Category Archives: Networking

Volunteer Needed: Student Library Advisory Committee

Action Item, Community Citizenship, Fun Stuff, Getting Things Done, Networking

We are looking for a CURRENT Journalism student to volunteer to to serve on the Student Library Advisory Committee for the 2020-20201 academic year.

STUDENT LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Student Library Advisory Committee gives students an active voice in library-related issues on campus. The Student Library Advisory Committee is a two-way forum for information exchange between students and the Columbia University Libraries. Meetings are held twice per semester during the Fall and Spring academic terms. Additional meetings may be scheduled as needed.

Charge

The Student Library Advisory Committee is charged with maintaining effective communication channels between student organizations, their members, and the Columbia University Libraries. The Student Library Advisory Committee serves as a conduit for the transmission of student needs and concerns to the administration and staff of the Columbia University Libraries.

Commitment

We will meet virtually on the following Fridays from 12:30 -1:30:

September 25, 2020
November 20, 2020
February 5, 2021
April 2, 2021

If you are interested please contact Dean Huff via email at mgh2@columbia.edu by tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23.

Event: EPIC News with Victor Navasky

Columbia Events, Faculty, Networking
Tuesday, March 6: EPIC Conversation with Victor Navasky
Please join us for the first in a series of conversations with distinguished colleagues from the Emeritus Professors in Columbia community. This EPIC Conversation is co-sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School.
Victor Navasky chairs the Columbia Journalism Review. He was the George Delacorte Professor of Magazine Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he directed the Delacorte Center for Magazine Study. He has served as editor, publisher and now publisher emeritus of The Nation, which he joined in 1978.
In the 1970’s Navasky served as an editor on The New York Times Magazine. In the 1960’s he was founding editor and publisher of Monocle, a “leisurely quarterly of political satire” (that meant it came out twice a year). His books include Kennedy Justice and Naming Names, which won a National Book Award, and (with Christopher Cerf) The Experts Speak: The Definitive Guide to Authoritative Misinformation, and also Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War In Iraq, A Matter of Opinion, which won the 2005 George Polk Book Award and the 2006 Ann M. Sperber Prize, and of which The New York Times wrote, “Anybody who has ever dreamed of starting a magazine, or worried that the country is losing the ability to speak seriously to itself, should read A Matter of Opinion.”
Navasky is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Most recently he has published The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry, edited by Victor S. Navasky and Evan Cornog, and The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power (Knopf, 2013).
Navasky will be in conversation with Michael Rosenthal, Roberta and William Campbell Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, another distinguished Columbia author and scholar, and an EPIC steering committee member.
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Joseph Pulitzer World Room
Pulitzer Hall
Columbia University
Lunch provided.
Seating is limited. RSVP Required.

Join AAJA-Asia for Digital N3 2018: #RethinkingNews #Asia

Fun Stuff, Networking, Non-Columbia Events, Outside Events

Join AAJA-Asia for the first-ever Digital N3, an interactive 90-minute conversation with reporters in Asia and the U.S. taking place in select cities on both continents, connected live via videoconference. The event will take place Friday, February 9 (U.S.) / Saturday, February 10 (Asia). It’s an engaging experience you won’t want to miss.

Join a conversation with news leaders including:

  • Annalisa Burgos, ABS-CBN News Channel Anchor & Managing Editor joining from Manila
  • Sewell Chan, New York Times International News Editor joining from New York
  • Ken Moritsugu, AP News Editor for Japan and the Koreas joining from Tokyo
  • Jodi Schneider, Bloomberg Asia Senior News Editor joining from Hong Kong
This event is FREE for AAJA members, students and Bloomberg staff. A $10 USD donation to AAJA is suggested for non-members.
Depending on your location, the event will take place at the times and days listed below:
Friday, February 9 (U.S.)
New York – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Washington, D.C. – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Chicago – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Seattle – 4:30pm to 6:00pm
San Francisco – 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Los Angeles – 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Saturday, February 10 (Asia)
Tokyo – 9:30am to 11:00am
Seoul – 9:30am to 11:00am
Hong Kong – 8:30am to 10:00am
Singapore – 8:30am to 10:00am
Bangkok – 7:30am to 9:00am
Looking for fresh story ideas that could hit the front page?
COME get a better view on events and trends in Asia and how it’s impacting American communities from Los Angeles to Chicago.
ENGAGE with journalists on the ground in Asia and the U.S. on the political, cultural and economic themes that connect across the Pacific Ocean.
LEARN the latest apps, websites and tools to add to your reporting toolbox.
AAJA-Asia is bringing ASIA to your town! Find out where people are meeting in your city and come join the discussion!
Curious about AAJA-Asia’s New.Now.Next Media Conference, taking place in Hong Kong May 25-27, 2018? Here’s your chance to get a taste of the exciting annual conference that gathers journalists and media professionals across the Asia Pacific region.
PROGRAM
Asia in Your Backyard – 45 minutes
A panel discussion with reporters and editors on the ground in Asia and the U.S. talking about the social, economic and cultural trends coming from Asia that impact the U.S. You will walk away with reporting ideas to pursue come Monday.
Reporting Tools You Can Use – 45 minutes
What’s the latest in news collecting and verifying information? We’ll look at the latest apps and online tools reporters are using. Learn more about the next Twitter or LinkedIn for gathering story ideas and reaching out to sources. A speaker from each city will briefly introduce a tool or an app used in their area.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
For U.S. attendees, the deadline to register is Wednesday, February 7 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT. For Asia attendees, the deadline to register is Thursday, February 8 at 12pm Hong Kong time.
You will receive details on event location and procedures after registration, including a video conference link for Asia members located outside of a host city.

