Misplaced Pages

#223776

40-675: Chinmayi Arun is the executive director of the ISP (2022–present). Previous Executive Directors have included Valerie Belair-Gagnon (2014–22), Margot E. Kaminsky (2011–14), Laura DeNardis (2008–11), and Eddan Katz. Faculty Fellows have included: Yochai Benkler , Professor of Law; Ian Ayres , William K. Townsend Professor of Law; Robert Post (law professor) , David, Boies Professor of Law; Carol Rose, Gordon Bradford Tweedy, Professor of Law and Organization; and Henry Smith, Professor of Law. Fellows have included: Beth Simone Noveck , Mike Godwin , Wendy Seltzer , Peter Suber , and Michael Zimmer . The ISP

80-609: A 1913 alumnus, led the school's transition to become the first graduate school of journalism in the United States. As the school's reach and reputation spread (due in part to an adjunct faculty of working New York journalists and a tenured full-time faculty that included Pulitzer winners Douglas Southall Freeman and Henry F. Pringle and Life Begins at Forty author Walter B. Pitkin ), it began offering coursework in television news and documentary filmmaking in addition to its focus on newspapers and radio. The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes ,

120-659: A collaboration between the Information Society Project (ISP) and scholars of international law and politics at Yale Law School. The Thomson Reuters Initiative on Law and Technology supports ISP's "ideas" lunches, and the Thomson Reuters ISP Speaker Series on Information Law and Information Policy. Topics have included copyright and net neutrality. In March 2014, the Yale Law School Information Society Project hosted

160-495: A conference on Innovation Law Beyond IP. The ISP's Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice (PSRJ) serves as a national center for academic research and development of new ideas to promote justice with respect to reproductive health issues, provide a supportive environment for young scholars interested in academic or advocacy careers focusing on reproductive rights and justice issues; and provide opportunities for communication between

200-421: A diverse array of matters touching on issues of transparency, free speech, and press freedom. Clients include independent journalists, news organizations, public interest as well as advocacy organizations, activists, and researchers. The practice is focused in the state and federal courts of Connecticut and New York, although the clinic has represented clients in many other parts of the country as well. The clinic

240-432: A dozen women. Veteran journalist Talcott Williams was installed as the school's director. When not attending classes and lectures, students scoured the city for news. Their more advanced classmates were assigned to cover a visit by U.S. President William Howard Taft , a sensational police murder trial and a women's suffrage march. A student from China went undercover to report on a downtown cocaine den. A journalism building

280-532: A master of arts degree, prompting the hiring of political journalist Thomas B. Edsall and music critic David Hajdu . As a result of industry changes forced by digital media, the school in 2013 erased distinctions between types of media, such as newspaper, broadcast, magazine and new media, as specializations in its master of science curriculum. The Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, dedicated to training select students interested in pursuing careers in investigative journalism, opened in 2006. A year later,

320-962: A series of books, including Access to Knowledge in India: New Research on Intellectual Property edited by Ramesh Subramarian and Lea Shaver , and Access to Knowledge in Brazil: New Research on Intellectual Property edited by Lea Shaver . The Institute's mission is both practical and scholarly. It includes a clinic for Yale Law students to engage in litigation, draft model legislation, and advise lawmakers and policy makers on issues of media freedom and informational access. It promotes scholarship and law reform on emerging questions concerning both traditional and new media. The Institute also holds scholarly conferences and events at Yale on First Amendment issues and on related issues of access to information, Internet and media law, telecommunications, privacy, and intellectual property. The Abrams Institute

360-507: A yearlong series of events, research projects and writing from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism in collaboration with Columbia Journalism Review. Speakers have included Ethan Zuckerman , James Bamford , and Jil Abramson . The initiative studies the ways that foreign policy affects Internet governance, and the ways that the Internet has changed how foreign policy is conducted. It represents

400-527: Is a Partnering Organization in Free Speech Week, a yearly non-partisan week-long celebration of Freedom of Speech and Expression. The program includes courses related to law and media; writing workshops; speakers, conferences and events; and career counseling and support for summer internships. The Program's director is Professor Jack Balkin . The Law School received a grant from John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support many of these efforts through

440-597: Is also offered on a part-time basis. A year-long M.S. program in data journalism teaches the skills for finding, collecting and analyzing data for storytelling, presentation and investigative reporting. The school offers several dual-degree programs in collaboration with other schools at Columbia: journalism and computer science, journalism and international affairs, journalism and law, journalism and business, and journalism and religion. The school also offers international dual-degree programs with Sciences Po in Paris, France and

SECTION 10

#1733105572224

480-993: Is an assistant professor of law at the National Law University, Delhi , India, where she was founder and director of the Centre for Communication Governance. Chinmayi Arun went to the Frank Anthony Public School in Bangalore . Arun received a B.A, LL.B degree at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research NALSAR University in Hyderabad in 2006. She then went to the London School of Economics and Political Economics to pursue LL.M from 2008 to 2009. On account of Chinmayi Arun's work on law and technology in India, she

