Columbia College Journalism Department
TagLisagor Awards
I went to my first journalism awards ceremony last week. My friend Reema Amin who is also in the Journalism MA program, was nominated ..
Katie Kather: Person
I have clung to a single identity my whole life. For years I was fanatical about Africa. After that I was a store manager at Starbucks..
Springfield Trip: Alas, No Simpsons.
Springfield was a really interesting trip, even if we didn’t meet Homer or Bart. We (the journalism grad students) did get to meet sta..
Sexy Photo Shoot + Final Project = End of the Year
It’s a true testimony to your absolute insanity when you schedule a pin-up photo shoot with your girlfriend from work for the day befo..
Get Sick, Think Quick
http://vimeo.com/33163808
The assignment: Shoot and edit a two-minute video of someone doing something. (Preferably someone in the inte..
Close Up
This past week, our assignment for International Reporting was to take three photos of anything you want and then bring them into clas..
The Chicago Emmys OR How I Know I’m in the Right Business
The tale of how I ended up at the Chicago Emmys goes all the way back to the first week of my first semester when I met with Norma Gre..
We put the “Spring” in Springfield
I’ve been trying to get a hold of a certain senator for about a month. I’ve left numerous messages, begging and pleading his assistant ..
The Goggles! (Sounds a lot like when George Bush says “The Google,” but don’t confuse the two)
http://vimeo.com/31050579
There was a point in my undergrad when I watched “The Cruise,” a brilliant documentary that follows around Ti..
Pierre Kattar On Having an LLC as an Independant Journalist
http://vimeo.com/29881704
Pierre Kattar, filmmaker and longtime Washington Post journalist, was recently at Columbia College Chicago wi..