Aman Sethi, The Hindu‘s correspondent in Chhattisgarh, has bagged the international red cross committee’s award for best print media article on humanitarian issues, for his March 2011 piece on homes and granaries that were torched by police commandos in three villages in the Naxal heartland. Tehelka ‘s Umar Baba took the second place, while the…
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12 Indians in Columbia J-school’s Class of 2012
There are 96 students from 39 countries for Columbia University’s MA program in specialised journalism this year, and not surprisingly, the second most number of students come from India. Link via Sreenath Sreenivasan
Q: Do schools help make better journos? A: Yes
The newly launched magazine Careers360 has an interview with Professor Sreenath Sreenivasan, dean of student affairs, and professor, Columbia Journalism School: You were an established journalist when you had applied to Columbia. Do schools help in becoming better journalists? “I had 300 bylines when I had applied to Columbia University. Learning on-the-job is crucial, but…
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