Journalism

Journalism students at Columbia College Chicago have been busy gearing up for a wide variety of journalism-related experiences this summer, from foreign travel programs to internships both near and far with print, broadcast and multimedia media.

Columbia students will put their academic training to work as interns for such prestigious news outlets as CNN, ABC, WTTW-Channel 11, Chicago Public Radio, Tribune Interactive and Time Out Chicago, among many others. Some recent graduates, meanwhile, are packing their bags and heading across the country for full-time journalism jobs, from producing television news in Texas to covering financial news in New York City.

Suzanne McBride, associate chair of Columbia's journalism department and co-founder of the award-winning community media site ChicagoTalks.org, was invited to speak in Thailand on the growing citizen journalism movement...

A new, innovative course taught by Journalism Professor Dan Sinker is designed to teach students skills needed to compete in 21st century entrepreneurial journalism...

Erica Christoffer and Becky Schlikerman have been honored with a national 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism...

The Columbia Chronicle was named the state’s top student newspaper in its category. This represents the second year in a row the weekly publication has received top honors from the Illinois College Press Association (ICPS)...

For the second year in a row, a Columbia journalism student has landed a highly competitive, paid American Society of Magazine Editors internship, and will be interning in NYC or Washington, D.C... 

Last summer Teresa Puente won a grant from the McCormick Foundation to launch Latina Voices. The site is now live...