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1. October 11, 2012 04:40 PM

   Burying the lede

   "I’m in journalism school. Am I an idiot?” That depends

   By Sara Morrison

   This American Life host Ira Glass recently did an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. “Sound_Sop” asked him: “It’s 2012 and I’m in journalism school. Am I an idiot?” Glass responded: “short answer: no. There’ll be journalism somewhere. There’ll be jobs. Longer answer: depends on which school.” True. But even attending one of the best journalism schools in the country is...

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2. September 10, 2012 04:02 PM

   Recommendations from journalism profs

   CJR asked eight J-school professors what they wished they’d read and listened to before starting out

   By Hazel Sheffield

   The Columbia campus is suddenly flooded with new students, some of them young journalists about to embark on the 10-month whirlwind that is a master's at the Graduate School of Journalism. In honor of the incoming class, we asked some of our Columbia Journalism School professors what material they wish they’d got their hands on before they started out. Here...

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3. August 7, 2012 12:53 PM

   Remembering Judith Crist

   In addition to her career as a critic, Crist will be remembered by over half a century's worth of students

   By Hazel Sheffield

   Judith Crist, the influential film critic, died today at her home in Manhattan. She was 90, and known to millions of Americans for her spiky film reviews on the Today Show and more than three decades of film criticism in outlets like The New York Herald Tribune. It was at The Herald Tribune that she became the first woman to...

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