Columbia School of Journalism Class of 2011

Ilya Barabanov, deputy editor of The New Times.

 The New Times, an opposition news weekly in Russia that has been the target of an attempted illegal search and a lawsuit by the Russian government, and a winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism, a joint award given by Reporters Without Borders and Global Media Forum, visits Columbia. M.A. politics concentrator Maria Sadovskaya and Knight-Bagehot Fellow Alex Osipovich are translating.

1. Ilya Barabanov, Russian journalist, comes to speak at Columbia.

2. Maria Sadovskaya and Alex Osipovich are translating.

3. Ilya Barabanov and Alex Osipovich speak about the state of Russian journalism.

Christiane Amanpour

Photo Credit: Rebecca Castillo

Amanpour spoke on January 19 about her work on This Week on ABC and her career up to this point.

1. Amanpour shares her reporting advice

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3. Ivana Kottasova asks a question

Getting Media Right

December 2010

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FCC Commissioner Michael Copps talked about the need for Internet access and a public value test for broadcasting. Bill Moyers introduced him, and after his speech there was a panel discussion with Barbara Cochran of the University of Missouri Journalism School, Yochai Benckler of Harvard Law School and Steve Coll of the New America Foundation.

1. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps

2. Yochai Benckler of Harvard Law School

3. Barbara Cochran, University of Missouri

4. Steve Coll, New America Foundation

Captured NYT Journalists Speak at Columbia

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The four New York Times journalists - Anthony Shadid, Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, and Stephen Farrell - captured in Libya. They spoke at the J School about their experiences in April. Professor Ann Cooper moderated.

1. Cooper, Farrell, Addario, Shadid & Hicks

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4. Alex Besant & Elettra Fiumi with Farrell

Ira Glass Shares His Radio Secrets

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No one tells a story quite like Ira Glass. In fact, no one tells stories about making stories quite like Glass. On Monday April 18, the host and executive producer of public radio’s This American Life kept a packed Lecture Hall hanging on his words for nearly two hours.

Andrew Seaman, ‘11

1. Ira Glass of This American Life

2. Glass gives #cuj11 advice

3. Glass is passionate about his work

4. Glass shares some of his work

5. Giving away $5 for Passover trivia

6. LaToya Tooles asks a question

7. Ira & Rebecca Castillo

8. Jonathan Hall & Richard Procter w/IG

9. DMA Alex Hotz with Ira