Local journalism matters—and we’re investing in it. CJS has named its 2026 Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) awardees, committing nearly $450,000 to support 45 alumni from CJS and @medillschool.bsky.social working in local newsrooms across the country: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-lr...

❄️ Six more weeks of winter? No problem. Our students continue to report live from New York in the rain, sleet or snow. 📷 Kalohelani Danbara, '26 M.S., Yeyya Wane, '26 M.S., Madhiha Anis, '26 M.S., Nathan Keowen, '26 M.S. Documentary #ReportingBeginsHere

🌍 Meet our Spring 2026 Climate Expert in Residence, Jenna Lawrence! A lecturer at Columbia Climate School and co-director of the Earth Network on Nature-based Solutions, Jenna will work with CJS students as part of the CJS2030 Climate Initiative: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-cj...

📝 What starts as a thesis at CJS doesn’t end in the classroom. Recent grads have transformed projects into deeply reported stories on global politics, migration, education, culture and human rights—published by @nytimes.com, @aljazeera.com, the BBC and more: journalism.columbia.edu/news/theses-...

👏 Congratulations to the 2026 duPont-Columbia Award Winners! Fifteen awardees—including several CJS alumni—traveled from around the globe to be honored as leaders in audio and video reporting. Learn more: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-du... @columbiauniversity.bsky.social 📷Chris Taggart

Following the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, CJS would like to remind journalists/the public their rights to record public events, free from gov. retaliation and assert journalist privilege–even when gov. authorities attempt to intimidate or silence reporting.

📸 Welcoming the 2026 Sulzberger cohort! Earlier this month, 28 Fellows kicked off the 20-week Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at CJS, mapping out projects for newsrooms across more than 10 countries and multiple U.S. states. Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/sulzberger-2026

In its continued commitment to ethics, security and public trust, CJS has named Anika Collier Navaroli, ’13 M.S., the Craig Newmark (@craignewmark.bsky.social) Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security.

A statement from Columbia Journalism School faculty on the federal raid of a @washingtonpost.com reporter’s home: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/faculty-statement-washington-post

🏆 Columbia Journalism School is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Meyer “Mike” Berger Award and the 2026 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, honoring outstanding human-interest reporting and coverage of racial or religious discrimination.

⏳ Just one week left! Strengthen your storytelling skills and advance your career with a graduate degree in journalism. Apply by January 12, 2026: journalism.columbia.edu/admissions

📝 CJS will continue to accept applications through Jan. 12! Submit all required materials by the deadline, including materials for scholarship consideration for domestic and international applicants, for the Class of 2027. Apply today: https://journalism.columbia.edu/admissions

📸 Where did the time go? As the fall semester wraps up, take a look back at 2025 at the J-School: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-year-review #ReportingBeginsHere

🥘 Whose Borscht Is It Anyway? @katchow.bsky.social, Newsday/David Laventhol Visiting Assistant Professor of Journalism, thought her family’s corned beef stew was a Chinese twist on an Irish classic until reporting revealed its true history. Listen on Proof: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Beginning in 2026, Medill, in partnership with @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, will offer its graduate journalism alumni assistance with loan repayment if they work for a U.S. local news organization. Click here to learn more: spr.ly/63322CKJIQ

🎙️ Aida Alami, ’09 M.S., James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues, and Dan O’Donnell, ’09 M.S., reunite as reporting lead and producer for American Public Media’s "Storytellers: Muslims, Community, and Culture in America": https://www.apmdistribution.org/apm-presents-news-and-talk

The world is waiting for your story. Financial aid is available for all students, both domestic and international. Submit your application by Dec. 15.

📃 Congrats to Dimuthu Attanayake, '26 M.S. Data Journalism – the 2025-2026 @nikkei.com Scholar! She will receive $100K to support her studies at CJS, highlighting the role scholarships can play in helping students from around the world: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/nikkei-scholarship-2025

Columbia Journalism School announced today a historic investment in student opportunity: nearly $10 million in scholarship support for 2026–27, made possible through the generosity of our donors. 📰 Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-expands-scholarship-access #ReportingBeginsHere

🌎 Since graduating in May, CJS Class of 2025 accepted new roles at more than 140 companies, including The @nytimes.com, Goldman Sachs, The United Nations and @npr.org. Abroad, others started new careers in the United Kingdom, Argentina, Japan, Finland and France, among others.

🗞️ Announcing the 2026 Sulzberger Fellows! Led by Corey Ford, these 28 newsroom leaders will spend 20 weeks driving projects that strengthen their organizations and the wider media ecosystem. Learn more about the intensive program and the cohort: journalism.columbia.edu/news/sulzber...

🏆 Submissions for the 2026 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Projects are open! Celebrate excellence in nonfiction literary research with four different awards, including two $25,000 Work-in-Progress Awards. Learn more and enter before December 4: journalism.columbia.edu/lukas

With support from the Knight Foundation, CJS has expanded its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to @medillschool.bsky.social graduates, helping journalists pursue local reporting across the U.S. and strengthen communities coast to coast: https://bit.ly/49MAitl

🗞️ A look at our students on the ground covering NYC’s 2025 mayoral election across the five boroughs. See highlights of their reporting from polling stations, campaign events and local conversations across the city: https://bit.ly/4nE5xKr 📷: Julia Levine, '26 M.S.

