List of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism people explained

Following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a graduate school of the American Columbia University, located in New York City, New York.

A–G

• Adamu Adamu, minister of education in Nigeria
• Margot Adler, anchor, National Public Radio
• Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Ghanaian politician; a founding father of Ghana; member of the Big Six
• Jeannine Amber, journalist and author; former senior writer at Essence.
• Daniel Arnall, executive producer for news, Bloomberg Television; former senior producer for business coverage, ABC News
• Amotz Asa-El, senior commentator, former executive editor, Jerusalem Post.
• Spencer Bailey, editor-in-chief, Surface
• Russ Baker, investigative reporter, founder of The Real News Project and editor-in-chief of whowhatwhy.org.
• David W. Ball, novelist and short-story writer^[1]
• Wayne Barrett, senior editor and investigative reporter, Village Voice
• Ralph Begleiter, distinguished journalist in residence, University of Delaware
• Elizabeth Benjamin, political reporter, Daily News
• Robert Henry Best, propagandist for Nazi Germany
• Ryan Blitstein, freelance business reporter
• Louis Boccardi, retired CEO, Associated Press; Freedom Forum Foundation
• Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
• Paul J. Browne, vice president public affairs, University of Notre Dame; former deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department
• Pat Buchanan, Republican party strategist, presidential advisor, presidential candidate, conservative columnist, television commentator
• Elizabeth Bumiller, correspondent, The New York Times
• Greg Burke, senior communications adviser with Vatican's Secretariat of State (2012–)
• Marcy Burstiner, professor of journalism
• Robert Campbell, architect and journalist; former architecture critic, The Boston Globe
• Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House (deceased)
• Selina Cheng, Chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association^[2]
• David Cho, journalist for The Washington Post
• Gina Chua, executive editor, Reuters^{[3] [4]}
• Leah Hager Cohen, writer, formerly of Houghton Mifflin
• Lisa R. Cohen, Emmy-winning television producer, author
• Richard Cohen, former reporter and columnist, Washington Post
• Sheila Coronel, Academic Dean at Columbia Journalism School and winner of the 2003 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and the Creative Communication Arts
• Judith Crist, film and television critic; professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
• May Cutler, publisher, founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books;^[5] first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec^[5]
• Sadanand Dhume, author
• Jonathan Dunn-Rankin, actor, television journalist and gay activist^[6]
• Barkha Dutt, former managing director, NDTV 24/7, India
• Yashica Dutt, writer
• Jim Dwyer, reporter, The New York Times
• Thomas Byrne Edsall, Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor, Columbia School of Journalism 2006–2014; The Washington Post; contributing op-ed writer The New York Times
• Alan Ehrenhalt, senior editor for Governing, contributing writer to The New York Times, etc.
• Aatos Erkko, Finnish publishing magnate, owner of Sanoma Corporation, son of foreign minister Eljas Erkko
• Lolis Eric Elie, journalist, documentary filmmaker; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism "2012 Alumni of the Year"
• Helen Epstein arts journalist, author Children of the Holocaust and nine other no-fiction books
• Stephan Faris, freelance journalist, has written from Africa and Middle East, primarily for Time magazine
• Howard Fineman, editorial director and reporter for The Huffington Post; MSNBC contributor
• Rob Fishman, co-founder of Niche, a company acquired by Twitter
• Cardinal John P. Foley, Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• Scottie McKenzie Frasier, author, newspaper editor, suffragist
• Peter M. Gianotti, former wine, spirits and restaurant critic, Newsday
• Robert Giles, curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
• David Gonzalez, journalist, The New York Times
• John M. Goshko, M.A., journalist for The Washington Post^[7]
• Ellen Louise Graham, journalist at the Wall Street Journal and 1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
• Mel Gussow, former theatre critic, The New York Times (deceased)

