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Journalism
J-School Receives Funding for New Media Center
The Graduate School of Journalism announced Monday that it will receive a $5 million donation to establish a new and emerging media center. The center will broaden existing curriculum for the new media specialization, as well as bolster the J-School's research in online and digital journalism.
Truth in the Media: Duty to the Source or to the Public?
| Mar 30After an interview with Samantha Power, Gerri Peev was presented with one of the toughest ethical questions in journalism today, one that requires a decision between her source and her public. Is it fair to repeat an “off the record” comment in print?
Wire Creator Decries Papers’ ‘Race to the Bottom’
| Mar 27Speaking with what one audience member described as “impassioned cynicism,” The Wire producer and writer David Simon lectured about his broad journalism experience and his belief that American newspapers are, on the whole, “fucked up."
When Fair Isn't Balanced
| Nov 28The Columbia Daily Spectator’s recent decision to publish, under the rubric of opinion, Paula Stern’s editorial (“Greatest Victory, Even in Defeat,” Nov. 15) maligning Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj is the latest instance in which the paper has become an instrument of external interests opposed to academic freedom.