Become a Campus Conversations Facilitator

Action Item, Community Citizenship, Community Service, Fun Stuff, Networking, University Life, Volunteer
Dear Students,​


Interested in conversations on identity and inclusion?  Want to develop (or polish) your skills to facilitate a powerful conversation? Join Campus Conversations with the Office of University Life and become a Campus Conversations Facilitator!

Campus Conversation Facilitators will participate in a training and then host a conversation – in your residence, in your class, in your organization, or among your circle of friends. We’ll provide the training, tools, and conversation packets. Facilitators select a space and invite participants. Here’s more information:

Campus Conversation Facilitator Benefits:

 

  • Develop and practice leadership and facilitation skills
  • Gain a better understanding and awareness of inclusive language
  • Be part of efforts to foster greater inclusivity at Columbia
  • Meet and work with other students dedicated to social justice and diversity
  • Make great connections who can possibly serve as references in the future
    Receive Office of University Life swag 

 

 

  • Be an early adopter/adapter of a university-wide resource for Campus Conversations (developed by Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion Task Force!)
  • Be eligible to apply for a mini-grant to provide food or snacks at your conversation

 


Requirements:

  • Participate in a three-hour training session to review the facilitation guide and strategies for facilitating your conversation
  • Host at least one 90-minute Campus Conversation during the Spring 2018 semester
  • Provide feedback to the Office of University Life and Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion Task Force
  • Be willing to share on social media, or be interviewed for social media
​
The Office of University Life is hosting two facilitation trainings in February. Please register for one here.

 Space is limited; register early!

DocNYC Screening and Student Discount

Film Screening, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Outside Events

Doc NYC Screening: Sky & Ground

Produced and Directed by Tayla Tibbon (SIPA Alum)

WORLD PREMIERE A compelling, ground-level immersion into the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, Sky & Ground accompanies the Nabi clan, a large, extended Syrian-Kurdish family, as they painstakingly make their way from their home in Aleppo, bombed out by the war, to the Idomeni refugee camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia. Their goal is Berlin, where they will reunite with family members and seek asylum but first they must make the arduous and dangerous journey through Serbia, Hungary and Austria.

A special student rate has been provided for the Thursday, September 16th Screening

For the discount code:

Promo code DOCNYCSTUDENT ($8 a ticket)

Max 4 tickets per purchase.

Tickets can be purchased here:
http://www.docnyc.net/film/sky-ground/

Or here: http://prod1.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtcode=77971610~bd725d56-8b11-414c-8cda-9ccb2ad3128d&

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXOx9WZ-S0

 

INVITE: Using Evidence and Innovation to Address Poverty and Inequality

Community Citizenship, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events

Using Evidence and Innovation to Address Poverty and Inequality
Register to Attend
You are invited to a Mayoral Forum on the role of evidence and innovation in addressing poverty and inequality, in New York City and beyond.

Join us on May 16 as Cecilia Muñoz, New America’s Vice President of Policy and Technology & Director of the National Network provides insights bridging the national and local perspectives during a forum led by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation.

