CJS Student Journalists Reporting on the 2024 Campus Protests

Yasmeen Altaji, ‘24 M.A. Politics, shared insights as a student journalist during campus protests for The National.
 

Jazzmin Jiwa, '24 M.S., was published in Slate for reporting the police response at Columbia on April 30 and what that means for the summer ahead.

Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., Indy Scholtens, '24 M.S., Fahima Degia '24 M.S., Angelica Ang, ‘24 M.S., and Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., published a story in The Nation on what CJS students learned in the classroom and during student protests. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., and Uzma Afreen, '24 M.S., reported for Hyperallergic on the 'counter commencement' ceremony held by members of the Columbia faculty and attended by hundreds of students.

Francesca Maria Lorenzini, '24 M.S., was interviewed by ABC News on the perspective of student journalists covering campus protests around the United States. 

Ekaterina Venkina, '24 M.A., published an article with Die Berliner Zeitung on the atmosphere at Columbia after student protests. 

Hoda Sherif, '24 M.S., was published in Time for an article reflecting on how covering Columbia’s student protests provided hope for journalism’s future. Photo by Mutka Joshi, '24 M.S. Stabile.

Francesca Maria Lorenzini, '24 M.S., was interviewed by It's All Journalism podcast on the experience of providing live updates from inside campus during student protests. 

Gillian Goodman, '24 M.S., interviewed with The Intercept on an inside look into reporting on Columbia's campus during student protests. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., and Uzma Afreen, '24 M.S., reported overnight for New York Focus on the arrests of two photojournalists by the NYPD outside the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Tory Lysik, '24 M.S., contributed to a data report on where pro-Palestinian student protesters have been arrested. 

Giulia Leo, '24 M.S., and Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., provided an audio report about the impact of student protests for Columbia News Service. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., and Fahima Degia '24 M.S., reported for The Quint on the experiences of international students on university campuses during protests. 

Ekaterina Venkina, '24 M.A., published an opinion piece for the Washington Post reflecting on campus life at Columbia. 

Natasha Bracken, '24 M.S., reported updates on the occupation of Hamilton Hall on a co-written story for NBC News. 

Carla Samon Ros, '24 M.S., interviewed by El País (Spain) about covering student protests at Columbia. 

Stabile Fellow Samaa Khullar, '24 M.S., shared an inside look into what Columbia Journalism student reporting was like during campus protests and some of the challenges each student faced. 

Carla Samon Ros, '24 M.S., was interviewed by Televisió de Catalunya on the protests happening on campus at Columbia.

Reporting on student protests by Alyssa Choiniere, '24 M.A., has been featured in multiple articles published in the Wall Street Journal. 

Ella Napack, '24 M.S., and Brendan Rose, '24 M.S., provided an inside look at student protests at Columbia that was published in the Brooklyn Eagle. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., wrote the Edit Note for Article-14 as Guest Editor, on the insights and parallels he observed about the campus protests and the coverage around them. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., spoke to Voice of America about restrictions placed on press access during the police action at Columbia. 

Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., was interviewed by NPR for perspective on the student protests at Columbia. 

Cecilia Blotto, '24 M.S., Carla Mende, '24 M.S., and Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., were interviewed by AP about updates during student protests. Photo by Seyma Bayram, '19 M.S.

Katrina Ventura, '24 M.S., published a timeline of Columbia’s 14-Day Gaza Solidarity Encampment for Columbia News Service. 

This Vanity Fair article follows the experiences of Gillian Goodman, '24 M.S., Indy Scholtens, '24 M.S., Angelica Ang, ‘24 M.S., Brendan Rose, '24 M.S., Professors Ty Lawson, Nina Berman, Azmat Khan, Juan Manuel Benítez, and Dean Jelani Cobb while reporting during student protests. 

Subeksha Poudel, '24 M.S., and Katrina Ventura, '24 M.S., reported on the Hamilton Hall occupation and arrests that followed for Columbia News Service. 

Uzma Afreen, '24 M.S., Angelica Ang, '24 M.S., Fahima Degia, '24 M.S., Mutka Joshi, '24 M.S. Stabile, Arshi Qureshi, '24 M.A., Indy Scholtens, '24 M.S., and Sammy Sussman, '23 M.S., all contributed to a comprehensive report for New York Focus. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S. shared his reporting on the campus protests and police action, in this podcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC News).

Davide Lerner ’24, M.A. Politics, reported on the occupation of Hamilton Hall and was published by Domani. 

