Monthly Archives: January 2015
INVITE: Screening of No Fire Zone @ SIPA
Award-winning filmmaker Callum Macrae visits Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) on Monday, February 2, for a screening of his documentary No Fire Zone. His investigation into the final days of the 26-year Sri Lanka civil war sheds light on the government’s brutal military offensive and incorporates direct evidence of war crimes, summary executions, torture and sexual violence via footage recorded from within the zone.
Macrae will also discuss his continuing efforts to raise awareness of these human rights issues—considering the lines between journalism and advocacy. His visit comes against the backdrop of recent elections in Sri Lanka that saw a change in government and an anticipated report due this spring from a UN war crimes inquiry.
No Fire Zone is one of five films to win the 2014 BRITDOC Impact Award, which celebrates standout documentary films that are changing the world. The documentary also was nominated for an International Emmy Award.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Macrae, Pulitzer Center senior editor Tom Hundley, and Kate Cronin-Furman, a human rights lawyer and political scientist whose research focuses on international justice and accountability for mass atrocities.
Reception to follow
“No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”
Monday, February 2
12:30-2 pm
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University
420 W. 118th Street
Room 1512
New York, NY 10027
To RSVP, please click here.
Presented by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Human Rights Working Group, and the International Media, Advocacy, and Communications program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
REMINDER: SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK
Dear Students,
This is just a reminder about the schedule for next week:
- Monday, January 19: University Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Tuesday, January 20: FT M.S. Students submit first draft of Master’s Project (10 am); M.A. students attend outside classes of interest. No Journalism School classes held.
- Wednesday, January 21: Spring Prep Day. All FT M.S. students attend mandatory Spring Prep Day events; M.A. students attend Spring Prep Day events (except when attending outside classes of interest); All other students invited to attend. No Journalism School classes held.
- Thursday, January 22: Spring 2015 classes begin at the Journalism School.
duPont Awards – Student Volunteers Needed
Dear Students,
The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards are looking for student volunteers to assist with the awards ceremony and panels being held on Spring Prep Day.
Volunteers will be responsible for greeting and ushering guests the evening of the ceremony (1/20), and will assist with technological and logistical needs at the panels during Spring Prep Day (1/21).
*You will be required to attend an orientation on Monday, Jan. 19, and work the entire duration of all events for which you’ve signed up.
Priority will be given to students who have demonstrated an interest in audio-visual reporting. All volunteers will be able to attend the ceremony.
To apply, submit an application by Monday, January 12, 10 a.m. No calls, please.
The duPont-Columbia Awards Events
Tues., Jan. 20: duPont-Columbia Award Ceremony, Low Library, 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm. (The reception begins at 6:30 pm and the ceremony seating will take place at 7:30. We will need you to arrive ahead of time to help with on-site logistics.)
Weds., Jan. 21: Winners’ Circle Panels as part of Spring Prep Day, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm approx. Topics will include digital/interactive journalism, documentaries in emerging models, local investigative practices and special one on one interviews with a few of our winners.
Application Deadline: Monday, January 12, 10 a.m.
Thank you,
Lisa R. Cohen
Associate Director, Prizes Dept – The duPont-Columbia Awards/Adjunct Professor
Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University