⚽️ Columbia Journalism School alumni are reporting on fan culture, host-city preparations, transportation, stadium operations and the many people and communities at the heart of the 2026 World Cup. See what they're covering: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/alumni-reporting-2026-world-cup

🏆 Congratulations to our alumni recognized for the 2026 NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards, including Lydia Polgreen, '00 M.S., who was named Journalist of the Year. Read about this year's honorees: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-NLGJA-awards

🎉 Congratulations to Alonso Vidal, ’26 M.S. Stabile, on being named the 2026-27 Columbia Journalism Fellow at @frontlinepbs.bsky.social.

🏆 This spring's achievements highlight how Columbia Journalism School alumni are advancing the vision behind CJS2030, Dean Jelani Cobb's roadmap for strengthening journalism through innovation, public engagement and support for the next generation of reporters.

🪄 Introducing the 15th Magic Grant cohort! The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, established by Helen Gurley Brown in honor of her late husband, David Brown, awards its annual Magic Grants to teams collaborating on projects that blend journalistic insight with technical innovation.

🥇 For his significant, continued contributions to scholarship on media, markets and democracy, Professor of History and Communications Richard R. John (@rrjohnr.bsky.social) won the 2026 C. Edwin Baker Award!

📰 A new opportunity for business journalists is coming to CJS! This October, the Nathan S. Collier Business Reporting Program will bring its first cohort to NYC for a fully funded week of learning focused on the economic, financial and organizational forces shaping society.

CJS stands with alumna @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social, '13 M.A. Business & Economics, of the @wsj.com, Dow Jones and her colleague Joseph Palazzolo, who were named as defendants in a refiled defamation lawsuit brought by President Trump stemming from the Journal's reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.

Looking back at a New York Times magazine story to examine what responsible coverage of sex trafficking looks like—and what it doesn’t, with Nina Alvarez of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/figu...

📣 Congratulations to Keith Gessen on his promotion to George T. Delacorte Associate Professor of Magazine Journalism with tenure! Read the full announcement: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/keith-gessen-tenure

🗞️ Selfies and scoops. Congratulations to the Columbia Journalism School Class of 2026! 📷: Chris Taggart #ReportingBeginsHere | #Columbia2026

📰 Three years ago today, CJS launched the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to help journalists stay in local news. Now, the program is nearing $800K in projected 2026 support for 80 graduates across four institutions: journalism.columbia.edu/news/lrap-tu...

🎉 Congratulations to Columbia Journalism School alumnae Beatrice Peterson, ’14 M.S., and Tamia Fowlkes, '23 M.S., on their 2026 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Awards!

🏆 Congratulations to the Columbia Journalism School alumni honored across 8️⃣ categories for the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes! Read more about this year’s Pulitzer winners and finalists: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-alu... 📷: Pulitzer Prizes

🎥 In his Tribeca debut, Robe Imbriano, Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Journalism and Director of the Documentary Program, brings "March Forth" to the Spotlight Documentary lineup at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival. Learn more about the film: tribecafilm.com/films/march-...

🏆 Entries are officially open for the 2027 duPont-Columbia Awards! What does award-winning work look like today? Filmmaker Eva Orner shares insight on her silver baton-winning documentary, Surviving Ohio State, in the latest episode of #OnAssignment: onassignmentpodcast.com

🎓 What kind of stories do you want to tell? At Columbia Journalism School, M.S. students can now shape their experience through specialized Tracks and customizable Sequences, from Arts, Culture and Entertainment (ACE) and Visual Craft (VC) to climate, migration, photojournalism and more.

🌍 Five members of the Columbia Journalism School community are among the 14 fellows selected for the 2026 FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Journalism Fellowship, a program that challenges journalists to confront the ethical dimensions of their work.

We’re excited to announce the 2026-27 Knight-Bagehot fellows. Congratulations to these outstanding business journalists @aishagani.bsky.social @nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social @radioanis.bsky.social @skyoutbriout.bsky.social Full list and bios at journalism.columbia.edu/news/knight-...

A Statement From Dean Jelani Cobb Standing With CJS Alumna Sarah Fitzpatrick, '10 M.S. Stabile: journalism.columbia.edu/news/stateme...

🏅Last call before Friday, April 24: Don’t miss your chance to recognize an outstanding journalist for the 2026 John Chancellor Award. Presented by CJS, the annual award honors a journalist whose work reflects cumulative achievement, integrity and impact in the field:

🎓 Congratulations to the 2026–2027 Spencer Education Fellows at CJS! For more than a decade, the Spencer Fellowship has brought leading journalists from the U.S. and around the world to undertake ambitious reporting projects on the most pressing issues in education.

📖 Professor Helen Benedict’s latest novel, “The Soldier’s House,” is out now! It tells the story of an Iraq War veteran who, in an attempt to make amends, offers his upstate New York home as a refuge to the widow, child and mother of his assassinated Iraqi interpreter.