H–M

• LynNell Hancock, education writer; professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
• Donna Hanover, co-host, WOR radio morning show; ex-wife of Rudy Giuliani
• James Higdon, author of a nonfiction book on the Cornbread Mafia, cannabis journalist for POLITICO and the Washington Post
• Jessica Huseman, editorial director of Votebeat
• Hy Hollinger, entertainment trade editor and journalist (The Hollywood Reporter, Variety)^[8]
• Molly Ivins, reporter, author and syndicated political columnist
• Joseph Jackson, assistant drama editor at The New York World and Hollywood screenwriter^[9]
• Paul Janensch, former executive editor of The Courier-Journal
• Nigel Jaquiss, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for Willamette Week
• Soterios Johnson, host of NPR’s Morning Edition on WNYC
• Mary Jordan, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist for the Washington Post
• Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian journalist and academic; Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1982–1984)
• Frederick Kempe, president and chief executive officer, Atlantic Council of the United States
• Philip Klein (editor)
• Steve Kroft, journalist, 60 Minutes
• Madeleine M. Kunin, former Governor of Vermont; Marsh scholar-professor at large, University of Vermont; founder of Institute for Sustainable Communities
• Howard Kurtz, media reporter, The Washington Post; host of CNN's "Reliable Sources"
• Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City; contributor, Time magazine; 2004 Edgar Award; finalist National Book Award
• Bernard Le Grelle, Belgian investigative journalist, political adviser, author, former United Nations expert and public affairs executive.
• Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor and columnist, The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
• Juanita León, Colombian journalist; and founder, La Silla Vacía website
• Flora Lewis, foreign-affairs columnist, The New York Times (deceased)
• Bill Lichtenstein, Peabody Award-winning print and broadcast journalist and documentary producer and president, Lichtenstein Creative Media
• A. J. Liebling, journalist closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death
• Kathryn Lilley, mystery writer
• Samuel Lubell, journalist, pollster, and political commentator; National Book Award for Nonfiction finalist (1957)
• Robert L. Lynn, president of Louisiana College from 1975 to 1997; former journalist^[10]
• Andrea Mackris, CNN producer
• Suzanne Malveaux, White House correspondent, CNN
• Gabriele Marcotti, sports writer
• Mark Mathabane, writer and lecturer
• Eileen McNamara, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, The Boston Globe; professor of journalism at Brandeis University
• John McWethy, former national security correspondent, ABC News (deceased)
• Andrew Meldrum, South African correspondent, The Guardian and The Observer
• Carol Marbin Miller, Senior Investigative Reporter, The Miami Herald
• Janice Min, media executive, oversees Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, former editor of Us Weekly
• Michele Montas, spokesperson, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; formerly with Radio Haiti
• Walt Mossberg, executive editor, The Verge and co-founder, Re/code
• Ali Mustafa, broadcast journalist, CNBC 2005–2006, Dawn News TV 2006–2009

