Category Archives: M.S. Program
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*WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 – FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
MAJOR MEMO: Registration Instructions
Dear Students,
Below are links to pdfs of the instructions for registration on Monday, July 14.
There are a number of tasks to do in advance of the registration appointment, so please read this document carefully and take action ASAP.
Please be certain to read the correct instructions. There is a memo for FULL-TIME students and one for PART-TIME students.
Surface Magazine Photography Contest
Surface is pleased to announce our 14th annual Avant Guardian photography contest showcasing the top up-and-coming photographers.
Ten finalists—chosen by our editors and a star jury including Iwan Baan, Johan Lindeberg, and Offset’s Keren Sachs—will have their work published in our October 2014 issue and be featured in an exhibition. Complimentary studio time at Splashlight will be available to each winner for producing a shoot for the magazine.
The contest has helped launch the career of many celebrated talents, including Nicholas Duers, KT Auleta, Joshua Jordan, Mark Veltman, Vanina Sorrenti, and Sarah Silver, whose work you may recognize from the attached flyer (and our fashion editorial last fall:https://vimeo.com/78835771). Know anyone that might be interested? Entries are due by July 24, under the following categories: Fashion, Architecture, Portraiture, Fine Art, and Technical/Still Life.
Visit our site for more details: http://www.surfacemag.com/avantguardian
Major Memo: End Of Year Manual
Use of Journalism Building Facilities After May 21.
Use of Building:
Members of the Class of 2014 will have access to the building and its facilities through June 30, 2014.
Exceptions include: any area under construction, and any classrooms and computer rooms being used for summer classes or special programs. If you are in one of these rooms when a class is scheduled to begin, please leave immediately. Refusal to cooperate may result in the termination of your access to the building.
Equipment
All current fines must be paid by Friday, May 9 or a hold will be placed on your student account. All equipment must be returned to the Equipment Room (507) by Friday, May 16th. Action will be taken to repossess equipment from outstanding checkouts after May 16.
There will be no equipment checkouts from 5/16 – 5/21. (If you will need equipment during this time you must supply a written request from your professor.)
After graduation, students will be allowed to check out equipment, as available, until Friday, June 6th. However, check out of the C100 will require a note from a professor. Please remember that scheduled summer school classes and master’s project students, as well as necessary equipment maintenance upgrades, have priority for equipment and editing rooms.
Please be aware that individual computer rooms will be closed at different times for maintenance and upgrading. Though it is likely, it is not guaranteed that there will always be a computer room or terminal available. Due to maintenance schedules, summer class schedules and the master’s projects, it is possible that you will be unable to use a computer at a specific time. Please use the following online schedule to assist in room space availability, though it is not a guarantee and event or maintenance is currently underway: bit.ly/cujrooms
Student Lockers:
All May graduates must empty their lockers by noon, Friday, May 16.
Continuing part-time students and documentary students may keep their lockers. Graduates who will be working on a demo tape or other approved projects during the month of June may also keep their lockers. To request such a locker extension, please send e-mail to Derek Gano at dg2382@columbia.edu with your name and the reason for your request.
Graduates’ lockers that have not been vacated by noon on Friday, May 16, will be have their locks removed and contents moved to a storage bin and eventually discarded. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES UNTIL YOUR LOCKER IS EMPTIED. All locker questions should be directed to Derek Gano at building@jrn.columbia.edu (must be sent from CU email).
Student Mail Folders:
The mail folders of graduating students may be used until noon, Friday, May 23. All items remaining in boxes after that date will be discarded.
Computer Account and Class Shares:
Access to J-School computer accounts for all graduating students will remain active until June 30, 2014.
All personal server space, class shares and computers (posted below) will be deleted on May 30. Please be sure to backup all of your files to external media (Personal Hard Drives, CDs, DVDs, flash media, iPods, etc.) before your account is deactivated. These shares will no longer be available to you and the data will be unrecoverable. Even if you are not graduating this May please also note these shares will be deleted as they are for class work only, so do not continue to use them. New shares will be provisioned for summer courses.