Thomas Li, '24 M.S., Renata Daou, '24 M.S., and Julie Zhu, '24 M.S., each contributed to a report on what happens if an international student gets suspended for a campus protest for Columbia News Service. 

Davide Lerner ’24, M.A. Politics, was a speaker during a panel hosted by the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) based in Milan, Italy. 

Gillian Goodman, '24 M.S., was published in Democracy Now! for reporting on the arrests following the occupation of Hamilton Hall. 

Ekaterina Venkina, '24 M.A., spoke to DW News live from Columbia's campus  about the situation on campus.

Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., was interviewed live for Univision Noticias on campus protests at Columbia. 

Fahima Degia, '24 M.S., Angelica Ang, ‘24 M.S., and Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., spoke on covering student protests at Columbia and was published in The Independent.

Live video coverage by Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., during police action at Columbia, was featured by Press Insider.

Gabriela Henriquez, '24 M.S. Stabile, spoke with Univision on student protest arrests at Columbia. 

Stabile Fellow Samaa Khullar, '24 M.S., was published in Curbed for her work reporting on the Hamilton Hall occupation at Columbia. 

Photos taken by Spencer Fellow Seyma Bayram, '19 M.S., were published by CNN in a gallery covering student protests around the United States. 

Spencer Fellow Seyma Bayram, '19 M.S., provided photos of student protests and was published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., Julia Vargas Jones, '24 M.A. Politics, and Corinne Catibayan, '24 M.A., were featured in an article published by CNN for their coverage of student protests at Columbia. 

CJS students reported live from campus protests. Their audio broadcasts were published through Uptown Radio. 

Julia Vargas Jones, '24 M.A. Politics, was interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360 about reporting work on Columbia's campus. 

Spencer Fellow Seyma Bayram, '19 M.S., took photos of student protests at Columbia that were published by AP. 
 

Julia Vargas Jones, '24 M.A. Politics, and Corinne Catibayan, '24 M.A., reported live on CNN as NYPD entered campus the night of April 30. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., was interviewed by Al Jazeera to provide updates on campus reporting. 

Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., was interviewed by BBC Radio on the perspective as a student journalist. 

Jazzmin Jiwa, '24 M.S., reported on student protests for this CBC Radio program. 

Davide Lerner ’24, M.A. Politics, provided updated reporting on the student protests at Columbia and NYPD arrival on campus. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., was interviewed about student protests by BBC News outside Columbia's campus.

Cecilia Blotto, '24 M.S., was photographed by AP during an interview and the photo was shared by Chronicle Telegram on Columbia protest coverage. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., gave the latest campus updates in an interview with Mirror Now. 

Marco Postigo Storel, '24 M.S., had photojournalism work published in AP and shared on their social media. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., Uzma Afreen, '24 M.S., and Arshi Qureshi, '24 M.A., published a collaborative report on the occupation of Hamilton Hall that was published in Columbia News Service. 

Sara Selva Ortiz, '24 M.A., reported on campus protests through the night of April 30 and was published in La Marea. 

Francesca Maria Lorenzini, '24 M.S., produced a video that was published for City Newsroom. 

Francesca Maria Lorenzini, '24 M.S., was interviewed by Spectrum News NY1 about covering student protests at Columbia. 

Ekaterina Venkina, '24 M.A., was published in DW for reporting on protests on Columbia's campus and around the United States. 

Gillian Goodman, '24 M.S., provided reporting the night of the Hamilton Hall occupation arrests that was published in Prism. Photo by Sara Selva Ortiz, '24 M.A. Politics.

Shayeza Walid, '24 M.S., provided breaking news that was published by Al-Monitor. 

Natasha Caragnano, '24 M.A. Politics, reported on the Hamilton Hall occupation and was published in Italian newspaper, la Repubblica.

Gillian Goodman, '24 M.S., and Sara Selva Ortiz, '24 M.A. Politics, were published for their breaking news reporting and photojournalism in Prism. Their breakdown of the first week of protests can be found here. 

Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., provided photo coverage for Agence France-Presse (AFP) that was distributed and featured around the world. 

Natasha Bracken, '24 M.S., co-wrote a story that was published by NBC News about the student protest occupation of Columbia University's Hamilton Hall. 

Arshi Qureshi, ’24 M.A., and Uzma Afreen, ’24 M.S., were published for their reporting work in City & State New York. 

Carla Samon Ros, '24 M.S., shared photos for Agencia EFE (Published in different media, among them El Pais). 

Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., was interviewed by RTÉ One on the latest updates on Columbia's campus. 

