Category: Archive
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Journalism student grabs coveted Tribune internship
By Martin Xavi Macias Journalism graduate student (’16) Matt McCall, an undergraduate journalism student at Columbia College, is taking on a roll that is coveted by many journalism students across the city–a paid internship at the Chicago Tribune. It won’t be his first rodeo at the Tribune, either. McCall previously worked as an intern for…
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Student recipient of 2015 Nat Geo internship shares tips for landing a gig
Matt McCall, a 2015 Multimedia Journalism graduate, is headed to a prestigious internship at National Geographic this summer. “Basically if you want an internship you’re going to get it,” he says. “But you have to be driven.” For more information about Journalism internships, contact Jennifer Halperin at jhalperin@colum.edu.
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What’s it like to be the editor of the award-winning Columbia Chronicle? Like riding an Express train, says its editor-in-chief
Tyler Eagle, editor-in-chief of our award-winning student newspaper, tells us in 30 seconds what it’s like to lead the weekly newspaper and what stories he’s been most proud of this past year.
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Photojournalist Rob Hart on what inspires him to teach and to document stories
Rob Hart teaches Digital Storytelling in the Communication and Media Innovation Department. This required course for Journalism and Photojournalism majors teaches students the fundamentals of visual storytelling with photography and video. A veteran photojournalist and graduate of Columbia College Chicago, Hart is a protege of the legendary John H. White, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer…
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Advice from the executive editor of an award-winning newspaper in Central Illinois and graduate of our program
As executive editor of the Peoria Journal Star, Dennis Anderson has helped make the central Illinois newspaper one of the best in the country. This year Editor & Publisher named the Journal Star among its group of “10 That Do It Right.” The GateHouse paper also received the 2014 top award for general excellence from…
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An interview with Chicago Tribune investigative journalist Sam Roe
Sam Roe teaches investigative reporting at Columbia College Chicago and is a staff writer at the Chicago Tribune. Roe was part of the reporting team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for an examination of unsafe children’s products. He was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting in 2000, 2011 and 2013.…