News and Updates
“Aftershock” Screening at the Journalism School
2024 duPont-Columbia Award-winning documentary Aftershock screened at Columbia Journalism School, followed by a conversation with Directors Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt, with Professor Robe Imbriano. The film explored the U.S. maternal mortality crisis, especially for Black women.
Alexei Navalny’s Death in a Russian Prison
Aleksei Navalny, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s most vocal political opponent died on Friday in a penitentiary located within the Arctic Circle, Russian authorities have announced.
All Climate Change Reporting is Local
CBS News reporter and 2021 duPont winner David Schechter visited the J-School for this week’s climate change conference and spoke to us about why climate stories are local stories.
Boy Scouts of America Establishes Over $2 billion Trust to Compensate Sex Abuse Survivors
Updating survivors’ stories and their search for justice in a 2023 duPont-Award winning documentary.
Texas Bans Paper License Plates Following NBC5 Investigation into “Ghost Cars”
Thanks to the team’s persistent reporting, the state will prohibit paper license plates that are being used to create untraceable vehicles linked to serious crimes.
Alexei Navalny Headed to Trial in Russia
Revisiting the 2023 duPont-winning documentary about Navalny’s return to Russia
Conversation at the J-School: Mifepristone, Abortion Access, and More
Directors of “The Janes” talk with journalist Jessica Bruder and J-School Students.
Looking Back on Coverage of the Iraq War
We remember NPR’s dogged reporting on the Iraq War.
Remembering Activist Judith Heumann
We honor the life and legacy of activist Judith Heumann.