Reporting on the student encampment on Columbia's campus by Elif Melis Karaca, '24 M.S., was published in the Turkish online newspaper, T24. 

Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., provided late-night updates on student protesters for West Side Rag. 

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., was interviewed by Lokmat Hindi as a reporter covering the campus protests at Columbia and across the United States. 

Angelica Ang, ‘24 M.S., reported and was published in The Straits Times, Singapore’s English language paper of record, for coverage of student protests. 

Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., reported on updates from the encampment on Columbia's campus was published in West Side Rag. 

Edward Lopez, ‘24 M.S., and Francesca Maria Lorenzini, ’24 M.S., reported for Columbia News Service on updated protest negotiations.

Indy Scholtens, '24 M.S., reported on the first nine days of the campus protest encampment and was published in the Dutch magazine, De Groene Amsterdammer.

Sara Selva Ortiz, '24 M.A. Politics, had reporting published about campus protests in El País newspaper.

Victoria Borlando, '24 M.A. Arts & Culture, and Hannah Davies, '24 M.A. Arts & Culture, compiled their coverage of Columbia student-run radio WKCR for a piece published in The Guardian. 

Claire Davenport, '24 M.S., was interviewed by BBC Sounds on student protests at Columbia. 

Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., and Claudia Gohn, '25 M.S., provided updates on the arrests of student protestors on Columbia's campus. 

Claudia Gohn, '25 M.S., and Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., provided on-campus reporting for Rolling Stone on the student encampment at Columbia. 

Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., reported and interviewed live with India Today to provide real-time updates from campus.

Arshi Qureshi, '24 M.A. Politics, and Uzma Afreen, '24 M.S., reported on student advocacy efforts on campus in The Quint.

Emily Byrski, '24 M.S. provided photos and gathered quotes for The Guardian for their coverage of student protests on campus. 

Emily Byrski, '24 M.S., was interviewed as a student journalist for The Guardian.

Angelica Ang, '24 M.S., contributed audio reporting to the Washington Post's "Post Reports" podcast.

Ariane Lüthi, ’24 M.S., provided insight into campus protests to Neue Zürcher Zeitung – Switzerland's paper of record.

Students from Professors Ty Lawson and Juan Manuel Benítez's City Newsroom course, Ashley Elizabeth Miller, '24 M.S., Davaughnia Wilson, '24 M.S., Francesca Maria Lorenzini, '24 M.S., John E. Williams, '24 M.S., Genevieve Charles, '24 M.S., Vincent Jiang, '24 M.S., and Urvi Shrivastav, '24, M.S., covered House Speaker Mike Johnson's visit to campus.

A story in pictures by Edward Lopez, '24 M.S., for City Newsroom.

Mukta Joshi, '24 M.S., reported on the initial encampment protests for Hyperallergic and on the growth of the protests over several days.  

Ashley Elizabeth Miller, '24 M.S., and Davaughnia Wilson, '24 M.S., continued coverage on campus and the surrounding protests.

Natasha Caragnano, '24 M.A. Politics, shared student perspectives for a piece published in the Italian newspaper, la Repubblica. 

Edward Lopez, ‘24 M.S., photographed the events on campus throughout the night.

Vivian Lin, '24 M.A. Business & Economics, has been covering campus protests for Agence France-Presse.

Sacha Biazzo, ’24 M.A. Politics, contributed a piece on student protests for fanpage.it.

City-wide demonstrations were covered by Andrea Pineda-Salgado, '24 M.S., and Xinyuan Cao, '23 M.S.

Claudia Gohn, '25 M.S., and Anna Oakes, ’25 M.S., reported on protest updates for CTXT.

Davide Lerner ’24, M.A. Politics, reported on the current state of campus protests in a Domani article.

Jude Taha, '24 M.S., shared updates on the days leading up to the sixth day of protests at Columbia University.

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., was interviewed by Quint Hindi on the protests happening on campus at Columbia. His footage was also used by the publication for a video report.

Karla Marie Sanford, '24 M.S., contributed reporting on the state of Columbia University protests.

Meghnad Bose, '24 M.S., and Trisha Mukherjee, '24 M.S., created a video report covering campus protests that was published by one of India's largest news networks – NDTV.

Angelica Ang, '24 M.S., provided in depth interviews with Columbia University students for Hell Gate. 

Sara Selva, '24 M.A. Politics, reported on the levels and duration of student protests on campus in an article published by lamarea.com.

Reporting from Stabile Fellow Samaa Khullar, '24 M.S., led to her work being viewed by global audiences. 

Professor Nina Berman's photojournalism students are covering the campus events day by day.