On November 1, at the National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C., The King’s College’s independent student paper the Empire State Tribune won second place in the “Best Column” category in the 2018-19 Pinnacle Awards from the College Media Association. That same day, in front of the entire convention, Shannon Reed Mason (JCS ’20) was honored with the opportunity to interview Washington Post editor Marty Baron on stage.
The 2017 Summer Academy runs July 23-28 and is now accepting applications on a rolling basis, with deposits due by May 15, 2017.
This new interdisciplinary major, incorporating the College’s robust Politics, Philosophy and Economics core, will prepare intellectually well-rounded graduates for careers in journalism.
May 27 2015 Alumna Madison Peace ‘12 recently received a $7,500 grant from the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program to report an in-depth feature story or series on the criminal justice system. Her project is titled “Breaking Free: The damaging effects of incarceration on the family and how prison reform can help stop the cycle […]
Her reporting career has spanned some of the most significant events in recent history: the 9/11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing trial, the handover of Hong Kong, Pope John Paul's death, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.