Hey NY folks. List of FREE upcoming events at Columbia j-school.
-Mia
Thought you and your NYC-area friends might like to know about three free all-star events we are having over the next few days at Columbia Journalism School – just three of many listed at http://bit.ly/columbialectures
* Thursday, Nov. 4, 4:30-6 pm: Knight News Challenge info session, with
Jennifer 8. Lee Details below and at http://twtup.com/8knc
* Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6:15-9 pm: Our annual Changing Media Landscape panel &
receptions (and live webcast), presented with the Hearst Foundation.
Panel features the global managing editor of Reuters; the founder of
Tumblr; the national innovations editor of the Washington Post; the
editor in chief of Mashable; the editor of El Diario La Prensa. Learn
about the names behind the titles and other details below and at
http://bit.ly/columbiajh10
* Thursday, Nov. 11, 6:30-8 pm: "The Science of Storytelling” – Dean
Nicholas Lemann in conversation with Professor and Pulitzer Prize winner
Jonathan Weiner for a discussion of the practices and pitfalls,
techniques and triumphs of long-form science writing focusing on
Professor Weiner’s critically acclaimed new book, "Long for This World."
Details below.
NON-COLUMBIA-J-SCHOOLERS! Signup to get alerts about future Columbia Journalism School events and webcasts: http://bit.ly/columbiajsignup * We list the school's in-person events at http://bit.ly/columbialectures (lots of spring events coming). Our events as a Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/columbiajcal
[ A quick note to remind any experienced journalists looking to earn a Master's degree that Columbia J-school's new nine-month M.A. program (which allows you to specialize in business, arts, politics or science/health/environment reporting) is a great option. Along with in-depth specialization, you can also learn the digital skills that are in such demand in newsrooms today. We also have launched a new joint Master's degree in journalism and computer science with with the Columbia Computer Science Department. These programs program are in addition to our more traditional M.S. and Ph.D. programs. Details at http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/admissions …. Questions to admissions@jrn.columbia.edu ]
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Knight News Challenge info session, with Jennifer 8. Lee Thursday, 11/4, 4:30-6 pm in Stabile Student Center
Columbia Journalism School, 116th St & Broadway (#1 train to 116th St)
Optional RSVP via Twitter: http://twtup.com/8knc
hashtag: #cjknc
JENNIFER 8. LEE, a reviewer and consultant with the Knight News Challenge [ http://newschallenge.org ], will discuss and answer questions about the competition, which launched Oct. 25 with a deadline of December 1. In last year's awards, the News Challenge received more than 2,300 applications and gave out 12 grants totaling $2.74 million. In a previous year, alum David Cohn, received a $300,000 grant for his http://spot.us crowdfunding project. Lee will discuss the technicalities of the contest — including the categories, the open-source requirements, and different funding mechanisms. Lee, a journalist focused on investments in the frontiers of news and information in communities, worked for nine years as a reporter for the New York Times and is author of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles," a book on Chinese food in America. She helps organize Hacks/Hackers NYC and spearheaded the crowdsourced journo-tech glossary, which has been translated into Arabic and French.
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All are invited to this in-person event (with two free receptions) or video webcast (you provide your own snacks)…
{SAMPLE TWEET: All-star @ColumbiaJourn media panel+webcast, Nov. 9:
http://twtup.com/columbiajh10 #cjhearst }
"Changing Media Landscape, 2010" Columbia J-school & Hearst Foundation's annual look at the journalism revolution, with several fascinating influencers. This is a different kind of panel, with a real conversation among the participants and audience – and no Powerpoint in sight. FREE IN-PERSON EVENT + WEBCAST
The Hearst Foundation & Columbia Journalism Digital Media Program present…
Columbia-Hearst Journalism Dialogues
Tuesday, November 9, 20010
6:15-9 pm (live webcast at 7 pm on http://livestream.com/columbiajournalism –
see local time around the world here: http://timeanddate.com/s/1v9h )
SPEAKERS:
HILDA GARCIA, VP, multiplatform news and information of Impremedia, the largest
Hispanic news and information company & editor of El Diario La Prensa, the
oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. FOLLOW ON TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/garsiknews
DAVID KARP, founder, Tumblr, a leading microblogging site, with more than two billion pageviews a month, eight million publishers and 7.4 million posts a day. FOLLOW ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/davidkarp
MARK LUCKIE, national innovations editor, Washington Post; founder of 10,000
Words blog (which was just bought by Mediabistro); author of "The Digital
Journalist's Handbook." FOLLOW ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/marksluckie
ADAM OSTROW, editor-in-chief, Mashable, a leading news and information site
about social media; and a new media consultant and entrepreneur. FOLLOW ON
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/adamostrow
BETTY WONG, global managing editor, Reuters, one of the world's most
influential media companies. FOLLOW ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/DestinationRTRS
MODERATOR: Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia J-school's Dean of Student Affairs
FOLLOW ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/sreenet
HASHTAG FOR THE EVENT: #cjhearst
OPTIONAL: RSVP via Twitter – http://twtup.com/columbiajh10
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
6:15 – doors open
6:15-7:00 pm – networking reception – drinks & light food
7-8:30 pm – discussion
8:30-9 pm – reception and networking continue
No RSVP required. No charge. Open to the public. Add yourself to this form to
be kept posted about future events like these: http://bit.ly/columbiasignup
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor – 116th St &
Broadway [ #1 train to 116th St or get directions:
http://www.hopstop.com/route?city=New+York&county2=Manhattan&address2=2950+broadway&mod
e=s
]
LIVE & ARCHIVED WEBCAST OF THE EVENT WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM AT
http://livestream.com/columbiajournalism
NOTE: Free, open wi-fi available in the lecture hall for blogging, tweeting, etc. Please use the #cjhearst hashtag.
This program is dedicated to Hossein "Hoder" Derakhshan, Iranian-born blogger/Internet activist, who spoke at this panel in 2007; he was arrested in Iran in 2008 and has been sentenced to 19.5 years in prison. More info: http://www.freetheblogfather.org/
FUTURE DATES:
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:30-9 pm: The annual Hearst New Media Lecture will be
delivered by Krishna Bharat (@KrishnaBharat), founder of Google News & Hearst
New Media Professional-in-Residence at the J-school: http://bit.ly/b7UGuv
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, 630-9 pm: Hearst "Changing Media Landscape, 2011" Panel
MANY THANKS TO THE HEARST FOUNDATION FOR ITS CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL'S DIGITAL MEDIA EFFORTS. Some video and links from this series at http://bit.ly/hearstprograms
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The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
invites you to an evening event:
“The Science of Storytelling”
Dean Nicholas Lemann
in conversation with
Professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Weiner
for a discussion of
the practices and pitfalls, techniques and triumphs
of long-form science writing
focusing on Professor Weiner’s critically acclaimed new book
Long for This World
Thursday, November 11, 2010
6:30 p.m.
World Room, 3rd floor
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
116th and Broadway
New York City
Register here: http://bit.ly/aY04i9
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NEW-ISH WAYS CONNECT WITH COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL:
Facebook: friend "Columbia J-school" –
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=611726581
Twitter: http://twitter.com/columbiajourn
Audio webcasts with faculty, alumni and more:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/columbiajournalism (set automatic e-mail
reminders there for yourself)
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/columbiajournalism
Blip.tv: http://cujs.blip.tv/ (five- and 12-minute mini-documentaries about the school + events at the school)
MAIN WEBSITE: http://www.journalism.columbia.edu