Press Releases: 06/10/09

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CNN Launches Fellowship Program with Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism

CNN has launched a fellowship program with Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism that will provide a promising graduate student real-world newsroom experience, it was announced today by Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN Worldwide. This is the first fellowship of its kind at CNN’s New York Bureau and will support one student for a six month period each year.

CNN’s first fellow will be Hannah Yi, who is from Ridgewood, NJ, and is interested in the impact of education in impoverished areas around the world, and is pursuing long-form story-telling.

The fellowship will be awarded by the university to a student who demonstrates outstanding academic and professional promise as well as financial need. The student will work with a Columbia advisor and the CNN New York Bureau Chief and will research a topic pertinent to the practice of journalism today through the lens of their work experience at CNN.

“We are very pleased to be able to tap into the excellence of the graduates of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism — and to support some of the best and brightest in pursuing their careers,” said Jautz.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to spend six months in a newsroom honing their skills and working at one of the world’s leading news organizations,” said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia Journalism School. “Particularly during this time of great change in the profession, we are grateful to CNN for its generosity and leadership.”