Columbia Journalism School

Reporting begins here. Columbia Journalism School **is global, influential and innovative. Centered in the media capital of the world, it leads the way to a better future — backed by more than 100 years of experience in educating trailblazers of the industry. The school's tradition is rooted in the bedrock values of ethics — and it looks forward, with cutting-edge innovation and media scholarship. The school works to ensure journalism becomes more accessible. [**More diverse voices better tell the story of democracy — and help fortify it further.**](https://journalism.columbia.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion") The Mission: Upholding Pulitzer’s Legacy More than a hundred years after his death, the name Pulitzer is all but synonymous with journalism of the highest caliber. Yet little more than a century ago, [Pulitzer was an extraordinarily controversial figure](https://journalism.columbia.edu/history) Coverage of the Spanish-American war led to a calamitous press war that had soiled his name. Alarmed, Pulitzer determined he would use his fortune to enshrine the highest values of journalism in two prominent ways: the Pulitzer prizes, and a great school of journalism. Today, Columbia Journalism School’s purpose is to educate students from all over the world to become conscientious, accomplished professional journalists. As a school we uphold the belief that a multiracial, multicultural democracy requires vigilant and consistent reporting on the rights and experiences of all people; and that journalism’s obligation is to the public and that it must remain independent and transparent about its methods and affiliations and responsible for its errors. Columbia Journalism School lives up to that purpose and has done for more than a century. At the heart of the School's mission — training reporters to cover a multifaceted and ever-changing world — is the precept that the journalism community must be an authentic reflection of that world. Columbia Journalism School believes that meaningful representation of minority groups is essential to telling the full story.