Student Resources

All-Class Lectures: 2006

All-Class Lectures: Tuesdays, 7pm in the Journalism School Lecture Hall
All students and members of the Journalism School Community  are welcome.
Listen to some of these lectures, Recordings of Notable Class Lectures



September 12   No lecture (primary night)
     

September 13		  

How to Choose a Topic for your Master’s Project

Professor Bruce Porter
Wednesday: 5-6:30pm
     

September 19		  

Job Search 101: The nuts and bolts of your job search strategy

Ernest Sotomayor and Julie Hartenstein, Office of Career Services
     

September 26		  

Global trends in Investigative Journalism, Stabile Center inaugural lecture

Remarks by President Bollinger and Dean Nick Lemann.  David Remnick, Editor of the New Yorker will introduce Sheila Coronel, Director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism
     

October 3		  

How the little Biloxi Sun Herald won the Pulitzer Gold Medal for coverage of Katrina

Panel discussion moderated by Sig Gissler, Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes with; Stanley Tiner Editor Sun Herald and; Joshua Norman reporter J’05.
     

October 10		  

Cabot Award Winners: A panel discussion about reporting in and on Latin America

Mario Vargas Llosa, independent journalist and author; Ginger Thompson, Mexico City Bureau Chief for The New York Times; Jose Hamilton Ribeiro, Special Reporter for TV Globo and; Matt Moffett South America Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
     

October 17		  

"Whose Right Is It to Tell the Story?"   A joint presentation by the National Constitution Center and Columbia's Poliak Center for First Amendment Issues

Panel discussion moderated by Jane Eisner, Vice President of Civic Initiatives at the National Constitution Center, with panelists Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, Eve Burton, corporate counsel at Hearst; Thomas Healy, former Supreme Court reporter who now teaches law at Seton Hall; Chris Morvillo, attorney who worked as U.S. deputy attorney general in the first three years of the Bush administration.
     

October 24		  

How Has the Press Used Images Since September 11th?

A panel discussion moderated by Vanity Fair’s David Friend, author of The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11 .  Panelists will include: Vincent Laforet, Columbia University/The New York Times;  Jonathon Torgovnik, photographer; Aidan Sullivan, Getty Images;  MaryAnne Golan, photo editor Time Magazine.
Panel hosted in conjunction with the International Center for Photography.
     
October 31   No lecture
     
November 7   No lecture (Election Day)
     

November 14		  

Columbia Journalism Dialogues 2006: The Changing Media Landscape

Panel discussion moderated by Dean Sreenivasan with: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder; Bill Grueskin, of WSJ.com and; Kevin Sites of Yahoo.
     

November 21		  

Democracy's Web:  Who Will Control the Internet?

Exploring issues such as government censorship and the ability of technology to affect politics. Panel discussion moderated by Dean Nicholas Lemann. Speakers include Sheila Coronel, Stabile Professor of Investigative Journalism; Hugh Hewitt, blogger and radio host; Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org
     

November 28		  

Alumni Association Fall Panel
     

December 5		  

Poliak Lecture:

"An Art of Full and Moving Communication: Public Service Journalism in the Digital Era" Delivered by Georgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music, University of Cambridge Georgina Born, Cambridge University; author of Uncertain Vision.
     
December 12   TBD