M.A. Thesis ✅ Congratulations to our 2026 Master of Arts cohort on turning in their theses today! A well-earned milestone following months of reporting, writing and dedication. #ReportingBeginsHere

📰 New from @theatlantic.com: Arts & Culture Professor David Hajdu reviews "Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy," a biography of the musical icon by Daniel Okrent. Read the full review: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

Following Columbia Journalism School’s statement calling for the immediate release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, ’07 M.S., Dean Jelani Cobb joined @ms.now's @chrislhayes.bsky.social to discuss the broader implications for press freedom globally: youtu.be/HseCjEVc3y0?...

🏅 There’s still time to nominate an outstanding journalist for the 2026 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism! The annual award recognizes cumulative professional accomplishment and honors the legacy of legendary NBC News correspondent and anchor John Chancellor.

A statement from the faculty of Columbia Journalism School calling for the immediate release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, '07 M.S.: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-statement-ahmed-shihab-eldin 📷: Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social)

📰 Supporting journalism communities rely on starts with investing in the work itself. Columbia Journalism School's @lipmancenter.bsky.social has awarded $185,288 in total funding through its 2026 Arnold Grants to support investigations into inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system.

🏆 The 2026 Meyer “Mike” Berger Award and Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award winners are in, honoring powerful investigations into abuse, discrimination and systemic harm.

We don’t have to wait for regulations to start making the internet safer. Conversations like this week’s event at @columbiaigp.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social with voices from policy, journalism, and tech can move us towards a more transparent information environment for everyone.

🎓 The stage is set! The Columbia Journalism School Class of 2026 graduation speakers are in. See below ⬇️

🌳 Environmental reporting shapes how we understand what’s at stake. Submit your work for the 2026 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, honoring reporting that makes exceptional contributions to public understanding of environmental issues.

On April 7, Sec @hillaryclinton.bsky.social, Amandeep Singh Gill, @mariaressa.bsky.social, @emilybell.bsky.social, @camillefrancois.bsky.social & Sara Sidner discuss how to safeguard freedom & democracy in the age of AI. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/2R5FmA5...

🌷 The 2026 Spring Challenge is here! Tag a classmate, fellow alum or friends and family, and help us unlock $50,000 for CJS students. Every gift supports financial aid and hands-on reporting opportunities for the next generation of journalists: https://bit.ly/3PJobFx

📷 Ready to break into audio? Audio Essentials Bootcamp is a hands-on online course for journalists and storytellers of all kinds, led by veteran audio journalist @kkschwab. The course covers everything from interviewing for voice and writing for the ear: journalism.columbia.edu/professional...

Spend part of your warm-weather months with Columbia Journalism School’s Summer Investigative Reporting Course, developing a major story and sharpening your skills in data, documenting and reporting. Learn more and secure your spot for July 6-24, 2026: journalism.columbia.edu/summer-inves...

🏅 Nominations are now open for the 2026 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, honoring a reporter with courage, character and integrity, and named for a pioneer in television news.

🎥 Emmy-winning journalist and Columbia Journalism School professor Nina Alvarez examines how Temporary Protected Status was moved toward termination for 600,000 people in Almost American. Now that same process is back, affecting 1.3 million people as the issue heads to the Supreme Court.

🎧 What audio story can you create in 56 hours? Columbia Journalism School’s Radio Race 2026, led by Sally Herships, Director of the Audio Program at CJS, challenges producers around the world to craft a 2-minute audio story between March 27 and April 5.

✒️ For the fourth time, Shelia Coronel, the Toni Stabile Prof. of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism and the Dir. of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, will return to co-lead the 2026 Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).

🏆 Columbia Journalism School and the @niemanfoundation.bsky.social at @harvard.edu have announced the 2026 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners and finalists, honoring exceptional nonfiction writing on history, politics and social issues.

🎬 Congrats to Ryan Coogler on winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Sinners." ICYMI: Dean Jelani Cobb profiled Coogler for The @NewYorker. At CJS, see yourself learning interviewing and storytelling from Dean Cobb and other award-winning faculty: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

🎬 Tuning into the Oscars this weekend? Check out work from Columbia Journalism School alumni and faculty this award season, from documentaries and short films to audio storytelling. Meet the nominees: journalism.columbia.edu/news...

🏫 On March 10, City Newsroom students got a front-row seat to local government at City Hall. Led by @juanmabenitez.bsky.social, Philip S. Balboni Professor of Professional Practice of Local Journalism, the class interviewed council members and produced short-form content in real time.

Can capitalism solve climate change? On Mar 9, join our Dean Alexis Abramson and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social's Marguerite Holloway for a dialogue with @katearonoff.bsky.social (@newrepublic.com), Aniket Shah, Chris Van de Voorde, and Archana Shah. Learn more/RSVP: https://bit.ly/4qVH7xA

Columbia Journalism School is proud to welcome @morganstateu.bsky.social’s School of Global Journalism & Communication to its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) network.

🥇 Coverage this good deserves gold, and CJS alumni delivered at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Check out 7 alumni who covered the Games across print, broadcast, photography and podcasting: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-alumni-2026-winter-olympics 📷: Gabriela Bhaskar / The New York Times

Columbia Journalism School is pleased to welcome Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduates to its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).

🏆 Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard (@niemanfoundation.bsky.social) have announced the 2026 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project, honoring outstanding works of American nonfiction in progress and in print.