Shares:
Broadcast
Video
Photo
Radio
City News Room
CNS
International Newsroom
Magazine
Masters
Nightly
Yearbook
Workshop
TVReporting
University Services After May 21
Health Services
Access to Health Services at the University expires on August 31 for all graduating students. For those with major medical health insurance through Columbia (Chickering), coverage ends on August 31 You do have the option of purchasing an extension on this policy. Please see http://health.columbia.edu/student-insurance/about-columbia-insurance-plan for details.
University Libraries
Recent alumni will retain full library privileges, including borrowing privileges and access to licensed electronic databases, for a period of three months beyond the degree conferral date. Access information can be found at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/access/. Library Services for alumni can be found at http://www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu/
Dodge Physical Fitness Center (aka the Gym): You may use the gym over the summer with your current CUID. However, you will have to pay the $91 gym use fee. Beginning in September, you will be eligible for alumni gym use. Please see http://www.dodgefitnesscenter.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9610&ATCLID=205330326
Alumni Benefits and Services
A variety of benefits and services are available to Journalism School graduates. This page answers most of your most questions and concerns, from auditing a class at Columbia to updating your address information, from obtaining a transcript of your time here to using Columbia’s recreational facilities – http://bit.ly/alumni_benefits
Please note that you will automatically be subscribed to your class listserv using the real world e-mail address supplied in your graduation survey (more details en route from Career Services). To update any of your contact information with us or sign up for a regional listserv, use this form:
http://bit.ly/cugsj_update
LionMail: Since all of you began using LionMail while at Columbia, you will be able to continue using your LionMail email account.
Fellowship: UNITY Summer Reporting Fellowship
UNITY: Journalists for Diversity is now accepting applications for the pilot UNITY student reporting fellowship. This is a rare opportunity for college students to develop immersive multimedia and reporting skills from all over the country. The fellowship is designed to simulate convergence journalism, technology and cross-cultural communications.
One UNITY fellow will be selected to cover the AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA and NLGJA conventions, with travel and hotel accommodations provided. The student fellow will participate in convention training that will include interactive online courses in interviewing, multimedia, ethics, and visual and audio techniques. The student fellow will also be given convention assignments to cover issues related to the journalism industry as well as the AAPI, LGBTQ and the Native communities today. A group of skilled journalists and media professionals will also be selected to act as mentors and guide the UNITY fellow as they report on the convention.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have a strong commitment to UNITY’s mission.
- Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time college or graduate student or recent graduate (within one year) with a serious interest in pursuing journalism as a career.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
- AAJA, NLGJA and NAJA membership is not required to apply; however, accepted students will have to sign up for a student membership in at least one of the UNITY alliance organizations.
- Applicants must be available during
- NAJA convention in Santa Clara from July 10-13
- NABJ convention in Boston from July 28 -Aug. 3
- NAHJ convention in San Antonio from Aug. 3-9
- AAJA convention in Washington, D.C. from Aug. 11-16
- NLGJA convention in Chicago from Aug. 18 –24
Requirements
- Recent college transcript (PDF or JPG only)
- Average GPA: 3.0
- Two letters of recommendation from a supervisor at a journalism internship, a journalism publication advisor or college professor (PDF only)
- Two essays answering the two questions below (500 words limit):
Why do you want to pursue a career in journalism?
Why is diversity important to the growth of journalism? - Five (5) best work samples. (Please provide links to your work.)
EVENT: Dean’s Seminar on Governance of the Internet @ SIPA
SIPA has extended an invitation to their upcoming event: Dean’s Seminar on Governance of the Internet
Monday, April 14, 2014
12:00 – 1:15 P.M.
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
420 West 118th Street, New York, New York
Moderated by Merit E. Janow, Dean, Columbia SIPA and Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law and International Affairs.
Join Dean Merit E. Janow and an all-star panel of technology experts to discuss regulation and supervision of the internet.
PANELISTS:
Gordon Goldstein, Managing Director, Head of External Affairs, Silver Lake Group with responsibility for global external affairs including government relations, public policy, strategic communications, and media relations issues; represented Silver Lake as a member of the U.S. government and industry delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications
Ambassador David Gross, Partner, Wiley Rein, LLP; previously U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State; one of the world’s foremost experts on international telecommunications, having led more U.S. delegations to major international telecommunication conferences than anyone else
Eli Noam, Professor of Economics and Finance and Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility at the Columbia Business School; formerly Commissioner for Public Services of New York State; appointed by the White House to the President’s IT Advisory Committee; and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a research center focusing on management and policy issues in communications, internet, and media
Laura DeNardis, Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Communication at American University; globally recognized internet scholar and author of The Global War for Internet Governance (Yale University Press, 2014); Director of Research for the Global Commission on Internet Governance; and member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP).
