Awards and Workshops

The journalism school administers a number of prestigious awards and prizes, and runs many workshops and conferences for professional journalists. Click on any of the icons below to learn more about these programs.

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News & Announcements

Let's Do It Better! Educators' Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity

May 3-5, 2007
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Bryant Gumbel will be honored at the journalism school for their contributions to understanding race and ethnicity in America. Read more

The 2007 Berger Award Winner Announced

Abigail Tucker, of the Baltimore Sun, has been selected this year's Berger Award winner. She will receive her prize at Journalism Day on May 15.
Read the press release...
Read "A Daughter's Difficult Journey" by Abigail Tucker

The Punch Sulzberger News Media Executive Leadership Program

Deadline is Nov. 15, 2007 for the second class of news media fellows for the January 2008 class. The program offers a mix of theory and practice through a one-year performance challenge project.
Read more about program

Missed the Conference?

Watch the video:
Media Reform: Is It Good for Journalism?

Top journalists and media reformers gathered at the school on February 8th to discuss whether or not media reform is good for journalism. The keynote speaker was Walter Cronkite. Read more and watch the video...

Listen to the audio:
The Status of Boys: Crisis or Not?

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter speaks at conference.

Read the Report:
Reporting on Terrorism

Seminar Report Reporting on Terrorism: the News Media and Public Health, a Fred Friendly Seminar at the Graduate School of Journalism in January, 2004

Deadlines & Dates

Let's Do It Better! Workshop on Journalism, Race & Ethnicity
Workshop Dates May 3-5, 2007
Read more
Bloomberg College Editors Leadership Workshop
Workshop Dates May 28-June 1, 2007
More information, Contact Nancy Beth Jackson

Contact Information

Arlene Morgan
Associate Dean of Prizes and Programs
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, New York, 10027

Alice I. Pifer
Director of Professional Education
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, New York, 10027

Edmund J. Sullivan
Executive Director, Professional Prizes
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, New York 10027

Lisa Sara Redd
Program Manager, Professional Prizes
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, New York 10027