Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll has been named dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He will replace Nicholas Lemann, who has been the school's dean since 2003. Both Coll and Lemann are veterans of the New Yorker. In addition, Coll covered the financial world and South Asia at the Washington Post. Coll takes the reins at one of the country's top journalism schools at a time of dramatic change in the industry. Gone are the days when Columbia served as a feeder for many of the country's most highly...
- 3/19/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Nicholas Lemann will step down from his perch as dean of Columbia University's Journalism School at the end of the school year. Lemann will remain on the school's faculty and will continue to work as a staff writer at The New Yorker, the university said. When he leaves, Lemann will have been in charge of the journalism program, one of the country's most prestigious, for 10 years. During Lemann's time as dean, the school expanded its faculty, renovated facilities to include a new student center, and raised $167 million, including an $18...
- 10/10/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
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