Columbia Admission Newsletter - August 26

THE COLUMBIA STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Lisa ('21 M.S. Data) Talks About the Columbia Student Experience 

What is it actually like to be a member of the Columbia student community? Please click HERE to read a Q&A with Lisa, a recent M.S. in Data Journalism graduate, about her experiences at the Journalism School and her advice for future applicants.
FACULTY AND CLASSES
Professor Jelani Cobb Becomes the New Dean of Columbia Journalism School 

Professor Jelani Cobb, a distinguished journalist and historian, officially became the Dean of Columbia Journalism School on August 1. In his first Dean's Welcome Address to the Columbia Journalism School class, Dean Cobb told new students "It is our responsibility to tell the truth, to expose demagoguery, to work in the interests of the public welfare and to do so dispassionately, continuously and in the best interests of our aspirations as a society." Learn more about Dean Cobb HERE.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Casey Parks ('18 M.A. Politics) Publishes Diary of a Misfit 

Casey Parks, a 2018 graduate of the Master of Arts Program's Politics Concentration, will have her first book, Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery, published in August by Alfred A. Knopf/Random House.  In Diary of a Misfit, Parks follows the mystery of a stranger’s past that forces her to reckon with her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. Watch an interview with Parks, who is also a Washington Post reporter, about her Columbia M.A. experience HERE. 
ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID TIPS

Columbia Journalism School's 2023-24 Application is New Open

Columbia is excited to announce that our 2023-24 application for admission is now open!  Visit our Degree Programs and Deadlines and Requirements pages for more information, and click HERE to start your application today. 

LIFE AT COLUMBIA
Last week, Columbia Journalism School welcomed new M.S. students to Pulitzer Hall and the Columbia community.  Our welcome speaker was alumnus Vladimir Duthiers ('11 M.S.) of CBS News. Here are a few photographs from the welcome festivities: