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‘PBS News Hour’ senior executive producer Sara Just, CC ’88, named Columbia College’s 2026 Class Day speaker

The third consecutive journalist to serve as Columbia College’s Class Day speaker, Just has won 16 Emmy Awards and served as Spectator’s 111th editor in chief in 1987.

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Sara Just, CC ’88, will address the class of 2026 on May 19.

By Celine Chien and Joseph Zuloaga • March 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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