This event will be livestreamed at sipa.columbia.edu/live
Call for Entries: Robert Harron Award
The Faculty is currently accepting nominations for the ROBERT HARRON AWARD.
The ROBERT HARRON AWARD is presented each year to the student (M.S. [FT or PT]; M.A.; Knight Bagehot; Ph.D.) who has demonstrated excellence in writing and reporting as well as exemplary kindness and courtesy to fellow students. It is popularly known as the “nice guy/gal” award.
The award was established in memory of Robert Harron, a former sportswriter and long-time assistant to the presidents of this university, through gifts from his many friends.
While all members of the School (faculty – full-time and adjucts, staff and students) may submit nominations, only students in the Class of 2014 (part-time and full-time, M.S., M.A., Knight Bagehot, Ph.D.) are eligible for the prize, which will be announced with other awards on Journalism Day (this is a separate prize from SPJ’s “Student of the year” and the other awards determined by the Faculty.
A committee will examine the nominations and use the input to pick the winner of the prize. Please understand that this is NOT a popularity contest, and you are not “voting.” You are providing background information on a particular student. The Faculty makes the final decision.
We are looking for concrete examples that describe, as much as possible, the spirit of the award (see first para above), with special emphasis on the exemplary kindness and courtesy to fellow students (while maintaining high academic standards).
Please complete with form (http://fs8.formsite.com/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.
The Richard J. Blood Award For Excellence in Reporting
DEADLINE: Noon, Friday, April 18
Seeking an unpublished investigative, hard-news or news feature story of
publishable quality. Please, no profiles.
* Submit one article of no more than 1,500 words. Please double-space
entries, and note the word count alongside the headline.
* A winning entry will overflow with voices, specifics and solid
attribution. Less is more: Leave in only the details that move the story
forward. Make your copy lean, your prose sing and soar.
* Particular attention will be given to rigorously reported stories
that have the potential to improve social conditions – stories that alert
the community to a danger, explain human behavior, entertain, inform and
educate.
* You are strongly encouraged to review the article with your
instructor, incorporate any reporting/editing suggestions and rewrite it
before submission.
The award is $500
Please complete this formhttp://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/Blood/and attach
your submission by noon on Friday, April 18.
Please note that the competition is for unpublished work, but that articles
that have run on theColumbiaJournalist.org ARE eligible.
We will announce the winner on Journalism Day
This award is administered by the M.S. Class of 1995 Blood Awardcommittee: Stephanie Argy, Raney Aronson, Ellen Butler Bikales, Maria Sanminiatelli and Erin Texeira
*This award is among graduation prizes awarded each year.
Details and application instructions (for those that require submissions) will be distributed at a later date. This one, however, is judged by an alumni committee so has an earlier application deadline.
Summer Employment Opportunities: Educational Testing Services
Summer Employment Opportunities at ETS
ETS is looking for candidates to fill two open positions:
Reading Assessment – The Assessment Development Division of Educational Testing Service is seeking freelance writers, graduate students, teachers, and other college graduates who have an appreciation for good writing and a sense of the interests and abilities of high-school students. Successful candidates will work with ETS test development staff in developing lively and appealing materials for assessing reading comprehension skills aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
Interested candidates should apply online no later than Monday, March 31, 2014:
http://www.ets.org/careers/internships_fellowships/
or
http://bit.ly/etsreading
Writing Assessments – This paid summer program will provide the opportunity to work with Educational Testing Service staff in developing assessments of writing skills. Summer employees will learn the fundamentals of test design, including principles of test validity and fairness, and then learn to develop the materials and questions used in these assessments.
Interested candidates should apply online no later than Monday, March 31, 2014:
http://www.ets.org/careers/internships_fellowships/
or
http://bit.ly/etswriting