Participating Universities

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Stephen B. Sample, President
Geoff Cowan, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication

Founded in 1880, the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles is one of the world's leading private research universities. The university includes the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences as well as 17 professional schools, including the country's first school of international relations and the first filmmaking program. USC has been recognized for its commitment to public service for its Joint Academic Project, one of the oldest service-learning programs in the United States, and for its innovative outreach programs, particularly in the area of medicine.

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California was established through the generosity of media magnate and statesman Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg. Offering degrees in journalism and communication, USC Annenberg is also home to path-breaking research and professional education projects, including the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, the Center for Communication Law and Policy, the Center for Journalism and Democracy and the Norman Lear Center, which focuses on the convergence of entertainment, commerce and society. [back to top]

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Lee Bollinger, President
Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Columbia University, established in 1754 as King's College and renamed Columbia College after the Revolutionary War, is one of the country's oldest private institutions of higher learning and an international leader among research universities. Throughout its history, the school has been a center of advancement in education and was one of the earliest academies to develop graduate faculties. By offering research facilities and opportunities, Columbia students have had the opportunity of working with leading scholars such as Franz Boas, Mark Van Doren, Jacques Barzun, Enrico Fermi and I.I. Rabi, among others. Columbia encompasses numerous top-ranked schools and programs, including the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Law, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the School of International and Public Affairs and the Graduate School of Journalism.

Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism was established in 1912 through an endowment from Joseph Pulitzer, owner and publisher of The New York World newspaper. The school is home to the Pulitzer Prizes for writing and the duPont-Columbia awards for broadcast journalism as well as the Poliak Center for the Study of First Amendment Issues, the George T. Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism and the Columbia Journalism Review. [back to top]

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Drew G. Faust, President
Alex Jones, Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government

Harvard University, established in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and a world-renowned research university. Its schools and programs consistently rank in the top tier of their fields and its research centers are at the vanguard of groundbreaking discoveries and achievements. Graduate schools include the Harvard Business School, the Graduate School of Education, Harvard Law School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health. Seven American presidents, including Franklin Roosevelt and George W. Bush, graduated from the university and its faculty has produced 40 Nobel laureates.

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, a research center of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has emerged as a major source for research on political campaigns and elections, journalism and public policy, international news, and race, gender and the press. Drawing from America's most distinguished journalists, scholars and practitioners, the Center is working to help the press improve its role in democracy.

For more information on the Carnegie-Knight task force at the Joan Shorenstein center, click here. [back to top]

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Henry S. Bienen, President
John Lavine, Dean of the Medill School of Journalism

Northwestern University was established as a private institution in 1851 in what was then the hub of America's Northwest Territory and is today part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area, with campuses in Evanston, downtown Chicago and Washington, DC. The university is one of America's finest research institutions and has been recognized for the quality and depth of its doctoral programs. Northwestern's schools and programs stand as models of excellence, including the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the Kellogg School of Management, the Medill School of Journalism, the School of Law and the School of Communication. Many of Northwestern's graduates have become leading voices in American society: Justice John Paul Stevens, Richard Gephardt, Saul Bellow, George McGovern, Sherry Lansing and Garry Marshall.

The Medill School of Journalism was founded in 1921 and named for Chicago Tribune editor, publisher and owner Joseph Medill. The school of 1,000 students offers an undergraduate journalism program and a one-year graduate program leading to a Master of Science in Journalism. Specialized master's programs focus on religion reporting, business reporting (with the Kellogg School of Management) and legal reporting (a dual-degree program with Northwestern's law school). Medill also offers a 15-month master's degree in integrated marketing communications. Medill's curriculum emphasizes academic work and substantial practical training. Opportunities for students to gain professional experience include a global journalism program of international internships, and year-round programs in Chicago and Washington, where the Medill News Service runs a bureau for newspapers, news services and television and radio stations across the country. [back to top]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor
Orville Schell, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism

The University of California, Berkeley, established in 1868, is one of the world's premiere public universities, with superb research facilities and a distinguished faculty that includes Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, National Academy of Science members and Guggenheim Fellows. Berkeley is ranked the best overall graduate institution in the nation and offers more than 50 organized research units, including the Space Sciences Laboratory, the Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics, the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism. Berkeley also ranks first in the number of distinguished programs for faculty scholarship. The university's student body is unique in its diversity and variety: no single racial, ethnic or cultural group forms a majority of its students.

The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley encourages students to gain a broad understanding of current affairs and develop expertise in specialized subjects along with traditional journalism practices. The two-year program leading to a Master of Journalism allows students to take up to one-third of their coursework in other departments and schools. Joint degree programs in combination with Asian, Latin American, international and area studies are also available. The school's programs include mid-career training for journalists and the Berkeley China Internet Project. [back to top]

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