Columbia Journalism School is pleased to announce the appointment of award-winning journalists Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley as Journalists in Residence for the 2026–27 academic year.

📰 Five journalism schools across five states are now working together to support local news. @ufjschool.bsky.social has joined CJS’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) network, expanding access to student loan assistance for eligible early-career journalists in local newsrooms.

🎥 Emmy Award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Kristofer Ríos, '12 M.S., is returning to Columbia Journalism School as the James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues!

💡 Ready to move your organization forward? Apply for the 2027 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program cohort. Over five months, fellows move projects from idea to action through in-person learning at CJS, coaching and weekly cohort meetings: https://journalism.columbia.edu/sulzberger-program

🗞️ Columbia Journalism School proudly welcomes Pallavi Gogoi as executive director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism!

📷 CJS is headed to #NAHJ2026 in New Orleans! Join “Del Reportaje a Las Redes: Haz Que Tu Historia Viva en Todas Las Plataformas,” a hands-on workshop on engaging vertical video and adapting stories across digital platforms to connect with Spanish-speaking audiences.

🌎 Congratulations to @rosegilbert.bsky.social, '21 M.S., on being named the 2026 Tony Horwitz Fellow!

📰 Congratulations to Maurice Oniango, ’20 M.S., on being awarded the 2026 Joan Konner Program in the Journalism of Ideas Fellowship!

🗼 On July 11, Columbia Journalism School joined @nikkei.com, @sophiauniversitye.bsky.social, Waseda University and Keio University to host "The Future of Journalism" in Tokyo.

📷 Last week, seven incoming J-School students participated in a special visit to @cnn.com with our Admissions team. Open to all incoming students on a first-come, first-served basis, the visit included a candid conversation with Anderson Cooper.

⚽️ Columbia Journalism School alumni are reporting on fan culture, host-city preparations, transportation, stadium operations and the many people and communities at the heart of the 2026 World Cup. See what they're covering: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/alumni-reporting-2026-world-cup

🏆 Congratulations to our alumni recognized for the 2026 NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards, including Lydia Polgreen, '00 M.S., who was named Journalist of the Year. Read about this year's honorees: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-NLGJA-awards

🎉 Congratulations to Alonso Vidal, ’26 M.S. Stabile, on being named the 2026-27 Columbia Journalism Fellow at @frontlinepbs.bsky.social.

🏆 This spring's achievements highlight how Columbia Journalism School alumni are advancing the vision behind CJS2030, Dean Jelani Cobb's roadmap for strengthening journalism through innovation, public engagement and support for the next generation of reporters.

🪄 Introducing the 15th Magic Grant cohort! The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, established by Helen Gurley Brown in honor of her late husband, David Brown, awards its annual Magic Grants to teams collaborating on projects that blend journalistic insight with technical innovation.

🥇 For his significant, continued contributions to scholarship on media, markets and democracy, Professor of History and Communications Richard R. John (@rrjohnr.bsky.social) won the 2026 C. Edwin Baker Award!

📰 A new opportunity for business journalists is coming to CJS! This October, the Nathan S. Collier Business Reporting Program will bring its first cohort to NYC for a fully funded week of learning focused on the economic, financial and organizational forces shaping society.

CJS stands with alumna @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social, '13 M.A. Business & Economics, of the @wsj.com, Dow Jones and her colleague Joseph Palazzolo, who were named as defendants in a refiled defamation lawsuit brought by President Trump stemming from the Journal's reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.

📣 Congratulations to Keith Gessen on his promotion to George T. Delacorte Associate Professor of Magazine Journalism with tenure! Read the full announcement: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/keith-gessen-tenure

🗞️ Selfies and scoops. Congratulations to the Columbia Journalism School Class of 2026! 📷: Chris Taggart #ReportingBeginsHere | #Columbia2026

📰 Three years ago today, CJS launched the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to help journalists stay in local news. Now, the program is nearing $800K in projected 2026 support for 80 graduates across four institutions: journalism.columbia.edu/news/lrap-tu...

🎉 Congratulations to Columbia Journalism School alumnae Beatrice Peterson, ’14 M.S., and Tamia Fowlkes, '23 M.S., on their 2026 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Awards!

🏆 Congratulations to the Columbia Journalism School alumni honored across 8️⃣ categories for the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes! Read more about this year’s Pulitzer winners and finalists: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-alu... 📷: Pulitzer Prizes

🏆 Entries are officially open for the 2027 duPont-Columbia Awards! What does award-winning work look like today? Filmmaker Eva Orner shares insight on her silver baton-winning documentary, Surviving Ohio State, in the latest episode of #OnAssignment: onassignmentpodcast.com

🎓 What kind of stories do you want to tell? At Columbia Journalism School, M.S. students can now shape their experience through specialized Tracks and customizable Sequences, from Arts, Culture and Entertainment (ACE) and Visual Craft (VC) to climate, migration, photojournalism and more.

🌍 Five members of the Columbia Journalism School community are among the 14 fellows selected for the 2026 FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Journalism Fellowship, a program that challenges journalists to confront the ethical dimensions of their work.

A Statement From Dean Jelani Cobb Standing With CJS Alumna Sarah Fitzpatrick, '10 M.S. Stabile: journalism.columbia.edu/news/stateme...

🎓 Congratulations to the 2026–2027 Spencer Education Fellows at CJS! For more than a decade, the Spencer Fellowship has brought leading journalists from the U.S. and around the world to undertake ambitious reporting projects on the most pressing issues in education.

📖 Professor Helen Benedict’s latest novel, “The Soldier’s House,” is out now! It tells the story of an Iraq War veteran who, in an attempt to make amends, offers his upstate New York home as a refuge to the widow, child and mother of his assassinated Iraqi interpreter.

M.A. Thesis ✅ Congratulations to our 2026 Master of Arts cohort on turning in their theses today! A well-earned milestone following months of reporting, writing and dedication. #ReportingBeginsHere