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Columbia students net national prize
   While many college approach fall into an academic grind of attending classes, doing homework and taking exams, two Columbia College journalism students were able to take their education to a whole new level. Allison Riggio, 23, Hunter Clauss, 25, have proved there’s no limit for student journalists.
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Graduate journalism students find persistence pays off
  
As journalism graduate students, we covered the presidential primary campaign appearance of Illinois Senator Barack Obama on Feb.5 in Chicago.
   It was the opportunity of a lifetime.
   As expected, Obama won the Illinois primary, but what we learned that night were some real life lessons about what it takes to cover election politics. Reporting seems glamorous from the outside, but from the inside it’s a totally different story.
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Legendary Chicago broadcast journalists Bill Kurtis and
Walter Jacobson taught a master class at Columbia College Chicago during January.

Class Matters
   As part of the college’s year-long Critical Encounters exploration of Poverty and Privilege, the Journalism Department gave each of our students starting in the Fall 2007 semester the book “Class Matters” and asked them to read and reflect on it.
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Course offers taste of Real-world reporting
   Columbia College journalism senior Damon Maloney learned valuable skills and got unique professional experience during a recent National Association of Black Journalists convention.
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The Scoop on Internships

   Located in the heart of Chicago, in close proximity to major news outlets and the many internships they offer, Columbia College Chicago is an ideal launching pad for a career in journalism.
Click here to view a brief video about some of the opportunities for students seeking media internships.