🎉 Congratulations to the @wsj.com reporting team, winners of the 2025 WERT Global Prize; to @shurufu.bsky.social and @barbarademick.bsky.social, 2025 Welles Prize winners and to Douglas MacMillan, a Welles finalist recognized for his outstanding reporting: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-we...

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Howard French! His new book, "The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide," is one of the Publishers Weekly best non-fiction books of the year.

In her latest piece for The @newyorker.com, @aidaalami.bsky.social, James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues, tells the story of Leqaa Kordia, who demonstrated outside Columbia’s campus gates and remains the last participant still detained by ICE: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

#ICYMI Deans Alexis Abramson of @climate.columbia.edu and @jelaniya.bsky.social of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social discuss how journalists & researchers can communicate the science of climate change with clarity and depth to foster informed action in a rapidly changing world. 🎥 youtu.be/REx_GQfLMVU

🎥 How does world-class journalism training intersect with long-form visual storytelling? Join our admissions reps for an online informational session on October 23 at 12 p.m. ET to learn more about CJS’s M.S. Documentary Specialization. Register here: https://bit.ly/4hn0xrZ

📍 #ColumbiaGivingDay is officially here! Support Columbia Journalism School by accessing daily and hourly challenges throughout the day. Want to learn more about CJS and how to grow the industry? Visit: https://bit.ly/4qi9uac and stay tuned for updates on our channels.

@columjournreview.bsky.social appoints Betsy Morais CC '11 as Editor in Chief, effective November 1, 2025. Morais, who has been with CJR for more than seven years, most recently served as Acting Editor, guiding the publication through a period of ambitious reporting and in-depth analysis.

📚 On shelves: Dean Jelani Cobb's latest book, "Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025." This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593... @jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

🏙️ One week ago, Columbia Journalism School and @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social hosted "Curtis Sliwa With @errollouis.bsky.social: A Conversation on Public Safety," the second public forum in a series with 2025 NYC mayoral candidates. 🎥 Watch the full conversation: journalism.columbia.edu/news/mayoral...

On Oct 15 1:30pm ET, join @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Dean @jelaniya.bsky.social & @climate.columbia.edu Dean Alexis Abramson for Truth, Trust, & the Climate Beat, a virtual conversation on communicating the science of climate change with clarity & depth: www.climate.columbia.edu/events/deans...

CJR mourns the loss of James Boylan, our founding editor. Read his essay from the magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. www.cjr.org/reports/puli...

⌨️ Are you searching for a career combining computational skills and reporting? Join our online informational session on October 10 to learn more about the M.S. in Data Journalism and Dual M.S. in Computer Science & Journalism programs: https://apply.jrn.columbia.edu/register/eventstextdatadual101025

🔎 Want to hold power accountable through bold reporting? Columbia Journalism School is hosting an online informational session on October 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET to learn about the M.S. Stabile Investigative Specialization. Register today: apply.jrn.columbia.edu/register/eve...

113 years ago today, the first day of classes began at Columbia Journalism School. Over a century later, our efforts to safeguard the First Amendment are more necessary than ever. Learn more about our commitment: journalism.columbia.edu

🎉 Congratulations to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @theatlantic.com, on receiving the 2025 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism!

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social announced a new strategic partnership with the Reynolds Foundation to advance innovative programs across @columbiasipa.bsky.social, CJS and Columbia Global: journalism.columbia.edu/news/columbi... 📷: Eileen Barroso

🌍 #ClimateWeekNYC is here! See how Columbia Journalism School faculty and alumni are covering the climate crisis across forests, fisheries and frontline communities: journalism.columbia.edu/news/climate...

📷 New Yorkers with wrongful conviction claims often have only one option: the Attorney General’s conviction review bureau. Columbia Journalism Investigations and @nysfocus reporters found the bureau has limited authority and relies on local district attorneys to move cases.

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📢 Applications are now open for the Class of 2026–2027! CJS degree programs are designed for a diverse and global student community, from those with little to no journalism experience to those who have been working in the field for years: apply.jrn.columbia.edu/apply/

⛱️ 📰 Reporting never takes a summer break. With the fall semester now in full swing, check out how our alumni are building trust with communities, and award-winning documentaries are making a difference: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-al...

🗽 Yesterday, Columbia Journalism School and @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social hosted “Zohran Mamdani With Errol Louis: A Conversation on Public Safety,” the first in a series of forums with 2025 New York City mayoral candidates.

🎧🎙️ New podcast available: Juan Manuel Benítez Wants to Know In his debut episode, Juan Manuel Benítez, Philip S. Balboni Professor of Professional Practice of Local Journalism, talks with NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on all things New York City. https://youtu.be/oHZw9unLakU

🌟 The 2026 J. Anthony Lukas Prizes are now open! These prestigious awards celebrate nonfiction journalism with rigorous reporting and compelling storytelling. Submit your work and join a legacy of award-winning nonfiction: https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas 📷: CJS Prizes Office

🎓📰 Introducing CollegeWatch CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...

Killing the journalist will not kill the story. We stand in solidarity with journalists in Gaza risking their lives to tell the truth: www.reuters.com/world/middle...