- ONLINE APPLICATION, with application fee.
- SELF-ASSESSMENT ESSAY: Within your self-assessment essay, describe your qualifications, what you expect to gain from Columbia's writing-based, public affairs reporting program, and your career goals. Specificity is encouraged.
- TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
- RESUME
- An OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT from any and all colleges/universities attended
- WORK SAMPLE: Applicants must submit a representative sampling of published work or other examples of their non-fiction writing. Articles and other journalistic samples are best. Please do not submit poetry, plays, screenplays, or other work of this kind.
Work Sample Submission Method: You will be able to upload a .doc or .pdf of your work sample from within the online application. NOTE: you will only be prompted to upload that document after you've completed and submitted your application for admission.
PLEASE NOTE:
- An interview by telephone or in person, may also be required as part of the application review process. The department will contact the student directly regarding the interview.
- Students entering the program should have journalistic experience, training, or an academic background in print journalism, broadcast journalism or a related field. Those without adequate training may still apply.
- All students who are accepted into the Journalism M.A. program are required to complete Foundations of Journalism. The class meets twice a week 9a.m. to 5p.m. for the last three weeks in August and will count for 3 graduate credit hours. Students must pass the course with a "B" or better before the beginning of the graduate program in the fall.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS must submit all of the above materials, as well as an official TOEFL score and a credential evaluation. Additional documents are required of admitted students. Please visit our International Students page for more information.