SCHEDULE

9:15 AM Doors Open
Light breakfast available

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Conversation and Panel
Featuring:

Bill de Blasio @NYCMayor
Mayor, City of New York

Darren Walker @DarrenWalker
President, Ford Foundation

Matt Klein @Mattklein_
Executive Director, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity

Cecilia Muñoz @cecmunoz
Vice President, Policy & Technology; Director, National Network, New America
Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council, 2012-2017

Gordon Berlin @MDRC_News
President MDRC

Anthony Shorris
First Deputy Mayor

Richard Buery @RichardBuery
Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives

Gabrielle Fialkoff
Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships

Alicia Glen @DMAliciaGlen
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development
Using Evidence and Innovation to Address Poverty and Inequality
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
9:15 AM – 1:00 PM EST
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcom X Blvd
New York, NY 10037

Please RSVP by May 8th.
Follow the conversation online using #MayoralForum and following @NewAmericaNYC.

INVITE: Filling the Void | NYC Launch

Invitation, Networking, New York City, Social Media
Join Repeater Books and author Marcus Gilroy-Ware for the Launch of Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism & Social Media.

April 18, 7pm
Spoonbill Books, 99 Montrose Avenue
Reading + Conversation

repeaterbooks.com/books/filling-the-void/

Filling The Void is a book about how the cultures and psychology of social media use fit within a broader landscape of life under capitalism. Marcus Gilroy-Ware argues that social media use is often a psychological response to the need for pleasure and comfort that results from the stresses of life under postmodern capitalism, rather than being a driver of new behaviors as new technologies are often said to be.

Filling the Void interrogates the role of social media networks, designed for private commercial gain, as part of a de-facto public sphere. Both the decreasing subjective importance of factual media and the ways in which the content of the timeline are quietly manipulated–often using labor in the developing world and secret algorithms–have serious implications for the capacity of social media users to query or challenge the seeming reality offered by the established hegemonic order.

Marcus Gilroy-Ware has been immersing himself in digital media since the age of five. Having lived in the United States, Brazil, and Britain, he now writes, teaches, researches, creates, and codes at the intersection of culture and communication.

https://www.facebook.com/events/618186935053409/

CU there! Building your Columbia community…on the road

Action Item, Alumni, Fun Stuff, Networking

CU there! is a 2017 initiative of the Senate Alumni Relations Committee, in partnership with Senate Student Affairs Committee and the Columbia Alumni Association, to benefit both students and alumni.

The premise is simple – to help our students and alumni connect across the Columbia community to engage and network during the summer break.  Rather than a traditional mentorship program or career-related networking, CU there! helps students connect informally with alumni – via the regional club network and other alumni groups that have location-specific events. Whether a student is returning to their hometown or moving to a new city, whether participating in a formal internship, working at a summer job, or volunteering, CU there! connects students with fellow students and alumni during the summer.  The regional clubs will determine the activities they offer – hosting a smaller reception or dinner or having students join a previously scheduled activity for the greater alumni community.

Sign up for CU there! and meet up with the alumni this summer at scheduled events, informal gatherings, or one-on-one. Whether it is for career opportunities, collaborating on a project, or getting oriented in a new city, there is a ready-made community of over 330,000 Columbia alumni in more than 100 clubs and interest groups living in 184 countries who are waiting to connect with you wherever you go.

Here is the link to sign up: ttp://goo.gl/Y5bHiJ

INVITE: Keynotes Cocktails: Women of NY

Chats, Conferences, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events
The annual, off-the-record Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of NY conference returns to New York City on Tues., December 6 (7:30 am -12:30 pm), at the Paley Center for Media* in Midtown – and we have a special, deeply discounted rate available for Columbia students to join a morning of off-the-record insight and intimate, guided networking among the most accomplished women of the media, entertainment and tech communities. While Women of NY is designed to serve the women of our business community, everyone has a stake in gender equality, so…yes, ALL GENDERS are welcome.
 
As a student, you may attend for $79 + reg fee (the regular rate is $283 + reg fee). To receive the student rate, check out at www.melinc.com/ny by:
1 Entering promo code STUDENT in the “Enter Promotional Code” prompt
2 Entering your area of study in the “job title” field Columbia in the “company” line when you complete the work information section
   
The event gathers speakers, sponsors and attendees from ABC News, AMC Networks, Assembly Entertainment, The Associated Press, BRaVe Media Ventures, CBS News, Geek Girl Rising, go90, Google, HBO, NBCU, New Form Digital, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, PBS, SheEO Radical Generosity, Tribune Media, Turner, United Talent Agency, Vertebrae VR, VH1 and more.
  
Agenda, a speaker gallery, sponsor info and registration may all be found on our online hub: www.melinc.com/ny.
 
You will also have the opportunity to request your preferred, expert-led break-out roundtable session…Modeled on the hit break-out sessions we debuted at Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West this past June in L.A., there will be sessions on such topics as AD SALES + MARKETING, PROGRAMMING + DEVELOPMENT, and DIGITAL MEDIA.