Columbia Admission Newsletter - September 30THE COLUMBIA STUDENT EXPERIENCESabrina ('21 M.S.) 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 an in-depth Q&A with recent Master of Science Program graduate Sabrina Escobar about her experiences at Columbia and her advice for future applicants.FACULTY AND CLASSESProfessor Zeynep Tufekci Joins Columbia Journalism School's FacultyProfessor Zeynep Tufekci recently joined Columbia Journalism School's faculty as the inaugural director of our new Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security. Professor Tufekci is a leading scholar and writer on the complex relationship between science, technology and society. Learn more about her HERE. ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTSam Knight ('04 M.S.) Publishes The Premonitions BureauSam Knight, a 2004 graduate of Columbia's Master of Science Program and London-based staff writer at The New Yorker, recently published the acclaimed nonfiction book The Premonitions Bureau about a psychiatrist who believed in the paranormal. Read a Q&A with him in Columbia Magazine HERE. ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID TIPSAdmission Tips: Application Advice Webinar Video Now Available Did you miss the Office of Admission's September 22 Application Tips webinar? Please click HERE to watch the video from the event, which guides you through the key sections of the application and provides advice for assembling a strong application. LIFE AT COLUMBIAAt Columbia, Master of Science students begin their journalism education by gaining strong audio and visual storytelling skills. This fall, students in Professor Nina Berman's reporting class went out on Columbia's campus with professional cameras to learn how to compose effective portrait photos: