Archive for 2009
Development and Journalism in Africa
Alexandra Alper is a first-year dual degree student at Columbia, pursuing Masters degrees in International Affairs and Journalism. Her interest lies at the intersection of politics and media. A former Peace Corps volunteer, she has witnessed firsthand the important role that media plays in politics and survival, especially in countries with frequent political instability. Her experience also helped her to realize the power of media in transmitting information to those who needed it most. Her interest and belief in the power of media brought Alexandra to New York after her experiences in Washington, Guinea and Cape Verde.
SIPA invaded by Noam Chomsky
Hundreds of students descended on SIPA on December 4 to hear famed MIT professor Noam Chomsky deliver the Edwards Said Memorial Lecture on “The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism.”
Twitter Revolution?
Since Iran’s much-hyped “Twitter Revolution” in June, nothing much has changed. Was it a revolution at all?
Pulitzer Prize Journalist Tina Rosenberg Returns to SIPA this Spring
By Sankalpa Dashrath, MIA ‘11
It is daunting enough to meet with a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times journalist. Adding to my nervousness was the fact that she would also be grading me next semester. Ms. Tina Rosenberg has had a long association with Columbia University. She has taught at SIPA for several years and [...]
How to stop Uganda’s anti-gay bill
In the past, I’ve begged my government to increase its support to military efforts in northern Uganda. It hasn’t helped. Now, I think we have a chance to do something good with that money: cut it off, and don’t give it back until the country’s anti-gay bill is dead.
Policy Making in the Digital Age: February 27, 2010
The Morningside Post is proud to announce Policy Making in the Digital Age, a conference that will consider how the Internet and digital technology are changing policy making and international affairs.
A Bretton Woods moment?
After the Great Depression and World War II, the world powers got together in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and cooperated on a new framework for global economic relations and created the World Bank and IMF, institutions that persist today. In a roundtable discussion, Joseph Stiglitz, Benjamin Cohen and Adam Posen discuss why they think (or don’t think) such a re-organization is possible in today’s crisis.
The New SIPASA
The results are in: Lauren Quillan and Saptarsi Bandoypadhyay were elected today into SIPASA’s top position as MPA and MIA class presidents. But with a voter participation rate of around 55% and four vacant seats on the Board, what challenges lie ahead for the Class of 2011?
First year SIPA students hit the polling stations
If you’ve been around the International Affairs Building recently, you’ll have noticed the massive amounts of campaigning going on. Each year, the SIPA Student Association (SIPASA) plays a huge role in the experience of some 500+ graduate students across the MPA and MIA degrees. It all comes to a head tomorrow, when first year MIA and MPA students head to the 4th floor to submit their ballots on the new SIPASA board. Polls close at 4pm and results will be announced at 6pm on the 6th floor.
Journalism in Iran
I spent my last few hours in Tehran having drinks with close friends at my apartment as I packed a few weeks’ worth of clothes for what was supposed to be a temporary working stint in Dubai. My editors had told me just a few hours before that they wanted me to leave Iran that night and stay in the Emirates for anywhere up to a month until the government began to cool down the pressure that had been mounting on foreign journalists since the country’s traumatic June 12 presidential elections. As one of the few foreign media journalists left in the Iranian capital who still had press credentials, I had acquiesced to my editors’ demands reluctantly…
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