Columbia University SPJ

Meeting Updates

Below, you can see what each committee is working on at SPJ. Each update reflects what was discussed at this week’s meeting. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the committee heads with questions! Past meeting notes can be found linked at the bottom of this page.

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Week of February 10th

General Meeting Notes:

  • Spring event — in touch with SPJ President from last year to review logistics
    • Very early planning stages
  • Speed Friending event on Thursday, February 13th at the Teacher’s College
    • Drinks and food provided
    • Tickets will drop in the CJS WhatsApp on Monday, February 10th at 6:30 p.m.
  • A journalist from India is coming to CJS to talk about a photo project they produced
    • Potential collaboration with the Climate School and the Climate Reporter Network
    • February 27th or 28th (TBD)

Academic Affairs Chair:

The academic affairs committee is run by Megha Gupta. Megha can be reached at mg4771@columbia.edu.
  • Constitution for SPJ — vote coming soon

Student Life Chair:

The student life committee is run by Laïny Jernidier. Laïny can be reached at lainy.jernidier@columbia.edu.
  • Code Switch speaker collab with SPJ
    • Thursday, February 13th at 12 p.m. in the World Room
  • Creating a VOX Pop for Black History Month
    • Wanting to do a similar project for Women’s History Month
  • Color for a Cause coming back soon!

Speaker’s Director:

The speaker’s committee is run by Reeno Hashimoto. Reeno can be reached at rh2984@columbia.edu.
  • Sports panel is set!
    • Tuesday, February 25th at 12:15
    • two panelists confirmed already — hoping for a third
  • Interest expressed by students for an event featuring journalists who became authors
  • Maybe working on a panel on writing satire/funny writing
  • Students expressing an interest on an event about how to approach a media-trained person
    • Looking further into this

Film/Documentary Chair:

The film/documentary committee is run by Mason Leath. Mason can be reached at mpl2159@columbia.edu.
  • Collaboration with speaker’s committee to screen “The Last Seawomen”
    • This would be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
    • Date TBD — preferably late March/early April

Community Service Chair:

The community service committee is run by Augostina Mallous. Augostina can be reached at am6521@columbia.edu.
  • Feminine hygiene drive is a go!
    • Setting up a drop-off box in Stabile or Brown where people can drop products off
    • Box will be there for a few weeks and then brought to the Covenant House
  • Working to set up more outings to volunteer at the food bank
    • Preferably after master’s projects are due

Past Meeting Notes: