Columbia Journalism School

Degrees offered

Columbia Journalism School offers M.S. and M.A. degrees in journalism, a Ph.D. in Communications/Journalism, and a dual M.S. in Computer Science/Journalism. A second year of graduate study was restored in 2004 under Dean Nicholas Lemann, after decades as a one-year program.

Programs and emphasis

The school administers the Pulitzer Prizes and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards for broadcast journalism, and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review, founded in 1961. It houses the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, a research and development center studying how technology is changing journalism, and the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in economics and business journalism, created in 1975.

History

The school was endowed by newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who proposed it to Columbia in 1892; the university initially declined the gift, and Pulitzer's endowment became available after his death in 1911. Classes began September 30, 1912, with about 100 students from 21 countries. In 1935, Dean Carl Ackerman led the school's transition to become the first graduate-only school of journalism in the United States.

Key faculty and leadership

Jelani Cobb: Dean of Columbia Journalism School.
Carl W. Ackerman: First dean, served 25 years (1931-1956), who reshaped the school into a graduate-only program.
Nicholas Lemann: Dean emeritus who restored the school's two-year master's program in 2004.

Location and contact info

Address
Pulitzer Hall
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Phone
(212) 854-8608
Email
admissions@jrn.columbia.edu
Website
https://journalism.columbia.edu