520-560: Is co-taught by Jack Balkin , Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment. Every year, the clinic hosts a FOIA bootcamp. MFIA is part of the Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, which is affiliated with and administered by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The Yale Visual Law Project produces short documentary films on legal issues to advance public debate. Films include: The Worst of

560-642: Is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City . Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer , Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism schools in the world and the only journalism school in the Ivy League . It offers four graduate degree programs. The school shares facilities with the Pulitzer Prizes . It directly administers several other prizes, including

600-586: Is the school's longest-running continuous webcast, broadcasting each Thursday at 4 pm, from February through May, since 1996. Uptown Radio contains original feature reports as well as interviews and newscasts in service of the listeners in New York City and the world beyond. The Columbia Journalism School directly administers the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award , the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes ,

640-607: The Access to Knowledge social movement, which aims to build an intellectual framework that will protect access to knowledge both as the basis for sustainable human development and to safeguard human rights. ISP-led courses, projects, a weekly speaker series, and workshops that integrate Yale law students into the exploration of new problems in collaboration with departments across the Yale campus. The ISP also provides advice and education to policy makers, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and

680-594: The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award , honoring excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service. It co-sponsors the National Magazine Awards , also known as the Ellie Awards, and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review . In addition to offering professional development programs, fellowships and workshops, the school is home to the Tow Center for Digital Journalism,

720-599: The Columbia Publishing Course , has been offered since 2000, when the program transferred from Radcliffe College . The Bronx Beat , established in 1981 and published Mondays, is the weekly student publication of Columbia Journalism School. Uptown Radio is a weekly news magazine and podcast modeled after NPR's All Things Considered . It is produced by the students of the Radio Workshop, an advanced audio course at Columbia Journalism School. Uptown Radio

760-513: The University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa . The smaller and more specialized, nine-month Master of Arts (M.A.) program is for experienced journalists interested in focusing on a particular subject area: politics, science, business and economics or arts and culture. M.A. students work closely with journalism professors and take courses in other academic departments and schools at

800-548: The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma . Admission to the school is highly selective and has traditionally drawn an international student body. A Board of Visitors meets periodically to advise the dean's office and support the school's initiatives. In 1892, Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-born newspaper magnate, offered Columbia University President Seth Low funding to establish

840-552: The Knight Law and Media Scholars Program. In Fall 2014, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School and the Information Society Project of Yale Law School have partnered to present this series of 5 lectures as part of the larger Journalism After Snowden project. Journalism After Snowden, funded by The Tow Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is

SECTION 20

#1733105572224

880-692: The May 1904 issue of the North American Review . The university was resistant to the idea. But Low's successor, Nicholas Murray Butler , was more receptive to the plan. Pulitzer was set on creating his vision at Columbia and offered it a $ 2 million gift, one-quarter of which was to be used to establish prizes in journalism and the arts. It took years of negotiations and Pulitzer's death in October 1911 to finalize plans. On September 30, 1912, classes began with 79 undergraduate and postgraduate students, including

920-582: The Spencer Fellowship was created to focus on long-form reporting. The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma relocated to Columbia in 2009 to focus on media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy. In 2010, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism was created. The Brown Institute for Media Innovation was launched under the aegis of former Bell Labs statistician and data scientist Mark Henry Hansen in 2012. The school's ten-month Master of Science (M.S.) program offers aspiring and experienced journalists

960-513: The Supreme Court and US Courts of Appeal. Yale ISP faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and law school student fellows engage in research, education, and social activism geared toward promoting global access to knowledge, advocating democratic values in the information society, and protecting and expanding civil liberties in the Information Age . The ISP has contributed to the development of

1000-640: The Thomson Reuters Initiative on Law and Technology. The center is housed on the fourth floor of Baker Hall, located at 40 Ashmun Street in New Haven. ISP fellows from around the globe come to pursue research and produce scholarship, in the form of books, articles in academic journals and popular publications, blog posts, and policy documents. Yale ISP faculty and fellows have also conducted major public policy reviews of current issues in technology and law, and written amicus briefs for cases appearing before

1040-471: The Worst (2012) , a hard-hitting portrait of Connecticut's Supermax prison, where inmates and COs grapple with extreme isolation. Alienation (2011) follows the story of two families swept up in the 2007 raid and examines current controversies in immigration law and policy in the United States. Stigma (2011) explores the dynamic between the community and the police through the eyes of three people who grew up on

1080-497: The academic and advocacy communities. Priscilla Smith is the program director of PSRJ. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) is dedicated to increasing government transparency, defending the essential work of news gatherers, and protecting freedom of expression through impact litigation , direct legal services, and policy work. The clinic was established in 2009 by a group of Yale Law School students and, since then, has provided pro bono representation to clients on

