Columbia Admission Newsletter - November 18

THE COLUMBIA STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Shakti ('22 M.S.) Talks About Her Columbia Student Experience 

What is it 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 Shakti Langlois-Ortega about her experiences at Columbia and her advice for future applicants.
FACULTY AND CLASSES
Pulitzer Prize Winner Sara Ganim Joins Columbia as a Visiting Professor

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sara Ganim is currently on the Columbia faculty as a James Madison Visiting Professor. Professor Ganim, a former CNN investigative correspondent, is teaching such Master of Science Program classes as "The Art of the Interview" and "Narrative Structures." Learn more about her work HERE.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Akintunde Ahmad ('19 M.S. Documentary) Discusses His Reporting on the Oakland Police

Akintunde Ahmad ('19 M.S. Documentary) was recently interviewed about his Type Investigations/The Appeal story about how Oakland, California failed to enact the change it promised regarding its police department. Learn about the story behind his story HERE

ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID TIPS

Admission Tips: M.S., M.S. Data, and Ph.D. Application Deadlines Approaching on December 15

Curious about the deadlines to apply for the 2023-24 academic year? Please remember that the deadline for the M.S., M.S in Data Journalism, and the Ph.D. in Communications programs is December 15, 2022. 

LIFE AT COLUMBIA
On the evening of November 8, Columbia Journalism School students were invited to gather together at our Brown Institute for Media Innovation to watch and analyze live U.S. midterm election results with faculty members: