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27.05.2024

Sciences Po's Dual Degree in Journalism With Columbia University, 15 years and Counting

In 2008, the first Master's dual degree between a French and an American School of Journalism was launched by Sciences Po and Columbia University.

On 21 May 2024, Sciences Po Journalism School and Columbia Graduate Journalism School celebrated their 15th Anniversary with their deans – Marie Mawad and Jelani Cobb, teachers and alumni. All guests attended an insightful event on the topic “Journalism And Midlife Crisis”.

Learn more about this unique dual degree with our School of Journalism's Executive Director Alice Antheaume.

Marie Mawad, Dean of Sciences Po Journalism School, Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and Alice Antheaume, Executive Director of Sciences Po Journalism School, May 2024, 1 Saint Thomas Campus, Paris. (credits: Nephtys Bodet / Sciences Po)

Why was this dual degree created and what makes it unique?

The idea behind this dual degree was to bring the best out of both our two journalism schools to enable future journalists to work on both sides of the Atlantic, by mixing European journalistic practices with those prevailing in the Anglo-Saxon media. This makes this double degree quite unique and exclusive.

what kind of students can and should apply to this dual degree?

Our students are really diverse and it's such a pleasure every year to meet them and watch them grow on a professional level. From Columbia University, we welcome students that have already spent a year in New York and looking to dive into European media while building a digital expertise (datajournalism, working with AI). The other way round, Sciences Po's students spend the second year of Master's at Columbia University where they can fully experience student life on an Ivy League campus, while learning how to shoot a documentary.

what about the 15 years of alumni? Where are they now?

I'll give you a few examples. Kéthévane Gorjestani is an expert journalist in international affairs for France 24, after having been a correspondent in Washington DC to follow the White House news. Marie Gentric is a journalist and presenter at BFM TV. Cécile S. Gallego is an expert journalist in data investigation for the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists. Christopher Huffaker is a data journalist for The Boston Globe in the United States. Daphnée Denis is a video and documentary director, she worked for Brut, and now for Arte. Martin Goillandeau is a journalist at CNN, based in London. Juliette Jabkhiro is a reporter in Paris for the Reuters agency, after having been a correspondent in Dakar, Senegal. Paul Galouzeau de Villepin is a political journalist for POLITICO Europe.

final words for the future Dual Degree students?

For 15 years, and counting, we tried through our double degree, with our partner Columbia Graduate Journalism School, to question and analyse the major changes that took journalism by storm with the advent of social networks, the massive increase of fake news – particularly during elections, the rise of AI in the media, the growing mistrust of readers and viewers… Let's hope the next 15 years will be as exciting and challenging for future journalists.

Cover image caption: 15th Anniversary of the Dual Degree between Sciences Po Journalism School and Columbia Journalism School, May 2024, 1 Saint Thomas Campus, Paris. (credits: Nephtys Bodet / Sciences Po)

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