaling $165,000 to journalists and newsrooms for reporting on inequalities and misconduct in the American criminal justice system.

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The Oregonian/OregonLive, OPB and ProPublica Win 2021 John B. Oakes Award

July 28, 2021

The Oregonian/OregonLive, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica have won the 2021 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism for their eye-opening investigative series “The Cutting: Investigating Industrial Logging in Oregon.”

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Increasing Impact: Announcing New Programs and Grants at the Brown Institute

July 22, 2021

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural “Impact Grants,” a new award for technology and media entrepreneurs affiliated with the Institute looking to scale commercial enterprises or non-for-profit ventures.

2021 Maria Moors Cabot Prize Winners Announced

July 21, 2021

For the first time in its history, the Cabot Prizes will honor an all-female slate of winners.

Anuncio de los ganadores de Premios Maria Moors Cabot de 2021

July 21, 2021

Por primera vez, todos las premiadas son mujeres.

Columbia Journalism School Announces 2021 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program Fellows

July 15, 2021

Meet the 2021-22 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program fellows.

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Columbia Journalism School Announces 2021 Tony Horwitz Fellows

July 8, 2021

Honoring reporting projects “that bridge divides and promote equality and understanding," the Tony Horwitz Fellowship will support two compelling stories in its second year.

Columbia Journalism School Alumni Speak About the Closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily

June 25, 2021

Prof. Sheila Coronel speaks to Columbia Journalism School alumni who live or once lived in Hong Kong about the closure of its last pro-democracy newspaper, the Apple Daily.

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Data Journalist Dhrumil Mehta to Join Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Columbia Journalism Faculty

June 22, 2021

Columbia Journalism School is proud to announce that Dhrumil Mehta, a data journalist, computer scientist, and multifaceted educator, will join the school’s faculty as an Associate Professor in Data Journalism and will serve as the Deputy Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

The Brown Institute is Proud to Announce Its 2021-2022 Magic Grants

June 10, 2021

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Stanford University’s School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School, is pleased to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant recipients.

The Columbia Journalism School Announces the 2021 Lipman Fellows and Grant Recipients for Reporting on Systemic Racism and Human and Civil Rights Abuses

May 24, 2021

The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at the Columbia Journalism School announces the 2021 Lipman Fellows and three special grants.