下周受邀去哥伦比亚大学新闻学院参加辩论，想不到告诉我校长 Lee Bollinger 也参加，而且和我是一方。

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Academic Affairs Blog Post 5

Posted on 22 April 2011 by kaitlinu

It is high time for an update from SPJ. I’m very excited about everything SPJ has planned and still has coming; we have a truly dedicated SPJ Board. I would like to update you all on some very exciting SPJ events still to come. And this is just a taste of things from the Academic Affairs / Debate Committee and me!

1. The J-School Debate: We just got word that Columbia University President Lee Bollinger will be joining us NEXT TUESDAY, April 26th at 6 p.m. in the Lecture Hall for the last J-School Debate of the year. In case you missed it, the topic is whether or not journalism should be funded by the government. Read more here.

—> Please spread the word! In addition to Bollinger, Chen Weihua, Deputy Editor of the China Daily’s U.S. Edition, John Bentley, CBS Reporter in the Political Unit, Dan Cashman, former NPR Reporter and host of the Sporkful, and J-School students Linette Lopez and Bilal Lakhani are debating. Plus, the one and only Professor Richard Wald will again join us as debate chair.

2. Master’s Project Showcase: Hopefully you all saw the email inviting you to submit your master’s projects to the master’s project showcase which will be on May 11th from 12 – 5 p.m. I’ve been working with Liz Davies on the Academic Affairs Committee and Professor Ann Cooper to plan this celebration of our master’s projects. It’s a great opportunity for us to showcase our work and even practice pitching it. We’ve gotten a huge response so far of people who want to participate, but there is room for more and any medium of project can be included!

—> Please sign up and participate. The deadline to submit your project is April 26th. To sign up, fill out this form.

3. Master’s Project Online Showcase: I’m also working with Meghan Berry to build a special page in the J-School website just for our master’s projects to be displayed. It can serve as a great clip if you’re not sure your master’s project will be published elsewhere. And if you are thinking about publishing it, just submit an excerpt or trailer. It will literally be an online version of all our great work for this year, and the first of its kind for any J-School class.

—> Please sign up and participate. The deadline to submit your project is April 26th.Interested students should also submit this form.

4. DSLR Tech Jam: Hurray! For those of you who have been wanting to learn how to shoot video on the DSLR, we’ve got a tech jam in progress. Duy and the Digital Media Associates will be sending out details soon.

We’ve been busy! I hope that gives you a helpful update.

Thank you all for your hard work,
Chiara Sottile
SPJ Vice President