Part of the new M.S. full-time class. PHOTOS: Rebecca Castillo
CNN's Soledad O'Brien after her opening day talk. PHOTO: Cecile Dehesdin
The ice cream social on the first day of M.S. orientation
Bill Grueskin, dean of academic affairs (far left), talking to students during orientation
Right after the group class photo
More scenes from the ice cream social
Gelato party, 1st week of school, MS Class of 2010
Gelato party, 1st week of school, MS Class of 2010 Bradley Gallo
Gelato party, 1st week of school, MS Class of 2010 Amanda Massa
Gelato party, 1st week of school, MS Class of 2010 Sruthi Gottipati
Digital Media Fellows, 2009: This team of recent grads work with students and faculty on digital media projects and are part of the teaching staff here. From left: Alan Haburchak, Meredith Melnick, Kenan Davis, Michele Hoos (all are class of 2009, except Kenan, who is class of 2008 and in his second year as a DM Fellow).
J-school meets the world/AFRICA/FRANCE: Left: Oumarou Barry, a TV journalist in France who covers Africa issues, after talking to students on Aug 21, 2009
J-school meets the world/RWANDA: Aug. 24, 2009: Louise Mushikiwabo, information minister of Rwanda and an author and documentary-maker, talks to students about opportunities to work and teach journalism in Rwanda.
Sept. 29, 2009: Harvard's Alex Jones, one of the most influential thinkers about journalism - and a former newspaperman himself, speaks to students at the Stabile Student Center. Read about his latest book, "Losing The News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy" here: http://bit.ly/rqoGw
At a documentary-class screening. Profs Betsy West, June Cross & Howard Weinberg seated.
(l-r) Mar Cabra, Abigail Wendle, Tuesday and Luís Montalván Gelato party, 1st week of school, MS Class of 2010
Student filmmaker documentary screening session
J-school meets the world/BRAZIL: Roberto Civita, Chairman of Brazilian media conglomerate Grupo Abril, and Prof. Jose Roberto Whitaker Penteado, director of corporate relations of ESPM University in Sao Paulo, are visiting the J-school to learn about how we work and to meet faculty and students.
J-school meets the world/PAKISTAN: MAZHAR ABBAS, deputy director of ARY TV, the first bilingual, 24-hour news channel from Pakistan; secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists; former AFP correspondent in Karachi; winner of CPJ's International Press Freedom Award.
CAREERS SPEAKERS: John Celock, J2004 Editor, Patch.com
CAREERS SPEAKERS: Lindasy Wilkes-Edrington Staff Writer, Patch.com
Jim Spanfeller, the outgoing CEO & president of Forbes.com, talks about "everything journalists should know about web advertising." Behind him is Ken Lerer, chairman and co-founder of the Huffington Post. Lerer is teaching six session on media entrepreneurship at the J-school for the second straight year.
Nov. 12, 2009: Explaining the Video Storytelling spring workshop. From left: Prof. Betsy West; adjuncts Mark Lukasiewicz of NBC News; Greg Gilderman of The Daily Beast. PHOTO: JAY IRANI
J-SCHOOL MEETS THE WORLD: Group of veteran journos from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan visit the school and pose for pix with some students. Nov. 13, 2009