Columbia Publishing Course Explained

The Columbia Publishing Course
Former Name:Radcliffe Publishing Course
Type:Private graduate certification
Established:1947
Parent:Columbia University
Director:Shaye Areheart
Students:~100 per year
City:New York City

The Columbia Publishing Course, formerly known as the Radcliffe Publishing Course, is a six-week graduate-level summer course on book, magazine, and digital publishing at Columbia University.[1]

Many of the course's graduates have gone on to be editors in the "Big Five" publishing companies. The program is known for its lectures held by industry leaders, many of whom are graduates of the course themselves; and for its two immersive workshop weeks, "Book Week" and "Magazine Week," in which students plan and design their own book imprint and magazine brand, respectively.[2] Some student work have gone on to become actual books, including the bestselling Lean In: Women, Work and the Will To Lead by Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg.[3]

It was established in 1947 at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Edith Gratia Stedman, as a training course for women looking to get into publishing. It became co-ed in 1949. In 2000, when Radcliffe was integrated into Harvard University, the program was moved to Pulitzer Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.[4]

The Columbia Publishing Course has also offered a four-week sister program in September at Exeter College in Oxford, England since 2016.[5]

Shaye Areheart, a former Doubleday editor, has been director of the Columbia Publishing Course since 2013, having been a lecturer for it since 1988. Areheart took over the course after the death of longtime director Lindy Hess, who was known for launching the careers of many editors.[6] [7] [8]

Renowned editor Robert Gottlieb is shown addressing the course in the 2022 documentary Turn Every Page.[9]

Notable graduates

See also

References

  1. Web site: Nazaryan . Alexander . 2013-07-18 . A Teacher of the Publishing World Is Gone . 2023-12-06 . The Atlantic . en.
  2. Web site: Bosman . Julie . July 17, 2011 . "E-book Revolution Upends a Publishing Course" . New York Times.
  3. Web site: 2016-09-28 . Columbia Publishing Course comes to Oxford . 2023-12-06 . Bookbrunch . en.
  4. Web site: Series 4. Radcliffe Publishing Course, 1944-1995 HOLLIS for . 2023-07-06 . hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu.
  5. Web site: 2016-09-28 . Columbia Publishing Course comes to Oxford . 2023-12-06 . Bookbrunch . en.
  6. Web site: Nazaryan . Alexander . 2013-07-18 . A Teacher of the Publishing World Is Gone . 2023-07-06 . The Atlantic . en.
  7. Web site: Swanson . Clare . Young Editors Remember Hess . 2023-12-06 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  8. Web site: Deahl . Rachel . Publishing Still a Draw for New Grads . 2023-12-06 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  9. Web site: Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb Sony Pictures Classics . 2023-12-06 . sonyclassics.com . en-US.
  10. Web site: Nazaryan . Alexander . 2013-07-18 . A Teacher of the Publishing World Is Gone . 2023-12-06 . The Atlantic . en.
  11. Web site: Stewart . Sophia . Christopher Carduff, 'Wall Street Journal' Books Editor, Dies at 66 . 2023-12-06 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  12. Web site: 2011-07-22 . David Davidar: What's the Next Chapter? . 2023-12-06 . Hindustan Times . en.
  13. Web site: 2007-07-02 . Morgan Entrekin - "The American Novel" - 1999 Key West Literary Seminar . 2023-12-06 . 2007-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070702032728/http://www.keywestliteraryseminar.org/anovel/entrekin.htm . bot: unknown .
  14. Web site: Radcliffe Publishing Course Celebrates 50 Years News The Harvard Crimson . 2023-12-06 . www.thecrimson.com.
  15. Web site: Nazaryan . Alexander . 2013-07-18 . A Teacher of the Publishing World Is Gone . 2023-12-06 . The Atlantic . en.
  16. Web site: A Man at His F*#king Best . 2023-12-06 . Print Is Dead. (Long Live Print!) . en-US.
  17. News: Galo . Sarah . @sarahevonne . 2015-01-06 . Jazmine Hughes: 'Women are magic' . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-06 . 0261-3077.
  18. Web site: Coffey . Michael . Kirch . with Claire . Albanese . Andrew . Maughan . Shannon . They Made a Difference: 25 Book Business Change Makers . 2023-12-06 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  19. Web site: Maughan . Shannon . Obituary: Jim Murphy . 2023-12-06 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  20. Web site: Radcliffe Publishing Course Celebrates 50 Years News The Harvard Crimson . 2023-12-06 . www.thecrimson.com.
  21. Web site: Nazaryan . Alexander . 2013-07-18 . A Teacher of the Publishing World Is Gone . 2023-12-06 . The Atlantic . en.

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