1120-507: The global legal community. International conferences organized by the ISP have addressed topics such as Access to Knowledge, Cybercrime, Library 2.0, Open ICT Standards, Globalization and Information Flows, and Search Engine Law. For several years, the ISP has collaborated on A2K projects with partner institutions in Egypt, Brazil, and other countries. This work has involved several workshops and conferences organized by ISP fellows, and culminated in

1160-600: The oldest international awards in journalism, were founded in 1938, honoring reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism moved to the school in 1968. In 1958, the Columbia Journalism Award, the school's highest honor, was established to recognize a person of overarching accomplishment and distinguished service to journalism. Three years later,

1200-478: The opportunity to study the skills, art and ethics of journalism by reporting and writing stories that range from short news pieces to complex narrative features. Some students interested in investigative reporting are selected to study at the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, a specialization of the M.S. program. Documentary and data journalism specialization programs are offered as well. The M.S. program

1240-604: The school began awarding the National Magazine Awards in association with the American Society of Magazine Editors . Former CBS News president Fred W. Friendly was appointed the same year to the tenured faculty and enhanced the broadcast journalism program alongside former NBC News correspondent Elie Abel , who served as dean from 1970 to 1979. Abel was succeeded by former Newsweek editor and prominent New York socialite Osborn Elliott (1979–1986), who in turn

Information Society Project - Misplaced Pages Continue

1280-563: The school began publishing the Columbia Journalism Review . After joining the tenured faculty in 1950, veteran United Nations correspondent John Hohenberg became the inaugural administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes in 1954, a secondary appointment that he would hold until 1976. Ackerman was succeeded as dean in 1954 by former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Edward W. Barrett , who served until 1968. In 1966,

1320-635: The streets of New York City. Notable Fellows include or have included Danielle Citron , Yochai Benkler , Mary Anne Franks , Irin Carmon , Dayo Olopade , Wendy Seltzer , Michael Zimmer , Nabiha Syed , Joan Feigenbaum , Daniel Solove , and Laura DeNardis . Faculty include Jack Balkin , Emily Bazelon , Logan Beirne , Owen M. Fiss , Linda Greenhouse , Robert C. Post , Scott J. Shapiro , and Reva Siegel . The center also has active groups of affiliates and alumni who host and participate in their projects each year. Chinmayi Arun Chinmayi Arun

1360-408: The tenured faculty in 1994. A doctoral program was established in 1998 by communications theorist James W. Carey , who emerged as an "editor of and contributor to many scholarly publications at a time when Columbia was urging journalism professors to do more academic research." In 2005, Nicholas Lemann , two years into his tenure as dean, created a second more specialized master's program leading to

1400-486: The university. The program is full-time. The doctoral program draws upon the resources of Columbia in a multidisciplinary approach to the study of communications. Ph.D. students craft individual courses of study to acquire deep knowledge in an area of concentration through research and coursework in disciplines ranging from history, sociology or religion to business or international affairs. A six-week graduate-level course on book, magazine, and digital publishing, known as

1440-403: The world's first school of journalism. He sought to elevate a profession viewed more often as a common trade learned through an apprenticeship. His idea was for a center of enlightened journalism in pursuit of knowledge as well as skills in the service of democracy. "It will impart knowledge—not for its own sake, but to be used for the public service," Pulitzer wrote in a now landmark, lead essay of

1480-485: Was constructed the following year at 2950 Broadway and 116th Street on the western end of the campus. A statue of Thomas Jefferson was installed in June 1914 as a symbol of "free inquiry" exemplified by the debates between him and fellow American founder and Columbia alumnus, Alexander Hamilton , a statute of whom was unveiled directly across campus in front of Hamilton Hall six years earlier. In 1935, Dean Carl Ackerman ,

1520-413: Was featured on The Print's list of "36 brilliant Indian women". . Chinmayi Arun's work comprises various articles and research papers written for numerous sources, including Indian newspaper The Hindu a This Indian academic-related biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tow Center for Digital Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

1560-595: Was founded by Yale Law Professor Jack Balkin in 1997 and celebrated its 15th year in 2012. It now hosts a number of initiatives, including the Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, the Knight Law and Media Program, the Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information, the Media Freedom Access and Information Clinic, the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice, and

1600-619: Was succeeded by longtime Bill Moyers collaborator Joan Konner (1988–1996), the school's only female dean to date. By the 1970s, the Reporting and Writing 1 (RW1) course had become the cornerstone of the school's basic curriculum. The Knight‐Bagehot Fellowship was created in 1975 to enrich economics and business journalism. In 1985, the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism was founded. While serving as Pulitzer administrator, former The New York Times managing editor Seymour Topping joined

#223776