N–Z

• Alanna Nash, journalist and biographer; Society of Professional Journalists' 1994 National Member of the Year
• Viveca Novak, Washington correspondent for Time; frequent guest on CNN, NBC, PBS, and Fox
• Timothy L. O'Brien, editor, The New York Times Sunday Business section; has written for The Wall Street Journal
• Mirta Ojito, contributor, The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting in 2001; professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
• Ralph Judson Palmer, California newspaper publisher
• Malini Parthasarathy, former editor, The Hindu
• Natalie Pawelski, journalist and television correspondent
• Basharat Peer (Journalist) – Kashmiri American journalist, script writer, author, and political commentator. Author, Curfewed Night
• Gabe Pressman (1924–2017), long-time New York City reporter^[11]
• John Quiñones, ABC News host and correspondent
• Eli Rallo, Author, Social Media Influencer
• Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief, The Hindu
• Zoe Ramushu, South Africa based Zimbabwean writer, director, producer
• Robin Reisig, professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
• Gianni Riotta, editor-in-chief of Il Sole 24 Ore, former editor in chief of TG1 (RAI)
• Geraldo Rivera, television reporter and talk show host
• Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, documentary photographer
• Tanya Rivero, anchor, ABC News Now
• B. H. "Johnny" Rogers, former member of both houses of Louisiana State Legislature, faculty member at LSU (deceased)^[12]
• Gloria Rojas, television journalist^[13]
• James Rosen, journalist and novelist
• Tom Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
• Saskia de Rothschild, journalist, director of the Chateau Lafite Rothschild
• Wendy Ruderman, journalist, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
• Christine Sadler, author, journalist, magazine editor (deceased)
• Dick Schaap, sports journalist, author (deceased)
• Andre Sennwald, New York Times motion picture critic (deceased)
• Evelyn Sharp, real estate businesswoman who owned the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
• Gail Sheehy, author
• Howard Simons, former curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism
• Allan Sloan, columnist and editor-at-large, Fortune Magazine
• Craig S. Smith, Shanghai bureau director of The New York Times and managing director for China
• Sherry Sontag, journalist and co-author of Blind Man’s Bluff, the Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage, NYTimes bestseller, a best book Investigative Reporters and Editors, winner of the Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt History Prize.
• Olivia Smith (journalist), Emmy award-winning journalist
• Sreenath Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; technology reporter
• Guy Sterling, journalist and The Star Ledger and historian of Newark, NJ history.
• Alexander Stille, author; contributor, New York Magazine; San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University
• Ron Suskind, author and investigative journalist; former reporter, The Wall Street Journal; Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing in 1995
• Tara Sutton, reporter, filmmaker
• Kosuke Takahashi, journalist, television commentator and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Japan
• Maria Luisa Tucker, writer^[14]
• Mariana van Zeller, Peabody Award-winning television journalist
• Robert Whitcomb, American newspaperman, author
• Doris Willens, journalist, playwright and folk singer in the Baby Sitters
• Valerie Wilson Wesley, author; former executive editor, Essence magazine
• Emil Wilbekin, author; former editor-in-chief of Vibe and Giant, and editor-at-large of Essence magazine, founder of Native Son Now, Black & gay rights activist
• Emily Witt, author, contributor The New Yorker
• Wayne Worcester, crime novelist; professor of journalism, University of Connecticut

See also

• List of Columbia University people

Notes and References

1. News: Franscell. Ron. A Tale of Two Cousins in the Desert. November 4, 2013. The Christian Science Monitor. July 29, 1999.
2. |url=https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-statement-selina-cheng-wsj
3. News: Reuters appoints Gina Chua as executive editor . June 13, 2021 . . April 21, 2021.
4. News: Moffitt . Kelly . Pellerito . Jennifer . 12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know . June 13, 2021 . Columbia News . . May 7, 2021.
5. News: Irwin . Block . Former Westmount mayor dies at 87 . . March 4, 2011 . March 6, 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20110306040818/http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Former+Westmount+mayor+dies/4379996/story.html . March 6, 2011 . mdy-all .
6. News: Hebert. James. Actor-journalist Dunn-Rankin dies at 84. December 2, 2017. The San Diego Union-Tribune. December 12, 2014.
7. News: Bernstein . Adam . Journalist John Goshko dies at 80 . June 26, 2018 . The Washington Post . March 24, 2014.
8. News: Pat. Saperstein . Hy Hollinger, Longtime Variety Reporter, Dies at 97 . . 2015-10-08 . 2015-11-07.
9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=94999300 "Film Beauty Weds Publicity Manager"
10. "Dr. Lynn is slated by Lions", Minden Press-Herald, Minden, Louisiana, September 24, 1975, p. 1
11. News: New York Legend Gabe Pressman Dead at 93. June 23, 2017. NBC New York. June 23, 2017.
12. Web site: Senator Embarks on 'Holy Crusade'. Lake Charles American Press. August 21, 1962. 13. October 25, 2014.
13. Web site: Gloria Rojas, Trailblazing Latina Broadcaster, Dies at 82. Sam. Roberts. February 10, 2022. The New York Times.
14. http://www.cjasmonthly.com/contributors_notes.html "CJAS: Contributor's Notes"