Daily Archives: 21 May 2007

Seven pieces of wisdom from Ben Bradlee

Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, received the Columbia Journalism Award at the Graduate School of Journalism on May 16. The loquacious, legs-always-on-top-of-the-table editor who presided over the coverage of the Watergate scandal dropped these nuggets of wisdom before the graduating class of 2007: # Have a good time in…

N. Ram’s daughter, Vidya, tops Columbia

Vidya Ram, the 27-year-old daughter of N. Ram, the editor-in-chief of The Hindu, has been designated the top student in the Class of 2007 of the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University, New York. Vidya topped the list of 28 honours studnts in the school’s Master of Studies (MS) programme. She was also awarded…